Austin Is The Most Popular City for concerts According To Eventbrite

I seldom write about television and the reason is simple enough: I work in the television busiess and half my life I spend up to my ears in Nielsen, demos, impressions and CPPs. By the time I am done for the day it is no longer how I want to relax.

Just two days ago I was working on a schedule for a funeral company in Austin, looking for Women 55 +, and was shocked to discover there weren’t very many. Maybe 5% of the market tops. The median age of people who live there is 30 years of age, and that explains why Austin  is the # 1 market for live concerts, according to Eventbrite (the place I bought my Governors Ball tickets, I might add) as reported by Hypebot…

1. Austin
2. San Francisco
3. Houston
4. New York City
5. Charlotte
6. Los Angeles
7. Dallas
8. Philadelphia
9. Nashville
10. Chicago
11. Denver
12. San Antonio
13. Boston
14. San Diego
15. Portland
16. Washington
17. San Jose
18. Seattle
19. Columbus
20. Phoenix
21. Baltimore
22. Detroit
23. Indianapolis
24. Jacksonville
25. Fort Worth

EDM Event Ticket Sales

1. Austin
2. San Francisco
3. Houston
4. New York City
5. Charlotte
6. Los Angeles
7. Dallas
8. Philadelphia
9. Chicago
10. Boston
11. San Antonio
12. San Diego
13. Nashville
14. Denver
15. Portland
16. San Jose
17. Washington
18. Seattle
19. Columbus
20. Phoenix
21. Detroit
22. Indianapolis
23. Baltimore
24. Jacksonville
25. Fort Worth

Rock n’ Roll Event Ticket Sales

1. Austin
2. San Francisco
3. Houston
4. New York City
5. Charlotte
6. Los Angeles
7. Dallas
8. Philadelphia
9. Nashville
10. Denver
11. Chicago
12. San Antonio
13. San Diego
14. Boston
15. Baltimore
16. Portland
17. Washington
18. San Jose
19. Phoenix
20. Seattle
21. Columbus
22. Detroit
23. Indianapolis
24. Jacksonville
25. Fort Worth

Hip Hop Event Ticket Sales

1. Austin
2. San Francisco
3. Houston
4. New York City
5. Dallas
6. Charlotte
7. Los Angeles
8. Philadelphia
9.      Chicago
10. Nashville
11. San Antonio
12. Denver
13. Boston
14. San Diego
15. Washington
16. San Jose
17. Portland
18. Seattle
19. Phoenix
20. Baltimore
21. Columbus
22. Detroit
23. Indianapolis
24. Jacksonville
25. Fort Worth

Jazz Event Ticket Sales

1. Austin
2. San Francisco
3. Houston
4. New York City
5. Charlotte
6. Los Angeles
7. Dallas
8. Philadelphia
9. Nashville
10. Denver
11. Chicago
12. San Antonio
13. Boston
14. Portland
15. San Diego
16. Washington
17. San Jose
18. Seattle
19. Columbus
20. Detroit
21. Phoenix
22. Baltimore
23. Indianapolis
24. Jacksonville
25. Fort Worth

Country Event Ticket Sales

1. Austin
2. San Francisco
3. Houston
4. New York City
5. Charlotte
6. Los Angeles
7. Dallas
8. Philadelphia
9. Nashville
10. Denver
11. Chicago
12. San Antonio
13. Portland
14. Boston
15. San Diego
16. San Jose
17. Washington
18. Indianapolis
19. Columbus
20. Seattle
21. Detroit
22. Phoenix
23. Baltimore
24. Jacksonville
25. Fort Worth

Most Event-Going Cities in US:

Eventbrite analyzed hundreds of thousands of tickets sold to events of all types in America’s 25 largest cities in 2014, which surfaced America’s most outgoing cities.

1. New York City, NY
2. San Francisco, CA
3. Austin, TX
4. Los Angeles, CA
5. Chicago, IL
6. Houston, TX
7. Boston, MA
8. Dallas, TX
9. Philadelphia, PA
10. San Diego, CA

OK, so I guess the reason is: youngsters go to concerts, while old folks like me are two old and tired. I hope  that clears it up for yall and see you at the Ariana Grande gig and I’d leave it at that except, eventbrite is’t Ticketmaster and my feeling is it is more of a boutique ticket broker, catering to hipsters and not that big time venues we have here so take another look: Austin a bigger Country market than Nashville and Houston?