CityFunIndex

Leaderboard

Best cities for events

Every city in the CityFunIndex, ranked by its Events score. Festivals, fairs and a packed year-round events calendar.

Cities ranked
134
Top score
93
Average
49

Pillar scores are national percentile ranks on a saturation curve, so the leader of every category lands near the same ceiling — the ranks beneath are still distinct. See how scoring works →

Las Vegas (93) leads, ahead of Minneapolis (92) and Orlando (92). Telluride and 11 other cities sit at the bottom with 4 — a 89-point gap.

Regional read The top 10 spans 8 different states — no single state dominates this board.

All 134 cities, coloured by events score band. The top-ranked cities draw larger.

  • Quiet
  • Some Fun
  • Fun
  • Very Fun
  • Exceptional

Score spread across all 134 cities

  • Quiet 40
  • Some Fun 22
  • Fun 31
  • Very Fun 21
  • Exceptional 20
  1. 1st 93 Las Vegas, NV Fun Score 35
  2. T-2nd 92 Minneapolis, MN Fun Score 84
  3. T-2nd 92 Orlando, FL Fun Score 65
  4. T-2nd 92 Reno, NV Fun Score 66

Ranked 5–134

  1. T#5 91 Miami, FL Fun Score 55
  2. T#5 91 Birmingham, AL Fun Score 58
  3. T#5 91 Seattle, WA Fun Score 100
  4. T#8 90 San Francisco, CA Fun Score 96
  5. T#8 90 Denver, CO Fun Score 82
  6. T#8 90 Buffalo, NY Fun Score 77
  7. T#11 89 Atlanta, GA Fun Score 88
  8. T#11 89 Irving, TX Fun Score 20
  9. T#13 88 Montgomery, AL Fun Score 41
  10. T#13 88 New York, NY Fun Score 54
  11. T#13 88 Bend, OR Fun Score 80
  12. T#16 87 Boulder, CO Fun Score 77
  13. T#16 87 Washington, DC Fun Score 93
  14. T#18 86 Santa Barbara, CA Fun Score 83
  15. T#18 86 Honolulu, HI Fun Score 86
  16. #20 85 Boise, ID Fun Score 80
  17. T#21 84 Sacramento, CA Fun Score 54
  18. T#21 84 New Orleans, LA Fun Score 64
  19. T#23 83 Omaha, NE Fun Score 68
  20. T#23 83 Cincinnati, OH Fun Score 92
  21. #25 82 Greensboro, NC Fun Score 59
  22. #26 81 Cleveland, OH Fun Score 77
  23. T#27 80 Santa Fe, NM Fun Score 63
  24. T#27 80 Hartford, CT Fun Score 64
  25. #29 79 Providence, RI Fun Score 78
  26. #30 78 Boston, MA Fun Score 98
  27. T#31 77 Portland, ME Fun Score 100
  28. T#31 77 Irvine, CA Fun Score 57
  29. #33 76 Nashville, TN Fun Score 60
  30. #34 75 Durham, NC Fun Score 64
  31. T#35 74 Houston, TX Fun Score 41
  32. T#35 74 Chicago, IL Fun Score 56
  33. #37 73 Arlington, TX Fun Score 17
  34. #38 72 Baltimore, MD Fun Score 76
  35. T#39 71 Richmond, VA Fun Score 91
  36. T#39 71 Phoenix, AZ Fun Score 40
  37. #41 70 Pittsburgh, PA Fun Score 94
  38. #42 69 Little Rock, AR Fun Score 47
  39. T#43 68 Saint Paul, MN Fun Score 64
  40. T#43 68 Newark, NJ Fun Score 36
  41. #45 67 Tampa, FL Fun Score 70
  42. #46 66 Des Moines, IA Fun Score 74
  43. T#47 65 Madison, WI Fun Score 97
  44. T#47 65 Philadelphia, PA Fun Score 45
  45. #49 64 Indianapolis, IN Fun Score 48
  46. #50 63 Milwaukee, WI Fun Score 70
  47. T#51 62 Norfolk, VA Fun Score 56
  48. T#51 62 San Diego, CA Fun Score 74
  49. #53 61 Charleston, SC Fun Score 87
  50. #54 60 Dallas, TX Fun Score 38
  51. T#55 59 Portland, OR Fun Score 81
  52. T#55 59 Charleston, WV Fun Score 61
  53. #57 58 Bridgeport, CT Fun Score 41
  54. #58 57 Aurora, CO Fun Score 37
  55. T#59 56 Asheville, NC Fun Score 85
  56. T#59 56 Raleigh, NC Fun Score 64
  57. #61 55 Austin, TX Fun Score 67
  58. #62 54 San Antonio, TX Fun Score 22
  59. T#63 50 Chesapeake, VA Placeholder
  60. T#63 50 Fremont, CA Placeholder
  61. T#63 50 Gatlinburg, TN Placeholder
  62. T#63 50 Hialeah, FL Placeholder
  63. T#63 50 Hilton Head Island, SC Placeholder
  64. T#63 50 Plano, TX Placeholder
  65. T#63 50 San Jose, CA Fun Score 62
  66. T#63 50 Santa Clarita, CA Placeholder
  67. T#63 50 Sedona, AZ Placeholder
  68. T#63 50 Winston-Salem, NC Placeholder
  69. #73 46 Tulsa, OK Fun Score 51
  70. #74 45 Kansas City, MO Fun Score 65
  71. T#75 44 Long Beach, CA Fun Score 31
  72. T#75 44 Lexington, KY Fun Score 69
  73. #77 43 Anaheim, CA Fun Score 41
  74. #78 42 Chandler, AZ Fun Score 41
  75. T#79 41 Memphis, TN Fun Score 14
  76. T#79 41 Charlotte, NC Fun Score 54
  77. #81 40 Napa, CA Fun Score 52
  78. #82 39 Tucson, AZ Fun Score 47
  79. T#83 38 El Paso, TX Fun Score 21
  80. T#83 38 Fort Wayne, IN Fun Score 49
  81. #85 37 Los Angeles, CA Fun Score 38
  82. #86 36 Toledo, OH Fun Score 45
  83. T#87 35 Savannah, GA Fun Score 75
  84. T#87 35 Sioux Falls, SD Fun Score 40
  85. #89 34 Jersey City, NJ Fun Score 43
  86. #90 33 St. Petersburg, FL Fun Score 46
  87. T#91 32 Jackson, WY Fun Score 87
  88. T#91 32 Jacksonville, FL Fun Score 19
  89. #93 31 Billings, MT Fun Score 60
  90. #94 30 Fresno, CA Fun Score 23
  91. T#95 29 Corpus Christi, TX Fun Score 20
  92. T#95 29 Columbus, OH Fun Score 60
  93. #97 28 Detroit, MI Fun Score 45
  94. #98 27 Stockton, CA Fun Score 2
  95. T#99 26 Colorado Springs, CO Fun Score 51
  96. T#99 26 Louisville, KY Fun Score 55
  97. #101 25 Virginia Beach, VA Fun Score 49
  98. #102 24 Lubbock, TX Fun Score 32
  99. T#103 23 Wilmington, DE Fun Score 50
  100. T#103 23 Fort Worth, TX Fun Score 18
  101. #105 22 Glendale, AZ Fun Score 10
  102. #106 21 North Las Vegas, NV Fun Score 4
  103. T#107 20 Oklahoma City, OK Fun Score 25
  104. T#107 20 Burlington, VT Fun Score 73
  105. #109 19 Scottsdale, AZ Fun Score 46
  106. #110 18 Fargo, ND Fun Score 48
  107. T#111 17 Jackson, MS Fun Score 25
  108. T#111 17 Albuquerque, NM Fun Score 41
  109. #113 16 Lincoln, NE Fun Score 74
  110. #114 15 Oakland, CA Fun Score 61
  111. T#115 14 Riverside, CA Fun Score 21
  112. T#115 14 Baton Rouge, LA Fun Score 28
  113. #117 13 Laredo, TX Fun Score 10
  114. #118 12 Spokane, WA Fun Score 63
  115. T#119 11 Wichita, KS Fun Score 15
  116. T#119 11 Bakersfield, CA Fun Score 0
  117. #121 10 Manchester, NH Fun Score 55
  118. #122 9 Anchorage, AK Fun Score 36
  119. T#123 4 Aspen, CO Fun Score 67
  120. T#123 4 Bismarck, ND Fun Score 26
  121. T#123 4 Garland, TX Fun Score 0
  122. T#123 4 Gilbert, AZ Fun Score 31
  123. T#123 4 Henderson, NV Fun Score 13
  124. T#123 4 Key West, FL Fun Score 71
  125. T#123 4 Mesa, AZ Fun Score 36
  126. T#123 4 Park City, UT Fun Score 74
  127. T#123 4 Santa Ana, CA Fun Score 32
  128. T#123 4 St. Louis, MO Fun Score 65
  129. T#123 4 Stowe, VT Fun Score 44
  130. T#123 4 Telluride, CO Fun Score 77

9 of 134 cities have no events measurement, so they sit at the median (50) as a placeholder — flagged above and not a measured rank. The composite Fun Score renormalises around the gap, so it is unaffected.

Events is measured from Ticketmaster and SeatGeek festivals, fairs and ticketed events.