Monthly, following the BLS Consumer Price Index release
Live Music Price Monitor
Each month this monitor publishes the federal price measure closest to live events, sets it against price observations Live Index has verified directly, and reports where the two disagree.
Editions
Dated readings
Aug 27, 2026
Live Music Price Monitor — July 2026 reading
The official admissions price index rose 2.3 percent over twelve months to July 2026, its slowest pace since early 2025, while festival passes in the verified sample still cost a median $102.50 a day.
What this monitor reads
- Consumer Price Index, admission to movies, theaters and concerts (CUSR0000SS62031), level and change
- Consumer Price Index, all items (CUSR0000SA0), as the comparison rate
- Verified festival pass observations held in the Live Index festival catalog
What it does not claim
- A national average concert ticket price. No series in this publication's holdings supports one.
- A national fee median. Fee observations have not been collected at the scale a national figure would require.