Montreal’s Osheaga music festival is the seventh most successful in the world.
So, what constitutes successful, exactly? Well, since the list was compiled by Forbes, we’re obviously talking cash money here. At $9.25 million USD, Osheaga is among the highest-grossing weekends in music anywhere in the world. Its 135,000 attendees also make it the third-most visited among the top 10, trailing only Coachella and San Francisco’s Outside Lands festival.
Coachella, the second-most visited, is by far the highest-grossing, raking in $84.26 million USD last year. Outside Lands sits in the two spot at $24.3 million USD, followed by Stagecoach festival, the Coachella of country, at $21.88 million.
Coachella, of course, is aided by the fact that it spans two weekends, while all others in the top 10 are one-weekend affairs. Interestingly, Lollapalooza’s Brazil outpost scored a spot on the list while its original U.S. edition did not.
The full list below:
1. Coachella (Indio, CA – April 10-12, 17-19)
Total Gross: $84.26 million
Total Attendance: 198,000
2. Outside Lands (San Francisco, CA – August 7-9)
Total Gross: $24.3 million
Total Attendance: 212,000
Photo: upout
3. Stagecoach (Indio, CA – April 24-26)
Total Gross: $21.88 million
Total Attendance: 70,000
Photo: Reuters
4. Electric Daisy Carnival (East Rutherford, NJ – May 23-24)
Total Gross: $11.18 million
Total Attendance: 91,400
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5. Byron Bay Bluesfest (Byron Bay, Australia – April 2-6)
Total Gross: $9.82 million
Total Attendance: 105,500
6. Bravalla Festival (Norrkoping, Sweden – June 25-27)
Total Gross: $9.65 million
Total Attendance: 46,500
7. Osheaga (Montreal, Canada – July 31-August 2)
Total Gross: $9.25 million
Total Attendance: 135,000
Photo: Susan Moss
8. Southside Festival (Neuhausen, Germany – June 19-21)
Total Gross: $9.2 million
Total Attendance: 60,000
Photo: Georg Kliebhan
9. Hurricane Festival (Scheessel, Germany – June 19-21)
Total Gross: $8.68 million
Total Attendance: 65,000
10. Lollapalooza Brasil (Sao Paolo, Brazil – March 28-29)
Total Gross: $7.32 million
Total Attendance: 125,000
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