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Bold Music Festival Curation: Beyond Big-Name Acts

Some festival lineups are starting to look the same and fans are noticing. As ticket prices climb, bold music festival curation, not just big names, may be the best way to stand out and keep crowds coming back year after year.

Alana Bonilla on 08/28/2025 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)
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26% of UK nightclubs closed in last 5 years

A quarter of all UK nightclubs closed their doors since 2020, according to new data released by the Night Time Industries Association (NTIA). 

Bruce Houghton on 08/28/2025 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Live Music Industry News Roundup: FTC sues Scalpers, NIVA, More

Check out this week’s top live music industry news include a massive ticket resale scandal, a NIVA live Music Summit, an exclusive Bandsintown YouTube partnership and more…

Alana Bonilla on 08/25/2025 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Live Music Stocks Outperformed Markets Last Week [8.18-22.2025]

The week of August 18–22, 2025, brought mixed results for live music-focused stocks. While most U.S.-listed companies in the sector benefited from the markets’ cautious optimism, Europe’s CTS Eventim was an outlier, declining after a mixed earnings report.

Bruce Houghton on 08/25/2025 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)
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What Is A Ticket Count? Why Do Ticket Counts Matter So Much?

What is a ticket count? Simply put they are a regular report of how tickets are selling for a particular show. The head of ticket count platform RealCount breaks it down and explains why ticket counts matter so much.

Alana Bonilla on 08/20/2025 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)
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NIVA '25 State Of Live

NIVA Live Policy Summit aims to ‘strengthen the ecosystem’

The Nation Independent Venue Association (NIVA) and the Indiana Independent Venue Alliance (IIVA) will host the NIVA Live Policy Summit on October 15 -16 at the HI-FI in Indianapolis. The conference will bring together industry stakeholders and policymakers to “strengthen the live music and performance ecosystem.”

Bruce Houghton on 08/19/2025 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Live Music Industry News: NIVA, Ticket Slowdown, Grants & More

In this week’s live music industry news roundup, we have updates on NIVA’s battle with Live Nation, signs of a ticket sales slowdown, Live Music Society grants for small venues, the many layers of fandom, and more…

Alana Bonilla on 08/18/2025 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Live Music Society Toolbox Grants Available For Small Venues

Applications for 2025 Live Music Society Toolbox Grants are opened for small U.S. independent music venues and listening rooms. LMS has distributed $4.8 million in funding to small non-profit and for-profit venues since launching in 2020.

Bruce Houghton on 08/12/2025 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Live Music Industry News Roundup: Hard Rock, Resale, PROs, More

This week in live music we take a look at ticket resales, soaring Metal and Hard Rock ticket sales and PRO reporting.

Alana Bonilla on 08/11/2025 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Study claims ticket resale saved fans $414M last year. Did it?

A study by “data-analytics firm” Automatiq for self-proclaimed “consumer advocacy group” Protest Ticket Rights claims that fans saved $414 million last year. They saved this amount by buying tickets on resale marketplaces.

Bruce Houghton on 08/08/2025 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Outside Lands Vibe Coded must use app for indie musiians

30+ vibe coded music apps unveiled at Outside Lands Festival

Outside Lands Music Festival’s buildathon and competition Outside LLMs has opened the public voting for it latest crop of AI-powered apps. These vibe coded music apps were each created in less than four hours using Lovable.dev.

Bruce Houghton on 08/01/2025 in Apps, Mobile & SMS | Permalink | Comments (0)
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