Aftershock Sets Record, Bringing In $30 Million To Sacramento Economy

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — After a two-year-long hiatus, the Aftershock Music Festival returned this twelvemonth to Discovery Park bringing successful a record-setting 145,000 fans.

According to Visit Sacramento, the festival brought successful arsenic overmuch arsenic $30 cardinal for the section economy, with astir 75% of attendees coming from extracurricular the county.

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Despite the 2 years that the festival was enactment connected hold, Aftershock inactive maintained its sold-out streak, making 2021 its 5th consecutive twelvemonth contempt the festival extending its lineup to 4 days.

“After astir 20 months of staying home, we needed an lawsuit similar Aftershock,” said Sacramento County District 1 Supervisor Phil Serna. “Aftershock-like events are important due to the fact that they not lone provender the psyche done the mean of music, they besides springiness america bid of caput that we’re 1 much important measurement person to normalcy.”

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Even with the tremendous crowds, the festival organizer Danny Wimmer Presents inactive managed to support information successful caput during the event. Everyone, including artists, staff, and concert-goers, was required to amusement impervious of either a afloat COVID-19 vaccination oregon a antagonistic COVID-19 trial effect obtained wrong 72 hours of the festival.

With these information protocols successful place, the lawsuit went smoothly and ensured that everyone was capable to bask the euphony risk-free.

Due to the 2021 success, Aftershock volition instrumentality to Discovery Park successful 2022. It’s a staple of Sacramento that has given, and volition proceed to give, conscionable arsenic overmuch backmost to the metropolis arsenic it gives to the attendees.

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“Each year, Aftershock draws radical from each implicit the state and gives america the accidental to showcase immoderate of the astonishing amenities of the Sacramento County Regional Parks system,” said Liz Bellas, Director of Regional Parks. “We are gladsome that we were erstwhile again capable to safely big this lawsuit astatine Discovery Park and look guardant to adjacent year’s event!”