The culture report stated that there had been a total of 29,385 live performances, attracting an audience of in the region of 8.9 million people and generating total revenue of around €60 million.
Furthermore, that 8.5 percent drop in revenues resulted from both how almost half of all those attendees, some 3.8 million did not pay for their tickets and, when they did, paying less than they had previously with the average admission price dropping from €19 to €15.9 hence wiping out the positive effects of a 9.7 percent rise in total sales.
Whilst theatre was the largest source of actual performances with 42 percent of the total, music concerts were not only the biggest attraction, with an audience of 4.3 million, but also accounted for the bulk of sales, with €41.3 million turned over at an average ticket price of €22.4.
In turn, rock and pop concerts continued to lead the way with 1.8 million fans generating revenue that totalled €26.4 million. Whilst being 44 percent of live performance turnover this figure was down 31.6 percent year-on-year.
In terms of the other segments, concerts featuring multidis-ciplinary performances, other musical styles and Portuguese music and traditional music all attracted large audiences, 963,600, 864,400 and 683,000 respectively.
Meanwhile opera and choral recitals failed to break the 100,000 mark with jazz/blues performances getting a total audience of 147,000.
As regards the average ticket prices, rock/pop concerts charged the highest average price with €30.4, followed by circus shows costing €23.7, opera on €19.1 and jazz/blues on €17.7 whilst seeing some Portuguese folk or choral performances was possible for less than €5 in 2013.