By the numbers: Illinois State Fair Grandstand Acts
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — Concertgoers bought more than 66,000 tickets for Grandstand Acts at the Illinois State Fair last month.
WCIA obtained the number of tickets sold for each Grandstand Act at the 2024 Illinois State Fair from the Illinois Department of Agriculture.
After the record breaking crowd for Lil Wayne’s concert, the next most popular acts were the pop boy band Jonas Brothers with 9,952, then country singers Keith Urban with 8,778 and Miranda Lambert with 8,216.
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Despite having one of the top charting songs this summer with “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”, Shaboozey sold the least amount of tickets with 2,641.
In total, 66,872 tickets were sold between all the acts.
The full list can be found below.
Act Name | Number of Tickets Sold |
Keith Urban | 8,778 |
Motley Crue | 7,652 |
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit | 3,760 |
Jordan Davis | 3,961 |
Lil Wayne | 15,427 |
Jonas Brothers | 9,952 |
The Smashing Pumpkins | 6,485 |
Miranda Lambert | 8,216 |
Shaboozey | 2,641 |
TOTAL | 66,872 |
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