Podcast #14: Fabrice Sergent, Co-founder and Managing Partner of Bandsintown

In this episode, we chat with Fabrice Sergent, co-founder and CEO of Bandsintown which has grown to become one of the largest most impressive platforms in all of Live Music. In the pod, Fabrice reveals the origin story, showcasing the company's impressive growth. Emphasizing the importance of supporting local musicians and venues, Fabrice discusses how this fosters diversity and vibrancy in the music industry. Wrapping up, he explores the role of AI and shares his visionary outlook on the future of live music. Fabrice Sergent is the co-founder and Managing Partner of Bandsintown. With over 88 million registered fans and partnerships with Spotify, Apple, Shazam, Google, and more, Bandsintown has 1.5 billion monthly active users and delivers more than 5 billion personalized concert recommendations annually. In addition to helping 600K registered artists and 65K venues, festivals, and promoters share concerts with the world, Bandsintown Promoter, and the new automated marketing solution Bandsintown PRO empower them to bypass algorithms, build their audience, and sell more tickets. Please share this with anyone that might be interested in the topics, links below to subscribe and stay in the loop with the podcast and Prism: Subscribe ⁠here⁠ More on ⁠Prism⁠ Follow us on Instagram (⁠@prismfm⁠) Follow us on LinkedIn (⁠here⁠) Meet the Podcast Host/CEO of Prism - ⁠Matt Ford⁠ Bandsintown Timestamps (01:45) Concert discovery platform (06:35) Different from streaming apps (09:45) Bandsintown artist platform (14:15) Venue and promoter platform (15:45) Integrations and partnerships (17:30) The origin story (20:10) Bandsintown acquisition history (22:55) Business growth trajectory (25:00) Fabrice’s entrepreneurial history (27:00) Live music market equilibrium (33:15) Market diversity and vibrancy (35:25) Supporting local venues and acts (36:45) Increased concert attendance (39:15) Leaning in even more  to AI (43:10) Vision for the future of the industry