The little brother to the Austin City Limits Festival recorded some big numbers in 2012.

Fun Fun Fun Fest, the three-day music festival held in November at Auditorium Shores, generated more than $27 million in tourism dollars for Austin's economy and created almost 1,100 jobs, the Austin Convention and Visitors Bureau and the City of Austin said in a Nov. 27 press release.

More than 55,000 people attended the festival, a 17 percent increase from 2011, according to a news release from the city.

Those figures set new records for attendance and revenue generation for the seventh annual festival, according to the city.

FFF Fest headliners this year ranged from hip-hop favorites Run DMC and De La Soul to neo-folk outfit Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros.

FFF Fest producer James Moody said Project Loop's expanded Skate and Ride Experience, which is the BMX and skate section, as well as an increase in high-quality, local food vendors helped grow this year's festival.

"We love that Austin is diverse and nerdy enough for our festival to be this successful," Moody said.

According to 2012 ticket sales, 83 percent of FFF Fest attendees came from Texas, 16 percent came from other U.S. states, and 1 percent came from other countries. The festival attendees who came from outside of Austin spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on food, lodging and transportation, according to a news release from the City of Austin.

"I am so proud of James Moody and all the folks at Transmission for putting on their most successful Fun Fun Fun Fest yet," Mayor Lee Leffingwell said in a statement. "They are an excellent community partner, and we look forward to having the fest as a cultural and live music staple in Austin for years to come."