Festival audiences increase by 450%

Festival audiences four times higher than ever before

This year Norfolk & Norwich Festival attracted almost 300,000 people.  This is a significant increase on 2009 when the May Festival audience was just over 62,000. 

The increase was in part a result of increased ticket sales for music, dance, theatre, circus and children’s events but had a boost from the extended programme of outdoor performances and eye-catching visual arts installations and exhibitions.

The Festival in numbers

• 278,000  estimated audience numbers for NNF10
• 49,996   text messages sent as part of A Short Message Spectacle (An SMS)
• 34,000  audience at paid events
• 1000 performers taking part in NNF10
• 350 NNF10 events
• 140 volunteers working for NNF this May
• 100+ Funders, sponsors and partners
• 96  haircuts by the children of Norwich’s Catton Grove School
• 60 unique flags created by schools and community groups
• 32% rising in value of tickets sold compared with 2009
• 23  world premieres, UK premieres and exclusives
• 16 days in May
• 8 Festival commissions
• 7 ice cream vans
• 4th biggest city festival in the UK
• 1 RedBall