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2023 Pollstar Concert Market Rankings Hub
Welcome to Pollstar’s second annual Concert Market Rankings, quantifying the top 100 U.S. concert markets using Pollstar’s industry-leading data .
New York City, by a longshot, topped 2023’s chart with $796.6 million in reported grosses. Las Vegas, L.A, Chicago, The Bay Area, Boston, Miami, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Seattle, and D.C. fill out the Top Ten. For some, CMR’s value may be quantifying secondary and tertiary markets, like Green Bay-Appleton (68) Spokane (73), Huntsville-Decatur (74) and Des Moines (77), which charted for the first time. Elsewhere, markets with double-digit ranking increases include Charleston, Little Rock, Boise, Oklahoma City, Knoxville and Greensboro-Winston-Salem.
Hopefully, the data here helps more artists and fans come together in more territories than ever before. Happy show making and going!
2023 CONCERT MARKET RANKINGS CHART:
https://data.pollstar.com/Chart/2022/12/121922_cmr.chart_1030.pdf
Focus On The Top: Biz Analysis On The Highest-Grossing U.S. Markets
Top 10 Concert Market Rankings
No. 1 New York City
From Harry Styles To Billy Joel, New York City Ranks No. 1
No. 2 Las Vegas
Residencies, Big Shows & A Whole Lot Of Entertainment
No. 3 Los Angeles
Where Stars Become Superstars
No 4. Chicago
The Midwest Entertainment Mecca
No 5. San Francisco – Oakland – San Jose
From Clubs To Stadiums, San Francisco Bay Area Has It All
No. 6 Boston
Live Entertainment Brings Life to the Old Towne
No. 7 Miami
Summer Never Stops In America’s Tropical Metropolis
No. 8 Dallas-Ft. Worth
Stadiums To Honky-Tonks: Everything’s Bigger In Texas
No. 9 Seattle – Tacoma
The Emerald City Shines
No. 10 Washington, D.C.
Nation’s Capitol Rocks! From Go-Go To Hardcore