Being at the start of the new season for the most popular music festivals, this fancy infographic budgets the real cost of attending your favorite event. Are you gonna go deep in your pocket or start thinking cutbacks?

With the music festival season well underway, it’s the right time to see some of the biggest music festivals, the trends in attendance, a brief of festivals’ history and the profile of a typical festival goer. Find also info about contingencies happened during festivals.

South by SouthWest (SXSW) started in 1987 as a music festival with just 700 regitrants. Not before the mid 90s it hosted 3 thematic events running together. Now it’s evolved to the biggest tech party of the world.

Neighborhood nusic festivals are more than fun. They largely contribute to the local economy and community. Have a look at the best music festivals happening accross the US and get an idea of their impact on the local economic development.