Monday, February 27th, 2012

The ShowClix Party at SXSW 2012

SXSW 2012 is right around the corner, and we’re gearin’ up to show Austin what it’s like to party… ShowClix style. Food, music, and of course… lots of drinks. ShowClix has partnered with Grand Circus Media and Spencer Management Group to present a diverse and collaborative showcase highlighting a dynamic collective of artists, flavors, and specialties.

When:
Thursday March 15 2012 – Party starts at 11:00AM

Where:
Palm Door – 401 Sabine St., Austin TX

Get tickets:
Tickets are free, but must be reserved in advance. Get your free mobile ticket here!

Thursday, February 23rd, 2012

A Letter From Our CEO

Dear Kraftwerk fans,

Sorry it took me a day to write this, but it was important for me to first understand all of the facts so they could be properly communicated. First and foremost, we are deeply sorry for the frustration and massive inconvenience that yesterday’s on-sale for Kraftwerk caused for many of their great fans around the world. (more…)

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

MoMA’s Kraftwerk Performance Series of Eight Classic Albums

MoMA has recently announced an impossibly cool concert series featuring Kraftwerk, the vastly influential German pioneers of electronic music.

For each of eight exclusive shows, the krautrock legends will perform one of their classic albums in its entirety—in chronological order from 1974’s Autobahn to their only release in the last decade, Tour de France Soundtracks.

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Wednesday, December 14th, 2011

ShowClix Welcomes Pittsburgh Ticketing Engineers

As a growing tech company, we’re always looking for good ideas and the people who have them, so last night we opened our doors (and our beers) to welcome some of the city’s brightest software engineers.

Over snack trays and a keg, our own engineering team met with the newbs in our ClixCafé to discuss software, tickets, and working at ShowClix.

Will we see any of these friendly faces again in the coming weeks? Only 01110100011010010110110101100101 will tell.

Friday, December 9th, 2011

ShowClix Recruiting Event — Software Engibeering

Friends! Software engineers! Come drink our beers!

If you’re a software engineer, check out our special event next week, located in our new downtown headquarters in Pittsburgh. We’ll have locally brewed beers, food, and members of our team to discuss software engineering and ShowClix. Computer science students, grads, and professionals alike: everyone from the software engineering community is welcome to join us.

Reserve a ticket now to join us next week!

Tuesday, November 15th, 2011

Drop The Beat and The Ball: Lights All Night 2011

With New Year’s Eve just over a month away, Highland Entertainment‘s preparations are already in motion for the annual New Year’s event in Dallas, Lights All Night.

Even though the event is still weeks away, Lights All Night has gathered upwards of 18,000 followers on Facebook and Twitter. To see the widespread influence of their social media presence, just take a look at their official Facebook Page or the Twitter hashtag #lightsallnight… Hundreds of posts and tags from fans, with dozens of new followers and comments rolling in every day.

How do you attract the attention of so many people at once? (And maybe more importantly, how do you keep their attention?)

Recently we spoke to Highland’s CEO and Talent Buyer, Scott Osburn, about his ongoing gameplan to promote the biggest Lights All Night yet.

Highland Entertainment’s Scott Osburn notes that the ticket sales are “way ahead of schedule.” In fact, ticket sales for the Dallas festival are as much as 40% ahead of the curve, compared to other similar festivals booked by Highland.

In the early counts for Lights All Night, he has seen a growing number of fans opt for [mobile tickets]. “I personally like mobile tickets, especially from an event promoter’s standpoint,” Osburn said. “At this point in the ticket sales, 20% of our ticket buyers have opted to use mobile ticketing.”

Through a series of direct social media campaigns, the team has amassed a staggering 15,000 [now 18,000 and counting!] followers on social networks like Facebook and Twitter, along with a nationwide team of 100 college ambassadors who promote the event through flyers, posts, and pre-parties, in exchange for internship credit hours.

Check out the rest of our conversation with Scott in our Lights All Night case study [PDF].

Monday, November 14th, 2011

Conversations From The 2011 Billboard Touring Conference

Last week, three members of the ShowClix team attended this year’s Billboard Touring Conference and Awards conference.

The event kicked off with opening remarks from Billboard Editorial Director Bill Werde, followed by remarks from ShowClix’s Director of Sales, Pat Lucas. Lucas’ remarks introduced a conversation about innovation in ticketing and the influence of social media, which was covered at length by the first panel of the conference, “How Exactly Will Social Sell Tickets?”

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Thursday, October 20th, 2011

Levi’s Brings Indie Rock to Braddock, PA

Benefit Braddock was just announced and we couldn’t be more excited!

The Levi’s Benefit Braddock concert series, which features performances from a virtual dean’s list of the 2011 indie rock scene, lasts three days in nearby Braddock, PA. The event is more than just a series of shows, however… Proceeds from ticket sales will support the rebuilding efforts in Braddock, tripled by a contribution from Levi’s!

The series kicks off with a Thursday night double-header from indie troubadour Andrew Bird and opener Kurt Vile, whose hazy 2011 Matador release Smoke Ring for My Halo has already topped several album-of-the-year lists.

Friday’s set features Atlas Sound, the subdued dream-pop side project from Deerhunter frontman Bradford Cox. The band will open for long-time partisans of the psychedelic indie rock sound, Built to Spill.

Finally on Saturday, the series will really start to take off with back-to-back, riotous sets from Titus Andronicus and The Hold Steady.

Tickets are on sale now at ShowClix.com, but get them quickly because they won’t last long!

Thursday, October 6th, 2011

Grey Area, VIA 2011 & ShowClix: Tonight @ The Rex

We’re stoked to welcome Grey Area Productions to the ShowClix family!

Grey Area is an event promotions and production company that books awesome shows each week at Pittsburgh’s raddest nightlife and music venues. Check out a list of their upcoming events right now at greyarea.showclix.com.

Tonight at the Rex Theatre, the Pittsburgh-based promoters will host the first main event for this year’s VIA Music & New Media Festival.

Math-pop pioneers Battles will perform an audio-visual set, featuring songs from their latest record Gloss Drop. Get there early to catch sets from FaltyDL, Walls, Wolf Eyes, and down-tempo beatsmith Four Tet, each accompanied by visuals from video and new media artists.

The festival got off to a smashing start last night with a sold-out show at the Brillobox. The event marked the kickoff party for the five-day festival, featuring audio and visual sets from Pure Hype, Brenmar, and Thunder Horse Video, as well as a visit from singularity-wave rockers Trans Am performing their 1999 album Futureworld in its entirety.

Visit the official VIA 2011 program website to peep the staggering lineup of DJs, bands, electronic music and video artists for the rest of the week, and you can watch the live stream of any of the VIA 2011 events at via-pgh.com/live.

But really, why don’t you just grab your tickets from ShowClix while they’re still available? Weekend Plus passes are literally minutes away from selling out.

Click the image below to purchase tickets now!

Tuesday, August 30th, 2011

ShowClix + LMFAO Party Rocking @ Billboard’s Summer Blowout

We weren’t really sure what to expect when we arrived at Pier 36 for Billboard.com’s Summer Blowout event.

Remember, this was not your father’s ticketing… ShowClix had the dubious honor of hosting the first-ever entirely mobile-ticketed event. (Check out yesterday’s blog post for a video with more information.)

Located just north of Manhattan Bridge in New York’s Lower East Side, Pier 36 was the perfect venue to host what many of the city’s most prolific media bloggers had dubbed the event of the summer.

The Blowout was a mix of equal parts concert and summer party with just a dash of neon flash mob, hosted by Billboard Top 100 artist LMFAO. Add to that an entourage including renowned hip-hop producer Swizz Beatz, among a guest list of rising musicians and other VIPs, and you’ll see why we were so thrilled to be at the center of the action.

Even media giant TMZ showed up to spread the gospel (and gossip) about the event.

Check out some backstage photos from the Blowout, snapped by our own Daniel Stainer.