WeGotTickets Creates The Perfect Venue For Promoters

WeGotTickets, the leading ticketing agency in the UK for small to medium-sized venues and promoters, has today launched an online forum where their clients will be able to network, discuss in private the issues facing the live industry, and share information and resources.Despite its vital importance to the music industry, the live sector - and in particular its grassroots - is primarily comprised of individuals and small organisations and is catered for by few, if any, established networks or trade bodies.Because of the more personal and hands-on nature of the live industry, promoters and venues - more than any other part of the music business - are likely to share knowledge, collaborate and come to the assistance of their peers.The WeGotTickets Client Forum will allow promoters and venues to quickly and easily reach out to hundreds of their peers across the UK. Whether they need to find a replacement soundsystem at the last minute, fill a vacant slot of a tour or just vent some steam, the forum provides the perfect venue.Laura Kramer, WeGotTickets Project Manager said: “We hope this forum will help to encourage shared experience and knowledge amongst independent event organisers across the UK and to provide them with a channel through which they can easily contact others working in their industry.”Rob Waller, founder of Soundcrash Promotions said “The live industry is all about relationships. The Clients’ Forum is a brilliant and long overdue idea that will help us network with other promoters and venues around the UK, develop new partnerships and ultimately make our own promotions more effective.”In a further effort to enfranchise this sector of the industry, WeGotTickets are joining forces with we:LIVE  the nascent independent venue & promoters network, to host an afternoon of events at this year’s Live UK Summit (7th, 8th October) aimed specifically at grass-roots independent venues and promoters.These sessions will address topics such as what it takes to become a promoter or venue owner in the first place, and how to negotiate the many laws, licences, regulations and liabilities facing those putting their necks and wallets on the line.To encourage greater uptake and participation amongst the grassroots industry WeGotTickets have negotiated a deal with the conference organisers that will allow their clients to attend these events for as little as £22.50.Dave Newton, WeGotTickets founder said: “Independent promoters and venues really are the foundation stone of the live industry in the UK. Through our active involvement in the Live UK Summit we are determined to make sure that the people who could really benefit from these sessions are given every possible opportunity to attend and have their voices heard too. And this is why we’re subsidising the special half-day Summit by over 50% to encourage as many grassroots promoters as possible to take part.”www.wegottickets.com