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 Orlando (92) and Minneapolis (92). Telluride and 8 other cities sit at the bottom with 3 — a 90-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 23
  • Fun 30
  • Very Fun 21
  • Exceptional 20
  1. 1st 93 Las Vegas, NV Fun Score 36
  2. T-2nd 92 Orlando, FL Fun Score 69
  3. T-2nd 92 Minneapolis, MN Fun Score 85
  4. T-2nd 92 Santa Fe, NM Fun Score 63

Ranked 5–134

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

8 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.