NACPA

North American Concert Promoters Association


Founded in 1988, the North American Concert Promoters Association is the exclusive nonprofit industry association for influential concert promoters, bringing together divergent sizes and interests, with affiliates from Live Nation Entertainment and AEG Presents to Nederlander, Another Planet Entertainment, JAM Productions, and many others.

  • Dave Brooks

    Dave Brooks

    For this installment of the newsletter, we talked to Dave Brooks, who covers the concert business for Billboard and has organized its Touring Conference.

  • Charles Johnston: Select Artists Associates

    Charles Johnston: Select Artists Associates

    Charles T. Johnston, known to his many admirers as Charlie, has been a staple of live entertainment since the ‘60s. That’s just the byproduct of…

  • Chris Semrau: A Venue Perspective

    Chris Semrau: A Venue Perspective

    As the U.S. events return with or without restrictions, NACPA decided to take a look at how our friends in facility management are handling it.…

  • Dick Alen: Chuck Berry In Paris

    The following is the second installment from an unfinished autobiography for legendary William Morris agent Dick Alen:

  • A Touring Hospital: Interview with Entour Med’s Jeremy Pinyard

    A Touring Hospital: Interview with Entour Med’s Jeremy Pinyard

    As founder of Nashville-based EnTour Med, Dr. Jeremy Pinyard has developed a concept that one would assume would be more common: getting touring artists a…

  • NIVA: Now What?

    NIVA: Now What?

    The National Independent Venue Association was one of the few positive byproducts of the Covid-19 pandemic. As businesses shuttered, NIVA, under the auspices of First…