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Two new music festivals, Palm Tree Music Festival<\/a> and We Belong Here<\/a>, claim they\u2019re selling an overwhelming majority of tickets available, according to ticket sale data WPTV found on both festivals\u2019 websites.<\/p>\n WATCH: Music festival industry continues to evolve in West Palm Beach<\/b><\/p>\n Both music festivals are debuting in West Palm Beach for the first time within the next three months, with We Belong Here running Saturday and Sunday. The ticket sale data comes after SunFest, the city\u2019s longtime preeminent music festival, announced it was canceling its 2025 festival last year<\/a>. <\/p>\n According to We Belong Here, they\u2019ve sold 95% of their tickets for admission to their two-day event at Meyer Amphitheater, as of Friday afternoon. The tickets cost about $300, according to the website.<\/p>\n The Palm Tree Music Festival said it has sold out of every ticket for its one-day event Feb. 14 on the West Palm Beach Waterfront Landing. Those tickets started at $129, but the price increased significantly as more people bought tickets to the event. <\/p>\n West Palm Beach<\/p>\n According to tax records, the nonprofit that organizes SunFest lost $3 million in a two-year period. Their latest tax filing for 2025 shows expenses dropped from $7.1 million to around $660,694 in a one-year period, a 90.7% decrease. However, the nonprofit still lost about $292,000. <\/p>\n SunFest told the IRS the financial struggles, declining attendance and challenges within the music festival industry led it focus on smaller events like the Lake Worth Beach Street Painting Festival. <\/p>\n Daniel Goode, the group\u2019s executive director, said SunFest is working with a consultant for the Palm Tree Music Festival. He said these two new festivals reflect a \u201cchanging\u201d West Palm Beach and have done a good job focusing on smaller niche audiences, like electronic dance music (EDM). <\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019ve done a real good job capturing a smaller audience and doing it at a higher end,\u201d Goode said to WPTV\u2019s Ethan Stein.<\/p>\n West Palm Beach<\/p>\n He also said SunFest struggled to book acts as other festivals and venues put restrictions on talent performing at nearby venues like Hard Rock Live and festivals like Tortuga Music Festival. <\/p>\nDespite $3M losses, why SunFest might manage this festival <\/h3>\n
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