LANTERN

What LANTERN does

Lantern Events Ltd (trading as Lantern) is a privately held Irish live events company headquartered at Rowe Street Lower in Wexford, Ireland, founded in 2012. The company produces and operates a portfolio of music festivals, comedy events, and seasonal experiences concentrated in the South East of Ireland. Its event brands include the Wexford Spiegeltent Festival (a multi-genre festival held annually in a historic Fortuna Spiegeltent on Wexford Quay, celebrating 10 years in 2022), Live at the Breakwater (a summer concert series under a 3,000-capacity big top tent on the Slaney Estuary at Ferrybank), Breakwater Festival (a 2,500-capacity August bank holiday weekend festival), Park Live (open-air concerts at Min Ryan Park), Wexford Winterland and Wexford on Ice (Christmas-seasonal festival and ice-skating experience), Wexford Comedy Club (monthly comedy nights), and JestFest Comedy Festival. The Wexford Spiegeltent Festival has won IMRO Small Festival of the Year twice and IMRO Tech Crew of the Year in 2023.

The business has no proprietary technology stack of note; operations centre on event management, venue logistics, festival programming, and ticketing through the third-party Ticketsolve platform. Distribution channels include direct ticket sales via lantern.ie and dedicated event websites (parklive.ie, breakwater.ie), Ticketsolve integration, on-site box office, and partner referral via tourism and hospitality providers. The go-to-market motion is event-driven, with customers purchasing tickets directly to attend concerts, comedy shows, festivals, and seasonal events.

Lantern generates revenue almost entirely from ticket sales (transaction-fee model) across its various event brands, supplemented by ancillary income from concessions and accessibility-linked pricing tiers. Pricing varies by event and audience segment, including tiered Wexford on Ice pricing (child, adult, family, student with a Wednesday 6pm student discount), per-act concert pricing (e.g., €32 for Dylan Moran at the National Opera House), and free essential companion tickets for disabled attendees. The company is led by Brian Byrne, supported by a small team of 1-10 employees, and operates with no disclosed external funding or institutional investors. Customers are primarily local Wexford residents and regional Irish visitors — general music and entertainment enthusiasts, families, festival-goers, and schools/youth groups — reached through partnerships with Wexford County Council, the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Live Performance Support Scheme), and a network of transport and accommodation partners including Wexford Bus, Stena Line, Irish Rail, and multiple Wexford hotels.

Name

LANTERN

Legal name

Lantern Events Ltd

Website

https://lantern.ie

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Lantern Events Ltd is a privately held Irish live events company headquartered in Wexford, founded in 2012, operating a portfolio of music festivals, comedy events, and seasonal entertainment experiences across the South East of Ireland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Wexford, Wexford

HQ country

Ireland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Ticket Sales: Primary revenue stream from ticket sales for concerts, festivals, comedy shows, and seasonal events like ice skating. Tickets are sold through their website and third-party ticketing platforms (Ticketsolve).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Lantern is an Irish live events company that creates, promotes and operates festivals, concerts, comedy shows and seasonal cultural experiences across Wexford and Ireland. Their portfolio includes the Wexford Spiegeltent Festival, Live at the Breakwater, Breakwater Festival, Park Live, Wexford on Ice, Wexford Winterland, Wexford Comedy Club, and JestFest, with tickets sold directly to consumers via their own websites and the Ticketsolve platform.

Product overview

Lantern is an Irish live events company operating a portfolio of festivals and cultural events across Wexford and Ireland. The core offering includes multiple distinct festivals: Wexford Spiegeltent Festival (October) held in a historic Spiegeltent on Wexford Quay; Live at the Breakwater (August) featuring live music under a big top on the Slaney Estuary; Park Live outdoor concerts at Min Ryan Park; Breakwater Festival; and seasonal events like Wexford on Ice (Christmas ice skating) and Wexford Winterland (Christmas festival). The company also runs recurring comedy programming through Wexford Comedy Club and JestFest, plus individual concert events. These are standalone event series rather than a unified platform architecture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Wexford Spiegeltent Festival: Multi-genre festival set in a historic Spiegeltent against Wexford Quay, featuring music, comedy, and entertainment. Celebrated 10 years in 2022.
• Live at the Breakwater
• Wexford on Ice
• Park Live
• Wexford Winterland
• Breakwater Festival

Products and services

• Wexford Spiegeltent Festival Annual multi-genre festival held in an original Spiegeltent on Wexford Quay, featuring contemporary music, traditional folk, comedy, and tribute acts. Celebrated 10 successful years in 2022.
• Live at the Breakwater
• Wexford on Ice Christmas ice skating rink experience set against Wexford Quay, offering festive family entertainment with accessibility features and school skate programs.
• Park Live Series of open-air outdoor music gigs held at Min Ryan Park, Wexford, featuring major Irish acts including The Coronas.
• Breakwater Festival New music festival held in a 2,500-capacity big top tent in Ferrybank, part of the August bank holiday weekend.
• Wexford Winterland Christmas festival featuring Santa experiences, Winterland Parade, Christmas Express train rides, and festive entertainment across Wexford town.
• Wexford Comedy Club Monthly comedy club showcasing Ireland's top comedians (e.g. Neil Delamere, Dylan Moran, Deirdre O'Kane) at venues across Wexford town.
• JestFest Comedy Festival Annual comedy festival held over the May Bank Holiday weekend featuring Irish stand-up comedians and street theatre performers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Eliminated approximately 160,000 single use plastics from events annually
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Belong TominorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 June 2022LGBTQ+ youth services organisation. Lantern supported during Pride Month 2022 with €2 voluntary donation added to bookings, matched by Lantern and donated 100% to Belong To.
• Wexford County CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWexford County Council provides ongoing support for Lantern events including Wexford on Ice and Wexford Winterland. The council helps enhance the town's seasonal offering, boost footfall, and contribute to the local economy. They provide accessible parking bays and support the winter festival programme.
• Wexford BusminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal bus service providing transport to festival venues with 25 services daily from Dublin to Wexford, plus local routes.
• Stena LineminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFerry operator partnered with festival, facilitating travel to Wexford from Wales. Rosslare Europort is 20 minutes from Wexford town.
• Irish RailminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTrain services connecting Dublin to Wexford (O'Hanrahan station), approximately 2.5 hours journey time.
• The Talbot HotelminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOfficial accommodation partner. 4-star hotel overlooking Wexford Quay, 107 bedrooms, a few minutes walk from Spiegeltent.
• Talbot Suites at StonebridgeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSelf-catering accommodation partner in Wexford town with panoramic views of Wexford Quay and Spiegeltent.
• Crown QuarterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAccommodation partner in Wexford town with 3 dining options, 2 minutes walk to Spiegeltent.
• Kelly's Resort HotelminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLuxury resort hotel in Rosslare, 15 minute drive from Spiegeltent, combined festival and beach holiday offering.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Ticketsolve: Ticketing platform provider used by Lantern for all its festival brands. Connected as a critical infrastructure partner enabling Lantern's direct-to-consumer ticket sales, and a useful comparability reference for understanding how Lantern's events monetise.

Direct peers

• Bodytonic: Dublin-based independent events company behind festivals such as Sugar Club and various club nights. Comparable because Bodytonic operates as an independent, multi-brand festival and live-music promoter with a similar portfolio-of-events GTM motion as Lantern.
• Three District: Irish promoter behind Pygmalion, Forbidden Fruit, and other festivals. Comparable as a multi-festival operator targeting similar audiences and Irish headliners, with a comparable event-driven GTM and venue-partnership approach.
• INEC Killarney: Music and events venue and promoter in Killarney, Co. Kerry. Comparable as an Irish regional promoter-venue operator programming comedy, music, and festivals at a comparable capacity (2,000–3,000) and competing for the same touring Irish artists.

Broad incumbents

• MCD Productions: Ireland's largest live entertainment promoter, producing concerts, festivals (e.g., Electric Picnic), and events nationwide. Comparable as a concert and festival promoter competing for the same headline talent and corporate sponsors that Lantern books for its Wexford stages.
• Aiken Promotions: Long-established Irish concert promoter operating across multiple venues and festivals. Comparable because Aiken books many of the same Irish headliners (e.g., Picture This, The Coronas) that Lantern features, and competes for touring artist routing slots in regional markets.

Regional players

• Body & Soul: Independent Irish arts and music festival at Ballinlough Castle, Co. Westmeath. Comparable as a multi-genre independent festival pursuing similar audience segments (festivals, families, immersive experiences) and competing for headline talent in the independent festival tier.
• Sea Sessions: Bundoran, Co. Donegal music and surf festival. Comparable as an independent, regional Irish coastal music festival that competes for festival-goers, headline Irish acts, and tourism-board support in a similar capacity band.
• Sunflower Fest: Independent Irish regional music and arts festival (Hare's Corner, Co. Tipperary). Comparable as a regional Irish festival competing for the same Irish touring acts, festival-goer audience, and sponsor relationships in a similar capacity range.
• All Together Now: Independent Irish multi-stage music and arts festival held in Waterford. Comparable as a regional competitor operating on the South East coast, vying for overlapping audiences, sponsor pools, and Department-of-Tourism funding.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCV4Otj2xUzbkhJ2Cgpamarw
• Facebookfacebook.com/LanternWexford
• Instagraminstagram.com/lanternpresents
• TikToktiktok.com/@lanternpresents
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lantern-presents

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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