Tag: July 2021

A New Friday Night Highlight: Digital

GoFan CEO B.J. Pilling says the digital ticketer is on an aggressive growth trajectory as more high school clients adopt its proprietary platform.

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Midyear 2021: Driving Force

HATS OFF: Jason Mraz’s drive-in performance at the City National Grove of Anaheim helped propel the California venue to No. 1 in the Top Stops 2,000 or Less Capacity category. (Getty Images) Drive-in shows, Down Under concerts power a live scene on the brink of returning  Drive-in theaters or temporary concert sites erected in parking lots remained a staple venue option for live entertainment during the first half of 2021. The City National Grove of Anaheim (California) was early out of the gate with drive-in opportunities for live music fans after the pandemic began. It held its first outdoor drive-in event last summer in July; since then, 27 headliners have performed 52 total concerts in the parking lot. Looking at the tallies for 2021 alone, 14 headliners have played 24 shows there for an overall attendance of 24,744 to land the venue at No. 1 on Top Stops in the 2,000… Continue Reading Midyear 2021: Driving Force

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Quick in the Turns

Robert Davari has led Tixr, formed in 2013, to handling events including tickets and merch for the Encore Drive-In Nights concert series.

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Large-Scale Festivals Lead the Way Back

After more than a year away, multiple 30,000-capacity ticketed festivals have happened or are on the brink of happening.

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Wolf Trap: The Arts, Naturally

ARTS CATHEDRAL: The Filene Center has 7,028 seats and is the primary venue at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts. (Courtesy Wolf Trap) National park, foundation mark half a century of performances and gear up for the future The pandemic isn’t the only seemingly insurmountable challenge that the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts in Vienna, Virginia, has faced in its 50 years of operation. In April 1982, after its Filene Center venue burned to the ground, patrons stepped up not only to financially support a true-to-the-original rebuild but also to create a temporary structure that would ensure Wolf Trap’s season of 77 performances went on as planned. In just six weeks, a performance space was constructed to play host to three months of musicals, ballets, symphonies and performances by revered artists in all genres. “This proceeded an extraordinary outpouring of support and donations to rebuild the venue,”… Continue Reading Wolf Trap: The Arts, Naturally

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Calm Before the Storm: Capacities Still Low, But That’s Ready to Change

Spanish pop singer Vanesa Martín heads up the list of touring artists on July’s Hot Tickets with a two-night engagement at the WiZink Center in Madrid on May 7-8.

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The Waiting Is the Hardest Part

Six months after Congress approved the Shuttered Venue Operator Grant program, venue owners and operators were still glued to their computer screens.

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