EU festivals rank as fastest growing worldwide

New research examines daily capacity growth among festivals, showing Mad Cool as fastest-growing newbie and Glastonbury with strongest increase in attendees overall

Mad Cool festival has increased capacity by 35,000 in three years © Mad Cool

European festivals including Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE), Glastonbury Festival, Boomtown and Mad Cool are among the fastest-growing events in recent years, according to new research by StubHub.

The research shows the capacity increases of 50 festivals worldwide, ranking the fastest-growing in terms of percentage growth. Out of the music festivals examined, leading electronic festival and business conference ADE came out as the most rapidly growing event overall.

The multi-venue festival, which this year takes place from 16 to 20 October,…

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