Sea-Blues by the Numbers

Thousands of blues fans flocked to see legendary blues virtuoso Buddy Guy, Ronnie Baker Brooks and many other performers at Coachman Park for the Sea-Blues Festival Feb 18-19.

The city uses money from concerts like Wild Splash that have paid tickets to help pay for free events like Sea-Blues and the Clearwater Jazz Holiday.

The city also sells water at these concerts to make money. There were about 672 bottles sold over the weekend, according to Joelle Castelli, city spokeswoman.

Aside from the 10 different performers over the two-day event, here are some other numbers:

Day 1

8,300 - attendance (estimate)
2 - ejections
1 - Marchman Act

Day 2

(less than) 2,000 - Attendance (estimate, limited attendance due to unpredictable weather)
1 - ejection
1 - accident (A person tripped over a parking stop block in the library parking lot.)
1 - medical problem