Way Out West audience swells over 60% in five editions
The Swedish festival set a new bar for the fifth year running, selling out every pass type for the three-day event for the first time
News By Hanna Ellington | 21 August 2026
Building on a streak of record attendances, Sweden’s Way Out West is celebrating a complete sell-out for its 18th edition, marking a 63% increase in festivalgoers across five editions.
A total of 81,500 people descended on Slottsskogen park in Gothenburg for the 13-15 August event, with the record figures a result of the event’s Thursday allocation selling out for the first time in its history.
The achievement marks the first complete sell-out of its three-day programme, which was initially introduced…
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