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Elevate Your Travel with GigsGuide's Musical Adventures - our 2024 update!
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Elevate Your Travel with GigsGuide's Musical Adventures - our 2024 update!

Explore GigsGuide's new features: More live music, seamless travel integration, a handy Chrome Extension and personalized gig matches for the ultimate adventure!

  • Francesco Cetraro
    Francesco Cetraro
4 min read
A Brand New GigsGuide
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A Brand New GigsGuide

Have you seen the new GigsGuide website? It's prettier, faster and has everything you need to get back on the road and discover new amazing live music.

  • Francesco Cetraro
    Francesco Cetraro
1 min read
Nevermind Live Music, here comes Stripadvisor!
new business

Nevermind Live Music, here comes Stripadvisor!

Live music and culture are for losers, so we are pivoting to something more lucrative. Join our NFT Auction today!

  • Francesco Cetraro
    Francesco Cetraro
3 min read
The Sun goes on strike!
covid-19

The Sun goes on strike!

What expects us at the end of the pandemic tunnel? Will the music and the culture we take for granted still be there? The time to act is now, before it's too late.

  • Francesco Cetraro
    Francesco Cetraro
5 min read
Less Covid, More Cupid!
virtual concerts

Less Covid, More Cupid!

A cheeky Valentine's day blog post to help all music lovers find the perfect virtual concert to enjoy together with their darlings!

  • Maria Sara Cetraro
    Maria Sara Cetraro
3 min read
GigsGuide's Top Virtual Events Picks - December edition
live music

GigsGuide's Top Virtual Events Picks - December edition

New month, new list of recommendation for great livestreaming events you should not miss in December!

  • Maria Sara Cetraro
    Maria Sara Cetraro
5 min read
GigsGuide's Top Virtual Events Picks - November edition
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GigsGuide's Top Virtual Events Picks - November edition

Check out our recommendations for interesting virtual events this month and listen to our November Spotify playlist.

  • Maria Sara Cetraro
    Maria Sara Cetraro
5 min read
How to keep making music together while staying apart: the Virtual Choir experience
live music

How to keep making music together while staying apart: the Virtual Choir experience

Corona might have suckerpunched live music hard, but we don't give up so easily. Our Social Media Manager Maria Sara shares her experience of how "virtual" choirs have been keeping the beat alive even during lockdown.

  • Maria Sara Cetraro
    Maria Sara Cetraro
3 min read
My Funny Quarantine...
live music

My Funny Quarantine...

The quarantine has offered music lovers the opportunity to discover new music from all over the world. Our Social Media Manager Maria Sara shares some her top finds!

  • Maria Sara Cetraro
    Maria Sara Cetraro
4 min read
Dr. Streamlove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Quarantine
streaming

Dr. Streamlove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Quarantine

After collecting over 3000 "virtual" gigs, we have seen a fair share of silly mistakes people do when planning and promoting the live streaming events. Here are a few suggestions on how to do it better!

  • Francesco Cetraro
    Francesco Cetraro
7 min read
GigsGuide + The List: best friends for music!
virtual concerts

GigsGuide + The List: best friends for music!

We are teaming up with The List, the UK's premiere live events listing site, so our virtual concert listings can reach more music lovers and artists.

  • Francesco Cetraro
    Francesco Cetraro
2 min read
A trip to Paradise City (or "how we added support for virtual concerts")
live music

A trip to Paradise City (or "how we added support for virtual concerts")

We added "virtual" concert listings so that the music can come to you even if you can't travel. Free to use and for artists to advertise their online gigs.

  • Francesco Cetraro
    Francesco Cetraro
3 min read
Is Culture just a cost?
music tourism

Is Culture just a cost?

Live music and culture can be incredible assets to promote tourism and create value for the entire community. It's high time for local authorities to take action.

  • Francesco Cetraro
    Francesco Cetraro
7 min read
New on GigsGuide: City pages, a new Artist search and more...
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New on GigsGuide: City pages, a new Artist search and more...

City pages, personalized newsletters and more. GigsGuide users have definitely more fun... Get a free account today and have more fun too!!

  • Francesco Cetraro
    Francesco Cetraro
3 min read
Fly me to the... music!
music tourism

Fly me to the... music!

This week we continue our series of posts on great concerts to see in 2020 by welcoming our first guest blogger, Maria Sara. She is the sister of our CEO Francesco and a massive music nerd (it runs in the family...).

  • Maria Sara Cetraro
    Maria Sara Cetraro
5 min read
Give "live!" a chance - Part II (introducing GigsGuide's city pages)
music tourism

Give "live!" a chance - Part II (introducing GigsGuide's city pages)

The new city pages make it easy to keep track of the coolest gigs wherever you go. They are also a great opportunity for City Promotion Agencies to do something great to support their local music scene.

  • Francesco Cetraro
    Francesco Cetraro
4 min read
The GigsGuide's ultimate guide to love, live music and travel on Valentine's day
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The GigsGuide's ultimate guide to love, live music and travel on Valentine's day

Valentine's day falls on a Friday this year. Make the best of it with our suggestions for music trips to take with your special one on Valentine's day!

  • Francesco Cetraro
    Francesco Cetraro
4 min read
#Busic travel part II: Mikhail's best metal tips for 2020
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#Busic travel part II: Mikhail's best metal tips for 2020

To follow up on last week's post with Francesco's top live music picks for this year, this week we have asked our Head of Product, Mikhail, to share with us which live music events is he looking forward to the most in 2020.

  • Mikhail Macherkevich
    Mikhail Macherkevich
3 min read
2020: a great year for "Busic travel"!
events

2020: a great year for "Busic travel"!

2020 is going to be a great year for live music. We are so excited about it we invented a new term for mixing a business trip with great live music.

  • Francesco Cetraro
    Francesco Cetraro
5 min read
"Ain't Nobody Got Time for That!" A year of great live music in review.
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"Ain't Nobody Got Time for That!" A year of great live music in review.

It started as yet another boring business post... Luckily we changed our mind, so now it is all about the music. Here is some highlights from our musical year.

  • Francesco Cetraro
    Francesco Cetraro
6 min read
What's your best live music experience? Share it with us and win!

What's your best live music experience? Share it with us and win!

We are running a small contest to celebrate the joy that live music keeps bringing into our lives. Share your best live music experience with us and win!

  • Francesco Cetraro
    Francesco Cetraro
2 min read
Miracle on the Reeperbahn

Miracle on the Reeperbahn

The GigsGuide team has been spending a lot of time in Hamburg for the Music WorX accelerator. Read our latest update (and our top musical moments at Reeperbahn Festival 2019!)

  • Francesco Cetraro
    Francesco Cetraro
  • Angelina Dasic
    Angelina Dasic
6 min read
Give LIVE a chance! Notes from the Music Tourism Convention
music tourism

Give LIVE a chance! Notes from the Music Tourism Convention

Music is one of top reasons people travel. But how can we put more LIVE music in music tourism? GigsGuide has a few ideas to make that super-easy to do.

  • Francesco Cetraro
    Francesco Cetraro
8 min read
Hamburg, Liverpool & the GigsGuide Magical (but not so Mystery) Tour
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Hamburg, Liverpool & the GigsGuide Magical (but not so Mystery) Tour

GigsGuide has been selected for MusicWorX, the program for innovative music startups of the the Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft.

  • Francesco Cetraro
    Francesco Cetraro
3 min read
Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger: How Accelerace made GigsGuide better
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Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger: How Accelerace made GigsGuide better

Friday marked the end of a leg in GigsGuide’s journey with the completion of the Accelerace Soundtech Startup Accelerator hosted by SoundHub in Struer, Denmark. The GigsGuide team takes a minute to reflect and share some tips learnt from their experience.

  • Angelina Dasic
    Angelina Dasic
2 min read

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