MUSIC
Concerts
Highest Attendances at Free Concerts
This list features the largest free concerts in history by audience capacity — excluding festivals.
RANK | MUSICIAN | ATTENDANCE | EVENT | LOCATION | DATE |
1 | Rod Stewart | 3,500,000 | New Year's Eve in Copacabana | Copacabana Beach (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) | December 31, 1994 |
2 | Jean-Michel Jarre | 3,500,000 | Oxygene in Moscow (850th Anniversary of Moscow) | Moscow State University (Moscow, Russia) | September 6, 1997 |
3 | Jorge Ben Jor | 3,000,000 | New Year's Eve in Copacabana | Copacabana Beach (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) | December 31, 1993 |
4 | Jean-Michel Jarre | 2,500,000 | Bastille Day | La Défense (Paris, France) | July 14, 1990 |
5 | Lady Gaga | 2,100,000 | Mayhem on the Beach / Todo Mundo no Rio | Copacabana Beach (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) | May 3, 2025 |
6 | Diante do Trono | 2,000,000 | Quero Me Apaixonar - Diante do Trono 6 | Campo de Marte Airport (São Paulo, Brazil) | July 12, 2003 |
7 | Shakira | 2,000,000 | Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour / Todo Mundo no Rio | Copacabana Beach (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) | May 2, 2026 |
8 | Antonello Venditti | 1,800,000 | AS Roma's 3rd Serie A Victory | Circus Maximus (Rome, Italy) | June 24, 2001 |
9 | Various Artists | 1,600,000 | Monsters of Rock | Tushino Airfield (Moscow, Russia) | September 28, 1991 |
10 | Madonna | 1,600,000 | The Celebration Tour / Todo Mundo no Rio | Copacabana Beach (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) | May 4, 2024 |
11 | The Rolling Stones | 1,500,000 | A Bigger Bang Tour | Copacabana Beach (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) | February 18, 2006 |
12 | Various Artists | 1,500,000 | Live 8 | Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, USA) | July 2, 2005 |
13 | Jean-Michel Jarre | 1,300,000 | 150th Anniversary of Houston | Downtown Houston (Houston, USA) | April 5, 1986 |
14 | Diante do Trono | 1,200,000 | Nos Braços do Pai - Diante do Trono 5 | Ministries Esplanade (Brasília, Brazil) | July 13, 2002 |
15 | Diante do Trono | 1,200,000 | Esperança - Diante do Trono 7 | Administrative Center of Bahia (Salvador, Brazil) | July 10, 2004 |
16 | Jean-Michel Jarre | 1,000,000 | Bastille Day | Place de la Concorde (Paris, France) | July 14, 1979 |
17 | The Beach Boys | 1,000,000 | Independence Day | Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, USA) | July 4, 1985 |
18 | Black Eyed Peas | 1,000,000 | New Year's Eve | Ipanema Beach (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) | December 31, 2006 |
19 | Various Artists | 1,000,000 | Paz Sin Fronteras II | Plaza de la Revolución (Havana, Cuba) | September 20, 2009 |
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