Bumbershoot's Attendance Dropped to Its Lowest Level in Years

Has the music fest bubble burst?by Lester BlackBumbershoot 2018 Travis Trautt
Music festivals around the country have seen their attendance drop in recent years. Unfortunately, this year’s Bumbershoot was not spared from that trend. Attendance at the Seattle Center music festival was down this year to 48,024 people for the weekend, bringing in about 16,000 people a day, according to figures AEG shared with The Stranger.
That’s less than the 80,000 people who bought tickets in 2015, a