Summer Salute is poised for another growth explosion in year five – 2020. The festival continues to climb in attendance, starting with 15,000 in 2016 in its two-day debut. In 2017, coupled with the community’s Solar Eclipse festivities that drew media and attendees from around the world, Summer Salute attracted 35,000 for three days of music and fun. The 2018 edition brought in over 25,000 to downtown Hoptown. Last year, the two-day event drew a throng of 29,000 downtown. Average daily attendance has increased every year!
Summer Salute is now clearly a “must do” on the local and regional summertime calendar. With a phenomenal headliner locked in to be announced this spring, the 2020 festival will catapult Salute to entirely new levels and draw an audience from a 100-mile radius. The addition of another Friday night stage for youth will offer even more musical variety and bring a crowd that rivals previous Saturday night finales.
Make your plans to attend, or be a vendor, for Summer Salute 2020. We’ve also modified the festival footprint to allow for even more vendors all along 9th Street. Nothing will heat up this summer quite like this expanded festival. Remember, all the music and activities are absolutely free. It’s music. It’s food. It’s rides and games. It’s music galore. It’s family fun in a party wrapper – Summer Salute!
