#TBF26 Q&A: Protecting and progressing grassroots venues
The Music Venue Trust represents 801 grassroots music venues across the UK and has spent 12 years protecting the sector.
#TBF26 Q&A: Making the arts accessible to all
Last year’s edition of the Edinburgh International Festival welcomed more than 111,000 guests from 91 countries, marking the event’s fullest
#TBF25 Preview: Eyes on Me – Integrated Marketing In Action
In recent years, entertainment and sports marketeers have focussed intensely on measurement, conversion, performance. With more and more data to
#TBF25 Preview: Broadway’s Marvellous Marketplace
How does the world’s greatest concentration of theatres operate in today’s multi-platform world? With 41 professional theaters – each with
#TBF25 Preview: Creating Inbox Gold – from Martians to Igglepiggle
If – as we learnt at last year’s Forum – an email address is more valuable than a gramme of
#TBF25 Update: Who will you be talking to?
Two months out from our 13th TheTicketingBusiness Forum and the attendance list is better than ever! Once again, the Forum will
#TBF25 Preview: Data and AI – Learnings in Business Transformation
Off the back of record-breaking attendance at its Australian Open, Tennis Australia has amassed even more data on its audiences,
#TBF24: Drip pricing, mega events and the grassroots levy under discussion
Ethical ticketing, technology and mega events were among the discussion points during a busy conference programme at the 2024 TheTicketingBusiness
#TBF24 Q&A: Compelling, immersive experiences
Ahead of TheTicketingBusiness Forum 2024, which kicks off in the UK city of Manchester next week, we spoke to Rob
#TBF24 Q&A: Farewell to FAQs, Cheers to Chatbots!
With TheTicketingBusiness Forum 2024 coming next week, we caught up Pete Patel, head of digital & ticketing at Assembly Festival, which has
#TBF24 Preview: The Impacts of Dynamic Pricing
Another hot topic in the spotlight this year is PRICING. So, we are delighted to welcome back industry leader Greg
#TBF24 Keynote: Five decades of the Blue Men
It’s the show that continues to defy genre or audience profile. Each Blue Man Group performance is a joyous, raucous
#TBF24 Q&A: Venue content trends for 2024
With TheTicketingBusiness Forum 2024 coming later this month, we caught up with The Ticket Factory’s ticketing director Noel Edwards, who
#TBF24 Q&A: Exploring new frontiers for festivals
With TheTicketingBusiness Forum 2024 just weeks away, we caught up with global festival pioneer Andrea Galasso, following her successful role
#TBF24 Guest Q&A: Music Venue Trust’s Mark Davyd
Ahead of TheTicketingBusiness Forum next month, we spoke to Music Venue Trust chief executive and founder, Mark Davyd. Prior to
#TBF24: Forum Preview released
What’s happening at this year’s Forum? Too much to share in a single post so we’ve put together a 16-page
#TBF24 Q&A: Taking ticketing beyond the transaction
As TheTicketingBusiness Forum 2024 fast approaches, we caught up with Shah-Zeib Ahmed, director of glosancon-sports, who has been involved in
#TBF24: The global C-level gathering
Just nine weeks until our 12th TheTicketingBusiness Forum hosts an outstanding, in-person audience with hundreds of senior figures from the
#TBF24: What’s in the mix for 2024?
We’re busy bringing together #TBF24, our 12th annual edition, inviting the entertainment sector’s commercial thinkers, ticketing practitioners and technology innovators
#TBA23: The Lionesses, Women’s EUROs and AXS triumph
AXS Europe was named the Ticketing Business of the Year tonight (Wednesday) as the industry’s most impactful decision-makers and enterprises
#TBF23 Full Programme release
Running to 104 pages the full programme release for our 11th annual TheTicketingBusiness Forum is now available. The publication details
#TBF23 Special Guest: Pop, Property & Power with Andy ‘Spin’ Spinoza
How did Manchester’s post-industrial ruins, which inspired the world-famous Factory Records, Joy Division and the Haçienda, become a sky-high propertyboom
#TBF23 Preview: Broadway’s back… and looking forward!
With a cry of “Off the couch. And into the theatre!” we’re delighted to welcome back not one, not two
#TBF23 Q&A: London Theatre Company’s Rhea Heath
With Manchester readying itself to welcome hundreds of top ticketing executives to TheTicketingBusiness Forum at Emirates Old Trafford in just
#TBF23 Guest Q&A: Willem Jan Brabers
Among the many top executives joining TheTicketingBusiness Forum in Manchester next month will be Willem Jan Brabers, who is a
#TBF23 Guest Q&A: Swiss Vapeur Parc’s Damien Fulbert
Next month, Manchester’s Emirates Old Trafford will welcome senior executives from across the ticketing industry to TheTicketingBusiness Forum. One of
#TBF23: Venues, Promoters, Teams & Rightsholders
We’ve an amazing array of Venues, Promoters, Teams & Rightsholders on our exclusive #TBF23 VIP Guest List this year. Just
#TBF23 Guest Q&A: AFC Ajax’s Kjell Scheunhage
As TheTicketingBusiness Forum 2023 fast approaches, we caught up with Kjell Scheunhage, product owner ticketing at AFC Ajax, the mighty Dutch football
#TBF23 Guest Q&A: Sonia Friedman Productions’ Sophie Beattie
Moving into March means that we can now say TheTicketingBusiness Forum is just next month! In the run-up to the
#TBF23 Guest Q&A: Theatre Tokens’ Jamie Snelgrove
As TheTicketingBusiness Forum 2023 fast approaches, we caught up with Jamie Snelgrove, head of Theatre Tokens, the UK-wide gift voucher scheme run
#TBF23 Update: Who will you bump into this year?
Two months today we’ll wrapping up our 11th annual TheTicketingBusiness Forum. The great and the good of arts, culture, sport,
#TBF23 Q&A: Edgbaston’s Nick Brennan
Nick Brennan, ticketing systems manager for Warwickshire County Cricket Club, will be swapping the Birmingham cricket ground Edgbaston for Manchester’s
#TBA23 Judging Panel unveiled
With nominations closing this past week, we are delighted to unveil the Judging Panel for TheTicketingBusiness Awards 2023 (#TBA23). Our
#TBF23 Q&A: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’s Madison Lymer
With TheTicketingBusiness Forum 2023 just around the corner, we spoke to Sonia Friedman Production’s Madison Lymer, who is currently the
#TBF23 Guest Q&A: Layered Reality’s Hugh Gledhill
As TheTicketingBusiness Forum 2023 fast approaches, we caught up with Hugh Gledhill, performance marketing director at Layered Reality, a London-based
#TBF23 Guest Q&A: Elbphilharmonie’s Moritz Kästner
TheTicketingBusiness Forum is set to host hundreds of professionals from the ticketing and related industries in Manchester from April 19-20,
#TBF23 Guest Q&A: Burnley’s Chris Parkinson
Ahead of TheTicketingBusiness Forum 2023 held at Manchester’s Emirates Old Trafford, April 19-20, we caught up with Burnley Football Club’s head of ticketing, Chris
Will you be a winner in 2023? Nominations for #TBA23 now open
Calling all innovators, pioneers and visionaries! Is your ticketing, tech or marketing team smashing’ it!? Nominations for TheTicketingBusiness Awards 2023
#TBF23 Guest Q&A: Edgbaston’s Will Kerr
Ahead of this year’s TheTicketingBusiness Forum 2023, we caught up with Will Kerr, membership services executive at Edgbaston Stadium and
Winners of TheTicketingBusiness Awards 2022 are announced
The winners of TheTicketingBusiness Awards 2022 were announced tonight at Emirates Old Trafford in Manchester, UK. TheTicketingBusiness Awards (previously the
#TBF22 Guest Spotlight: Venue Cymru
TheTicketingBusiness Forum is set to take place next week at Emirates Old Trafford in Manchester on Thursday and Friday, and
#TBF22 Guest Spotlight: Feyenoord
With just two weeks to go until TheTicketingBusiness Forum, we are highlighting some of the VIP guests that will be
#TBF22 Guest Spotlight: Rugby League World Cup 2021
Ahead of TheTicketingBusiness Forum, we’re highlighting some of the VIP guests that will be joining us in Manchester for #TBF22.
Who will you be networking with at #TBF22?
We are seriously excited to share with you some of the huge names and big organisations already confirmed for our 10th birthday
#TBA22 AWARDS: FINALISTS UNVEILED
TheTicketingBusiness is delighted to unveil the finalists for the ticketing sector’s 2022 Awards. Our congratulations to all of our finalists
#TBF22 Guest Spotlight: Hartshorn-Hook Enterprises
In the countdown to #TBF22, we’re highlighting some of the VIP guests that will be joining us in Manchester for
#TBF22 Guest Spotlight: Burnley Football Club
In the countdown to #TBF22, we’re highlighting some of the VIP guests that will be joining us in Manchester for
#TBF22 Guest Spotlight: Royal Opera House
In the countdown to #TBF22, we’re highlighting some of the VIP guests that will be joining us in Manchester for