Freakfest has achieved a “hat trick” of three consecutive years of increased attendance and decreased arrests, Madison police announced early Sunday morning.
More than 38,300 people bought tickets to see O.A.R. and other bands at the event, comparing favorably to the 34,000 tickets sold in 2007, and the crowd overall was “good-natured, responsible and well behaved,” police said in a statement.
Despite a few fights, arrests were down considerably from 2007, with only 77 arrested as of 2:45 a.m. Sunday compared to 181 in 2007, 235 in 2006, and 566 in 2005, the year before Freakfest began.