Downtown Wilmington 2015 by the numbers:

Farmers Market

• Over 50,000 attendees over 23 weeks between May – October each Wednesday • 126 independent small business vendors • Farmers Market Over 50,000 attendees of 23 weeks on Wednesday’s • Total Sales of $255,150.00 • Total Farmers Sales $ 70,300.00 • 90% of attendees work in the City

Entertainment

Survey of Ladybug attendees

78.2% of attendees prefer live music events 57.9% of attendees come at least twice a month to Downtown 60% Female between 36 – 60 with income over $75,000 50% work in City, 50% live in City

• 16 - venues where live music, comedy, and improv are performed regularly • 109 - concerts in Wilmington featuring local musicians • 65 - live lunchtime concerts • 24 - nights of music festivals in Downtown Wilmington • 200,000 - approximate number of tickets sold to live performances in Wilmington

to shows at The Grand, The Playhouse, World Cafe Live at the Queen, and Delaware Theatre Company

• 320,000 people visit Market Street annually for world-class entertainment at venues such as World Cafe Live at The Queen, The Grand Opera House and The Rodney Playhouse

• 3 - Broadway Bound Musicals developed in Wilmington • 11 - block parties in Wilmington • 1 - Grand Prix weekend • 8.46 Million - viewers who saw Nadjah Nicole perform on The Voice