Online Festivals Hub Everfest Raises $3.6 Million: Travel Startup Funding This Week

Photo Credit: If looking for discounts at your favorite festivals -- half of which are music festivals -- the online marketplace and recommendation engine, Everest, claims to have them. Pictured is a prospective festival-goer. Everfest
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About 32 million people attend at least one festival in the U.S. each year, traveling an average of 900 miles to attend one. Everfest has a promising model to profit off this trade by offering exclusive discounts and creating a festival recommendation engine.