What Concert Archives does

Concert Archives is a privately held, bootstrapped consumer platform founded in 2013 by Justin Thiele and operated from Vancouver, United States. The platform functions as a fan-built global concert database and social networking site, enabling users to track personal concert histories, upload photos and videos, comment on concerts, organize group meetups, manage bucket lists, and receive anniversary reminder notifications. Its underlying technology consists of a web platform complemented by native iOS and Android applications, with social login via Apple, Google, Facebook, and Spotify, and data import from Songkick, Setlist.fm, and spreadsheets. The database has accumulated 1,707,863 concerts, 1,272,396 bands, 639,493 venues, and 89,877 locations across 65,495 cities over 13 years of community contribution.

The company's business model is freemium with limited monetization: the core platform is free, while revenue is generated through a Patreon supporter program with Gold, Silver, and Bronze tiers and a merchandise storefront at ca-merch.org. There is no disclosed venture funding, no enterprise customer base, and no advertising or ticket-commission revenue stream. Growth has been organic and community-led, driven by SEO, word-of-mouth, social sharing, and press coverage in major publications including Reuters, The Guardian, The New York Times, Newsweek, BuzzFeed, and Pitchfork. Distribution occurs through self-serve web sign-up and mobile app stores, targeting a single primary customer segment: concert enthusiasts seeking to document and share their live music experiences.

Name

Concert Archives

Legal name

Concert Archives

Website

https://concertarchives.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Concert Archives is a fan-built global concert database and social platform founded in 2013, enabling concert enthusiasts to track personal concert histories, share photos and videos, and connect with other fans across 1.7 million+ documented concerts worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Live Music Database and Concert Tracking Platform

NAICS

Performing Arts Companies (7111)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Music Discovery & Curation Platforms (Recommendations, Playlists) (MPAIACAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Concerts & Music Festivals (THAJAFAA)

Keywords

• Concert tracking platform
• Live music database
• Concert history app
• Setlist database
• Concert social network

Headquarters

HQ city

Vancouver

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Patreon Subscriptions: The platform operates a Patreon page with Gold, Silver, and Bronze patron tiers, providing VIP access and exclusive content for supporters
2. Merchandise: Online merchandise store (ca-merch.org) selling Concert Archives branded products

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Concert Archives operates a global, user-contributed concert database and social networking platform where music fans can track the concerts they have attended, view personal statistics, upload and browse concert photos and videos, follow friends, discover upcoming shows, and organize meetups with other fans. The platform is accessible via web and native iOS/Android apps, and is supported financially through Patreon subscriptions and branded merchandise sales.

Product overview

Concert Archives is a fan-built global concert database and social networking platform. The core product is a unified platform that combines personal concert tracking, a comprehensive searchable database of concerts, bands, venues, and locations, and social features including photos, videos, comments, bucket lists, and group meetups. Users can import concert data from Songkick and Setlist.fm, and access the platform via web or native mobile applications for iOS and Android. The platform also includes anniversary reminder notifications to help users remember past concerts.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Concert Archives Web Platform The core web platform that lets individual music fans build a personal concert diary, view statistics about bands seen and venues visited, share photos and videos, follow friends, discover upcoming concerts, organize group meetups, and search a global database of more than 1.7 million concerts.
• Concert Archives iOS Mobile App

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Feature5 records

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Last.fm: Last.fm is a long-established music-tracking and recommendation platform owned by CBS Interactive; it shares Concert Archives' user-contributed tracking ethos and concert metadata but operates at much larger scale across listening history.
• AEG Presents: AEG Presents is the second-largest concert promoter globally and operates venues and festivals; it is a broad incumbent in live music and a comparable counterpart to Live Nation for industry data partnerships.
• Spotify: Spotify integrates concert listings and tour dates directly into artist pages and is a social login option for Concert Archives; as the dominant music platform, it represents both a distribution channel and a long-term competitive threat for live-event discovery.
• Live Nation: Live Nation is the world's largest concert promoter and ticketing operator (via Ticketmaster); it is a broad incumbent in the live music space and a potential B2B data or distribution partner for Concert Archives.

Emerging players

• AllMusic: AllMusic is a comprehensive music metadata database covering artists, albums, and credits; it is a thematic peer in music data aggregation though it does not focus on live concerts or user-generated content.
• MusicBrainz: MusicBrainz is an open-source community-maintained music metadata database that overlaps with Concert Archives on artist and event data, though it focuses on recordings rather than live events.

Direct peers

• Discogs: Discogs is the world's largest user-contributed music database focused on recordings/releases, sharing the same crowdsourced, hobbyist-built ethos and global contributor base as Concert Archives' concert database.
• Songkick: Songkick is a concert discovery and ticketing platform owned by BandLab; it shares Concert Archives' band/venue/city search and personal concert history tracking, plus offers ticketing integration that Concert Archives lacks.
• Setlist.fm: Setlist.fm is the largest dedicated setlist-tracking and concert database, with the same user-contributed model and search-by-band/venue/date functionality that directly overlaps with Concert Archives' core product.
• Bandsintown: Bandsintown is a concert-discovery app that tracks which artists users follow and notifies them of nearby shows, directly competing with Concert Archives' tracking and discovery use cases.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/concert-archives

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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