Matinée Group

What Matinée Group does

Matinée Group (legally Matinée 2000 S.L.U.) is a Barcelona-headquartered leisure production company that organizes festivals and events primarily for the LGBTQ+ community. Founded in 2000, the company operates a portfolio of event brands anchored by Circuit Festival — launched in 2008 and described as the biggest international LGBTIQ event, running across 9 days in Barcelona and extending to 20+ countries via party tours — alongside Matinée Easter Weekend (spring festival), Matinée Barcelona Events (monthly club nights), and Matinée on Tour (international party tour covering 50+ cities and 25 countries).

The company's offering spans live event production, recorded music, and entertainment agency services. Its proprietary assets include the Matinée Music label (operated in partnership with Doctor Music DJ, distributing compilations and tracks through Beatport), the Matinée World Radio Show, a talent roster of 100 resident DJs and producers, and the Matinée Agency, which provides booking, creative direction, and technical production for both internal and external clients. Distribution is anchored by Ticketmaster for ticketing, supplemented by the company's own e-commerce storefront and direct phone sales.

Revenue is generated primarily through event ticket sales (via Ticketmaster), with secondary streams from music licensing/royalties and agency services. The company is privately held with no external funding, parent company, or disclosed subsidiaries, and operates with a small core team of 11-50 employees supplemented by its 100-strong talent roster.

Name

Matinée Group

Legal name

Matinée 2000 S.L.U.

Website

https://matineegroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Matinée Group is a Barcelona-based private event production company that organizes LGBTQ+ festivals and parties, anchored by the Circuit Festival brand and extending to 50+ cities worldwide, with ancillary music label and agency services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Live Event Production

NAICS

Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events with Facilities (71131), Agents and Managers for Artists, Athletes, Entertainers, and Other Public Figures (7114), Musical Groups and Artists (71113)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900), Services-Advertising Agencies (7311)

akta.pro primary industry

Music Festival Organizers & Promoters (MPAGAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Festival & Event Producers/Organizers (MPAIAFAC), Party DJ, Music & Audio Services (HSACACAI), Music Aggregators & DIY Distribution Platforms (MPAIAAAD)

Keywords

• Event production
• LGBTQ festivals
• Music label
• Talent booking agency
• Live entertainment

Headquarters

HQ city

Barcelona

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Event tickets and admissions: Revenue generated from selling tickets to festivals, monthly events, and party nights through Ticketmaster and their own ticketing platforms.
2. Music label and releases: Matinée Music releases official compilation albums and tracks by resident DJs and producers through Beatport and other digital distribution channels.
3. Agency services: Provides entertainment agency services including booking DJs, singers, dancers, acrobats, and entertainers for events. Services include conceptualization, art direction, graphic design, audiovisual production, and technical management.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Matinée Group produces and organizes large-scale LGBTQ+ festivals, monthly club events, and worldwide party tours, anchored by the flagship Circuit Festival in Barcelona. It also operates Matinée Music (a record label releasing compilations and tracks by resident DJs in partnership with Doctor Music DJ) and a Matinée Agency providing event conceptualization, talent booking, and technical production services. Events and tours have collectively reached 10 million+ attendees across 25 countries and 50+ cities.

Product overview

Matinée Group is a leisure production company specializing in festival and event organization, with 29 years of history and operations in 25+ countries. The company operates a portfolio of event brands: Circuit Festival (the flagship international gay/LGBTIQ festival in Barcelona), Easter Weekend (spring festival), Barcelona Monthly Events, and the Matinée on Tour (worldwide party tour). The music division includes Matinée Music label (in partnership with Doctor Music DJ), the Matinée World radio show, and a talent roster of resident DJs and producers. The Agency division provides entertainment production services including talent booking, creative direction, advertising, and technical production. The products are interconnected: events feature resident DJs from the talent roster, music releases come from the label, and the agency services support both in-house productions and external client events.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Circuit Festival: The biggest international LGTBIQ event held annually in Barcelona, first launched in 2008. Also present in more than 20 countries through party tours.
• Matinée Easter Weekend
• Matinée on Tour
• Matinée Barcelona Events
• Matinée Music

Products and services

• Circuit Festival The biggest international gay/LGBTIQ event held annually in Barcelona, spanning 9 days with world-class DJs, parties, and leisure activities. Also present in 20+ countries through its party tour, attracting attendees from over 100 nationalities.
• Matinée Easter Weekend A three-day gay spring festival held over Easter in Barcelona, featuring world-class DJs and events shared with thousands of international clubbers.
• Matinée Barcelona Events Monthly gay party sessions in Barcelona featuring high-quality productions with international DJs and party brands.
• Matinée on Tour Worldwide event tour bringing Matinée parties and festivals to main capitals across the globe, including London, Toronto, Rio de Janeiro, Bogotá, San Francisco, and Cologne.
• Matinée Music The company's official music label, operated in partnership with Doctor Music DJ, releasing compilation albums and tracks by resident DJs, producers, and artists fitting the 'Matinée Sound'. Music is distributed through Beatport and other digital platforms.
• Matinée World Radio Show Official radio program released every 15 days featuring sessions from resident DJs and producers, including new releases, exclusive remixes, and dancefloor hits.
• Talent Roster Roster of approximately 100 resident DJs, producers, and singers (including Amar Carrousel, Chris Bekker, Enrico Meloni, Flavio Zarza, GSP, Ivan Gomez, Las Bibas, Moussa, Nacho Chapado, Pagano, Phil Romano, Rashad Miraz, Taito Tikaro, and Tom Stephan) whose music is featured in Matinée events and releases.
• Matinée Agency Entertainment and events agency providing party themes and custom productions, booking of DJs/singers/dancers/acrobats, conceptualization and creative services, art direction, graphic design, advertising and PR, and technical production and equipment rental for client events.

Quantifiable outcome

• 10M+ attendees across all events
• +2 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Doctor Music DJcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMatinée Music label is run in partnership with Doctor Music DJ. This partnership manages the company's official compilation albums and releases tracks by Matinée resident DJs and producers. The label releases music through Beatport and other digital platforms, representing the company's core music distribution strategy.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• ID&T: Dutch promoter behind Tomorrowland, Mysteryland, and other major electronic music festivals. Comparable in event-production model and DJ-driven festival format, though it operates in mainstream electronic music rather than LGBTQ+ niche.
• Live Nation Entertainment: World's largest live entertainment company, operating festivals, concerts, and ticketing (including Ticketmaster — Matinée's primary ticketing partner). Comparable in producing large-scale events but vastly broader and more diversified, representing the dominant incumbent that Matinée's flagship festival could one day compete with for mainstream talent.
• AEG Presents: One of the world's largest live entertainment promoters and venue operators, producing festivals and tours worldwide. Comparable in festival/tour production model and in booking the same tier of headline DJs that anchor Matinée events, but operates at vastly larger mainstream scale.

Direct peers

• Southern Decadence: One of the largest annual LGBTQ+ events in the U.S., held in New Orleans. Comparable in audience (LGBTQ+ clubbers), production scale, and reliance on world-tour DJs — competing with Matinée for international LGBTQ+ travel spend.
• Winter Party Festival: Major annual LGBTQ+ dance-music festival in Miami Beach attracting international attendees, directly comparable to Circuit Festival in audience, format, and competitive positioning within the gay-festival circuit.
• White Party / Jeffrey Sanker Productions: Long-running LGBTQ+ festival producer (White Party Palm Springs, White Party Miami) and direct competitor to Circuit Festival in the international gay dance-music event space. Comparable niche, comparable flagship-festival model, and similar reliance on headline DJs and international travel.

Emerging players

• Resident Advisor (RA): Global electronic music events listing, ticketing, and media platform with deep overlap in club-night and festival promotion. Comparable in audience (electronic-music clubbers and festival-goers) and as a destination for DJ-tour information, though it operates as a marketplace rather than a producer.
• DICE: Mobile-first events discovery and ticketing platform focused on live music and club nights. Comparable in serving electronic-music and nightlife audiences, and a potential distribution partner or competitive threat to Matinée's own ticketing on Ticketmaster.

Others

• Beatport: Leading electronic music download/streaming store and distribution platform — Matinée Music releases compilations and tracks through Beatport. Comparable as the primary commercial channel for dance-music IP and a direct enabler of Matinée's label revenue.
• Pride Global / InterPride: International network of Pride organizations producing LGBTQ+ events globally. Comparable in audience and event formats (Pride festivals, parades), and a relevant ecosystem participant whose members often co-promote or partner with Matinée on tour stops.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/matineegroup
• Facebookfacebook.com/MatineeGroup
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/matineegroup

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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