The Fillmore Charlotte

What The Fillmore Charlotte does

The Fillmore Charlotte is a live music and entertainment venue located in Charlotte, North Carolina, operated by Live Nation Entertainment as part of the parent company's network of branded concert venues. The venue hosts concerts and live performances for touring artists, with ticketing and discovery routed through Live Nation's website and Ticketmaster, the primary ticketing platform owned by Live Nation. The venue also surfaces in Live Nation's consumer mobile application on iOS and Android, extending its digital distribution reach without operating a separate proprietary platform.

The company's core product is event hosting: it provides a physical space and operating infrastructure for live concerts, with seats sold through Live Nation-controlled distribution channels. The stated 'technology' is limited to physical venue infrastructure; no proprietary software, AI systems, or technical IP is disclosed. The venue carries an established brand name (The Fillmore) and is positioned as a destination for music fans in the Charlotte metropolitan area, but the unit-level technical architecture is essentially a wrapper around Live Nation's central ticketing, marketing, and venue management stack.

The business model is event-driven: revenue is generated from hosting live concerts, with pricing dynamic per event and not publicly disclosed. The venue operates with a small internal team of five employees, relying on Live Nation for content booking, marketing, ticketing, and back-office functions. There are no disclosed customer logos, enterprise contracts, or B2B revenue lines; the customer base is individual concert-goers. The venue is a passive revenue and traffic node within Live Nation's broader entertainment platform rather than an independent operating business with its own GTM motion.

Name

The Fillmore Charlotte

Legal name

The Fillmore Charlotte

Website

https://fillmorecharlottenc.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Fillmore Charlotte is a Live Nation–operated live music venue in Charlotte, North Carolina, hosting concerts and live entertainment events for touring artists and local concert-goers, with all ticketing routed through Ticketmaster.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Live Entertainment Venue

NAICS

Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events with Facilities (71131), Performing Arts Companies (7111)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Music Venues & Venue Operators (Clubs, Theaters, Arenas) (MPAIAFAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Concert Venue Operators (Arenas, Amphitheaters, Clubs) (MPAGAAAC), Event Operations & Venue Services (Box Office, FOH/BOH, Concessions) (MPAIAFAL)

Keywords

• Live music venue
• Concert venue
• Live entertainment
• Event hosting
• Ticket sales

Headquarters

HQ city

Charlotte

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Live Event Hosting: Revenue generated from hosting live concerts and entertainment events at the venue. The venue is operated by Live Nation and serves as a host for touring artists and performances.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

The Fillmore Charlotte is a live music and entertainment venue in Charlotte, North Carolina that hosts concerts and live performances for touring artists. The venue operates under the Live Nation Entertainment umbrella and distributes tickets through the Ticketmaster platform, serving as a key concert destination in the Charlotte metropolitan area.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• The Fillmore Charlotte Venue

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• TicketmastercoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTicketmaster serves as the primary ticketing platform for The Fillmore Charlotte. As part of Live Nation Entertainment, Ticketmaster handles all ticket sales and distribution for events at the venue.
• Live Nation EntertainmentcoreOthersLive Nation Entertainment is the parent company and operator of The Fillmore Charlotte venue. Live Nation is the world's largest live entertainment company.

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• The Fillmore Philadelphia: Sister Fillmore venue operated by Live Nation in another U.S. metro. Comparable scale, brand positioning, and event programming model.
• The Fillmore Detroit: Another Live Nation-operated Fillmore-branded music venue. Identical brand, operator, ticketing infrastructure, and target customer, making it the most direct geographic and operational comparable.
• House of Blues: A Live Nation-owned chain of music venues with multiple U.S. locations. Directly comparable as a sister brand operating mid-sized live music venues under the same Live Nation parent, using Ticketmaster for ticketing.
• 9:30 Club: Iconic mid-sized concert venue in Washington, D.C., operated by I.M.P./Live Nation. Comparable capacity, audience, and live music programming focus, competing for similar touring acts.
• Terminal 5: Large multi-floor concert venue in Manhattan operated by AEG Presents/Bowery Presents. Comparable capacity range and mid-tier touring artist focus.
• The Masonic Auditorium: Live Nation-operated music venue in San Francisco. Another comparable Live Nation venue with similar heritage positioning, capacity profile, and ticketing integration.
• The Tabernacle: Live Nation-operated historic music venue in Atlanta. Directly comparable as a similarly-sized, heritage-branded concert venue within the Live Nation portfolio, hosting touring artists with comparable ticket pricing dynamics.
• Brooklyn Steel: Mid-to-large capacity concert venue in New York operated by AEG Presents/Bowery Presents. Comparable scale and target touring artist market, representing a non-Live Nation competitive comparable.

Broad incumbents

• AEG Presents: Live Nation's primary competitor in venue operations and concert promotion. Comparable in scale of venue portfolio and artist promotion business, serving as the natural competitive benchmark against which Live Nation venues like Fillmore Charlotte are measured.

Regional players

• The NorVa: Mid-sized music venue in Norfolk, Virginia, operated by IMP/Live Nation. Comparable capacity and target artist segment, but serves a different regional market.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-fillmore-charlotte

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Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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