Independent Live Music community to gather in New Orleans for NIVA ’24
Hundreds of independent live music venues, promoters, festivals, and agents will gather in New Orleans from June 3 to 5 for NIVA ’24, the third annual convention of NIVA (The National Independent Venue Association), with programming at iconic independent venues Generations Hall, Tipitina’s, Republic NOLA, and dba…..
Live Music Society offers more grants for small music venues
Live Music Society, a non-profit organization that has supported small venues and listening rooms across the U.S. since 2020, announced that applications are open for its second annual Music In. Continue reading
Live music will drive ‘Funflation’ as consumer spending slows says BoA analysis
There’s good news for musicians and the live music sector in a new report from Bank of America analyst Jessica Reif Ehrlich. According to the analysis, funflation – the post-pandemic. Continue reading
6 Questions with soulful indie singer-songwriter Shawn James
For this latest edition of ‘6 Questions With…’ I caught up with soulful indie singer-songwriter Shawn James while he was prepping for his 27-date fall tour. Onstage, James can be wonderfully. Continue reading
How Indie Musicians can sell more tickets to live shows
Unfortunately, even if your music is impressive, it’s not the only thing that will get people out to your show. Here are some key ways to motivate old and new. Continue reading
FREE WEBINAR: ‘Understanding The Future Of Live Music’ this Wednesday
Bandsintown and MIDiA are presenting a free webinar, “Understanding The Future Of Live Music,” this Wednesday, August 16th. Earlier this month, top music and entertainment consultancy MIDiA released ‘Return to live. Continue reading
Why isn’t Hip Hop conquering Live Music as it has Streaming?
The new “Return to live” study by MIDiA Research based on data from Bandsintown showed that Hip Hop ranks lower in genres that music listeners prefer to see live. Report. Continue reading