Pori Jazz 2008

163 000 Festival audience
66 000 Sold tickets
97 000 Listeners at admission free concerts, of which 17 000 at Pori Jazz Kids Festival

139 Performing groups
- 62 Finnish
- 77 foreign
611 individual artists
Besides there were 78 performers at the Pori Jazz Kids Festival

110 Concerts of which 70 were admission free
and on top of that over 72 concerts at Pori Jazz Kids Festival

450 Journalists, national and international

1100 Voluntary workers
- of which 450 were Pori Jazz own staff

The local economy benefits approximately 15 M€ of the festival.