ArtsQuest Board Orientation October 2020

MUSIKFEST TODAY
MUSIKFEST
36TH YEAR; AUGUST 2-11, 2019
• Largest, non-gated, free music festival in the U.S.
• 1,200,000 in 2019
• 955,000 in 2018
• 1,200,000 in 2017
• 960,000 in 2016
• 1,140,000 in 2015
• 1,150,000 in 2014
• 550 performances by more than 400 artists;
17 stages; 16 are free, 1 ticketed
• 41 food vendors
• Largest stage: 6,500
• Smallest stage: 100
• Festival footprint
• 50+ acres in Historic Bethlehem and
at SteelStacks
• Visitors from 46 states and 26 countries
• Named #1 Music Festival in North America by USA
Musikfest 2019 Logistics
• Set Up: 12 days
• Tear Down: 5 days
• Bags of Ice Used: 5,571
• Musikfest Mugs Sold: 31,000
• Tables: 1,034
• Chairs: 6,780
• Port-O-Johns: 196
• Total Tents: 121
• Kids Crafts: 800/daily
• Public Art: 2,000 children/families daily
• 38,822 cans of beer
• 2,078 bottles of liquor
• 1,206 kegs
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