Ticket Sales Rise at South Dakota’s Two Professional Symphony Orchestras
Ticket sales are increasing for South Dakota’s two professional symphony orchestras, including the Black Hills Symphony Orchestra in Rapid City and the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra in Sioux Falls, driven by new audiences discovering classical music and efforts to make…
Rapid City, SD, October 14, 2026 —
Ticket sales are increasing at South Dakota’s two professional symphony orchestras as new audiences discover classical music and the organizations make efforts to improve access to concerts.
The trend includes the Black Hills Symphony Orchestra in Rapid City and the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra in Sioux Falls. The available information does not specify how much ticket sales have risen, when the increase began or whether growth has been similar at both orchestras.
New listeners discovering classical music are identified as one factor behind the increase. Efforts to make concerts more accessible are also cited, though details about those efforts—including specific programs, pricing changes or other measures—were not provided.
The reported trend points to growing ticket sales at both professional orchestras, but it does not provide figures that would show the scale of the increase or allow comparison between the organizations. No information was provided about attendance totals, the audiences’ backgrounds or which concerts drew new attendees.
Further details about the orchestras’ accessibility efforts and ticket-sale figures were not included in the summary. The information also does not state whether the increase applies to a particular season or represents a longer-term pattern.
Story summarized from the original created by Emily DeCock, South Dakota News Watch on www.kotatv.com, see more information here.
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