71% of North American concerts in 2008-12 started between 7.00 and 8.00 in the evening, according to the Bachtrack database, the largest source for information on classical concerts worldwide. Over the same period of five years, 55% of all concerts in the UK started at exactly 7.30. Continental Europe is considerably more varied.
Concert start times, 2008 to 2012
|
7.00 to |
Other evening |
3.00 or before |
(7.30 |
|
|
North America |
71% |
8% |
21% |
(16%) |
|
United Kingdom |
69% |
9% |
22% |
(55%) |
|
Europe (not UK) |
59% |
29% |
12% |
(16%) |
Alison Karlin, founder and director of Bachtrack, says: « These statistics show that concert start times have been remarkably stable since 2008. In view of wide concern about attracting new audiences to classical music I wonder whether more flexibility would bring younger audiences (both children and parents with primary-age children) into the concert hall. »
More on this topic can be found in this Bachtrack feature.
