Archive → February, 2012
Hey there, Coondog Concerts
The stellar clients are just a’rolling in these days… and we’re eager to introduce you to the newest client to jump onboard: Coondog Concerts!
Not only does Coondog Concerts book shows, but they are a full-service entertainment organization. Their experienced team is putting together turn-key events left and right in both the Nashville area and in southeast Texas.
Their very first show with Front Gate Tickets is onsale now! Don’t miss Trapt at The GiG in Beaumont, TX. And reach out your internet arms with exuberance and give these new guys a big ole hug! Welcome to the team.
Get your “metal” on with Motorbreath Entertainment
Drumrooollll please! Say hello to our newest, and most bludgeoning, client to date: Motorbreath Entertainment. They promote, manage and book the biggest, and baddest, metal shows in Austin and beyond.
In the past, Motorbreath Entertainment has worked with the likes of metal giants Sepultura, Rigor Mortis, Legion, Immolation, Kittie, Evil United and scads more. Don’t miss their first Front Gate Tickets event, Havok / Legion / Bonded By Blood / Exmortus / Witchaven / Speedwolf / Spellcaster at Betsy’s Bar on March 16th!
Give an evil, metal-studded, welcome to our new friends, Motorbreath Entertainment.
SnowMont Music Fest + you
Brrr…. it’s chilly! Well, not here in Austin, Texas but DEFINITELY in Killington, Vermont where the 1st annual SnowMont Music Festival is going down in just a little over a month (March 30 – April 1)!
Imagine it: fresh powder on a clear sunny day, endless hills to ski at your leisure, a lineup of kickass bands and artists to provide the soundtrack to your chilly endeavors. And you can have this, and more at SnowMont this year!
Just to give you a teaser of the greatness, check out this lineup:
Snoop Dogg
DJ Shadow
The Flaming Lips
Big Boi
Chromeo
Diplo
Lotus
Z-Trip
Kid Sister… and loads more!
Don’t miss out on this snowy music-laden winter wonderland experience… Killington, VT… March 30th to April 1st. BE THERE.
Onsale this week! Delta Spirit, Kenny Loggins, The Yardbirds, Clutch and more
February 20th – 26th
SHOWS, glorious shows. When you fall out of the habit of getting your butt out the door to go see some bands then life goes downhill pretty durn quickly. Word of advice: Go to more shows! And we’re here to help… scope the upcoming onsales this week:
Belly Up - Solana Beach, CA
Delta Spirit 5/14 (onsale 2/21)
Kenny Loggins 6/28 (onsale 2/22)
Saxon Pub – Austin, TX
James McMurtry 3/10 (onsale 2/20)
Ian Moore 3/11 (onsale 2/20)
Patrice Pike 3/31 (onsale 2/20)
Trees - Dallas, TX
Fear Factory 5/2 (onsale 2/24)
TRAPT 5/9 (onsale 2/24)
In This Moment 5/14 (onsale 2/24)
Houston Beerathon - Houston, TX
3/31 (onsale 2/20)
SPACE - Evanston, IL
The Yardbirds 4/19 (onsale 2/24)
Claudia Schmidt & Sally Rogers 5/13 (onsale 2/24)
Water Street Music Hall - Rochester, NY
Nick Dean 4/18 (onsale 2/21)
Clutch 4/18 (onsale 2/24)
And don’t forget to playlist it up with these solid Spotify playlists, some of our favorites ’round the FGT office these days:
Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s by Pitchfork
SXSW 2012 by Austin Bloggy Limits
Aquarium Drunkard presents Dreams With Girls by Rhino Records
Beale St. Tavern New Ticketing Venue
We are super happy to announce the newest box office member of the Front Gate Tickets family… Beale Street Tavern! Fans and show lovers alike can now purchase tickets to any Front Gate Tickets event directly from the Beale Street Tavern in the historic east 6th neighborhood.
“We’re so excited to have Beale Street Tavern as a new venue for Front Gate tickets. It is in the heart of Austin’s thriving music scene and not only offers rad music, tasty food and great people, but tickets to must-see shows as well,” said Jeff Kreinik, sales and marketing director, Front Gate Tickets.
Beale Street Tavern, located at 214 East 6th Street in Austin, sits tidily below The Parish, an Austin live music staple (both owned by Doug Guller). The Elvis-themed restaurant and bar is a convenient downtown box office location, and offers great grub and a stellar jukebox. Stop on by Beale Street and nab some tickets to your favorite bands and performers
Metallica launches music fest, Orion Music and More
Metallica are no strangers to huge music festivals OR massive global tours. This time, they’re flipping the tables and launching their own music fest, Orion Music and More, in partnership with C3 Presents. The festival will go down in Atlantic City, New Jersey (Jersey?!) at an abandoned airport, Bader Field.
Metallica will cap off each day of the two-day shindig with a headlining set, playing the Black Album one night and Ride The Lightning the next, in their entirety. But Orion isn’t just about music… along with multiple live music stages there will also be several lifestyle elements that represent each of the band member’s particular interests. Specific details to be disclosed soon.
The lineup is still developing, but so far the confirmed acts are Arctic Monkeys, Avenged Sevenfold, Modest Mouse, The Gaslight Anthem, Cage the Elephant, Fucked Up, Best Coast, Hot Snakes, Titus Andronicus, Gary Clark Jr., Lucero, Roky Erickson, The Black Angels, The Sword, A Place to Bury Strangers and Liturgy. See further event details below.
Orion Music and More
June 23 – 24, 2012
Bader Field
Atlantic City, NJ
Tickets on sale for the public Saturday February 11th at 10am ET
$150 for a 2 Day pass, fees included
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Profilin’: Tess Y.
Rustle up a loud and rowdy “Hey y’all!” for our fifth company profile candidate, Tess Y.! She’s a whip smart gal, wrangling her clients with ease and walloping wily events into shape in a hurry. She’s the perpetual shining face on the 3rd floor, helping manage a bevy of projects AND being the go-to gal for her roster of clients.
1) What do you do at Front Gate Tickets?
I’m an Account Manager for the Venues & Promoters department. I help clients with their day-to-day ticketing needs, ensuring that their events go off without a hitch.
2) What are some bands that you’re really digging right now?
I’ll be honest, I’ve been lacking in my music knowledge this year. So I don’t really know the newest and coolest band out there. But there’s still one band that when I first heard them a couple years ago, I fell in love with music all over again: Mumford & Sons. I’m not sure if I could ever get enough of them. The banjo, the harmonies, the build-ups within each song…(sigh) it’s all just pretty magical, if you ask me. I am definitely looking forward to their next album.
3) What’s the best show you’ve ever seen?
The show that most prominently sticks out in my brain is Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros at ACL 2010. I was lucky enough to watch their set while on their stage. Then, as if that wasn’t cool enough, they called all of us out on stage with the band, while they were getting into the 2nd half of “Home”. From there, it just turned into one huge happy hippie dance party. Me, Ed and the gang, and thousands upon thousands of ACL-goers. COOLEST. MOMENT. EVER.
4) What’s your absolute fave movie and why?
Always has been and always will be: Dirty Dancing!! Watching Baby lose her teenage innocence, while getting her lambada on and spitting out some epic one-liners about life and love…that’s just top notch right there!
5) If you could hang out with one band/artist or music industry mogul who would it be?
Easy. JOURNEY, circa 1983 while they were on set, taping their first choreographed music video “Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)”. Have you seen this amazingness? If not, YouTube it immediately. Any music video that begins with band members playing imaginary instruments is #1 in my book. I wanna hang out with those guys for sure.
6) Would you care about sharing an interesting tidbit about yourself?
This is going to sound absolutely crazy (and I’m prepared to seem that way). Growing up, my 3 sisters and I developed this weird complex which involves words that describe food. The very sound of someone at the dinner table saying “Wow Martha, this chicken you prepared is extremely tender!” would make all of us cringe and push our plates away. We have quite the long working document, chock-full of descriptive words that are simply forbidden at our family dinners. Here’s a sampler: moist, creamy, juicy, succulent……you get the idea. If we could do away with those words at the dinner table, well then I think the world would be a better place.
Pollstar conference winners
The 23rd annual Pollstar Concert Industry Awards happened last week at Club Nokia in Los Angeles, CA and Front Gate Tickets is proud to report that some of our clients and cohorts were at the winning end of this grand event! Please join us in congratulating…
Major Music Festival of the Year (non-touring) – Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival (Indio, CA)
Music Festival of the Year (non-touring) – The Hangout Music and Beach Festival (Gulf Shores, AL)
It feels good to have such rad people represented in such a big way! Here’s to another great year of awesome shows, successful ticketing and super fun music times.
