List of Minnesota Fringe Festivals
Festivals
Table:
Year

Dates

No. of shows

No. of performances[b]

Attendance

Venues[c]

References

1994

June 23 – July 2

53

315

4,630

6

[4][15][16]

1995

June 22 – July 3

≤50

400

5,500

5

[15][17]

1996

June 20–30

46

250

4,464

5

[17][18][19][20]

1997

June 19–29

35

—

4,300

5

[21][22][23]

1998

July 30 – August 9

38

~200

6,573

6

[23][24]

1999

July 29 – August 8

68

—

15,447

10

[25][26]

2000

July 28 – August 6

100

500

>23,000

19

[27][28][29][30]

2001

August 3–12

120

—

28,835

21

[5][30][31][32]

2002

August 2–11

148

>675

32,000

14

[33][34]

2003

August 1–10

162

783

40,500

20

[35][36]

2004

August 6–15

176

900

43,836

24

[37][38][39][40]

2005

August 4–14

168

855

44,630

20

[41][42]

2006

August 3–13

165

890

44,814

23

[43][44]

2007

August 2–12

162

872

37,752

23

[8][45][46]

2008

July 31 – August 10

156

808

40,926

18

[46][47][48]

2009

July 30 – August 9

162

843

46,189

22

[48][49][50]

2010

August 5–15

169

876

50,256

15

[48][51][52]

2011

August 4–14

168

865

48,350

18

[53][54]

2012

August 2–12

164

840

48,432

15

[48][55]

2013

August 1–11

177

897

50,007

16

[48][56]

2014

July 31 – August 10

169

878

50,265

15

[48][57][58]

2015

July 30 – August 9

174

909

50,338

24

[59][60]

2016

August 4–14

168

869

47,882

19

[61][62][63]

2017

August 3–13

167

850

46,076

17

[64][65][66]

2018

August 2–12

138

694

~36,400

16

[11][67]

Examining the data within the table titled List of Minnesota Fringe Festivals — section "Festivals", answer the following question with a short sentence: Did the Minnesota Fringe Festival ever sell more than 50,000 tickets? Respond with the correct answer in JSON format as {"answer": "YOUR ANSWER"}.

answer: In 2010, over 50,000 tickets were sold for the first time, and in 2015, more performances took place (909) and tickets were sold (50,338) than in any other year.