Economic impact: $25 million ($25,114,478)
Increase of 28.2% from Festival 2011
Total attendance at all events: 143,637
Increase of 27.5% from Festival 2011
Festival Budget for 2012: $3.02 million
Visitors, by region (as percentage of total):
- New Haven area: 50.8%
- Other areas of CT: 34.4%
- Out-of-State: 14.8%
(largest #s out-of-state visitors from Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, California)
Number of events: 180 total
- Free events: 155 (86%)
- Ticketed events: 25 (14%)
Number of artists & speakers 1070
Internationally-based artists and speakers: 187 (from Australia, China, Estonia, Indonesia, Pakistan, South Africa & Taiwan)
Connecticut-based artists and speakers: 430 (including 140 from New Haven area)
Non-CT based artists from the United States: 435
Number of staff hired: 159