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.

  • Goldenvoice’s Wiley Dailey Is Not Who You Think He Is

    Goldenvoice’s Wiley Dailey Is Not Who You Think He Is

    You think you know someone. We all have those people– not family or BFFs – that we assume we know. That person we see every…

  • A Conversation With Backline’s Hilary Gleason

    A Conversation With Backline’s Hilary Gleason

    As the pandemic made tectonic shifts in the music business, one thing that emerged was a new, significant nonprofit service called Backline. Founded in late…

  • Van Gogh Experience With Ian Noble

    Van Gogh Experience With Ian Noble

    Immersive experiences are one new avenue of investment for promoters, with the most prominent being the Van Gogh exhibitions. There are several that are touring…

  • Tim Taber, Transparent Productions

    Tim Taber, Transparent Productions

    Transparent Productions, the newest member of the North American Concert Promoters Association, continues to grow with shows coast to coast as well as festivals. Operating…

  • 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…