Boost the number of eyes on your Humanitix event by connecting with music apps such as Bandsintown and Spotify, and tap into hundreds of millions of engaged music fans.
By tagging the artists performing at your event, your event and event link will appear in their app profiles - and anywhere else these apps integrate with.
Users receive email and push notifications when their favourite artists are performing at your event nearby!
Music previews will also appear on your event page, allowing potential buyers to get a taste of your performing artists before purchasing tickets!
How the music integration works
The Humanitix music integration requires you to tag the performing artists at your event. Note: Tribute acts are not accepted. Artists must be physically present.
Tag your artists and get approved
Navigate to event information on the left hand menu while managing your event
Scroll to discoverability
Tag the artists performing at your Humanitix event by searching for their Spotify profile name
Click request approval to get approved by the Humanitix team.
You'll be notified once your account has been approved. If you see "Approved" there is nothing you need to do.
Your approval will be applied to your entire Humanitix account. You only need to request approval once.
If you do not see the performing artists section:
Make sure your event is set to public
Select an appropriate event category, such as "festival or performance"
Music previews on your event page
Once you've added your artists, you can display 30-second music previews on your event page. These appear next to the Get Tickets button on both mobile and desktop.
Ensure play music previews on your event page is toggled ON.
For the music preview feature to work the tagged Spotify artist must be on MusicBrainz. Their Spotify artist and MusicBrainz profiles also must be linked.
It is currently not possible to change which songs are previewed by the artist.
Syncing your events to Spotify and Bandsintown
Once tagged and approved, your Humanitix event will automatically begin syncing with Spotify and Bandsintown within 24 hours.
Artists will need to have an active Spotify profile to sync with Spotify.
Artists will need to have a Bandsintown profile to sync with Bandsintown and their partners.
Spotify
Your Humanitix event link will appear in the events tab of an artist's Spotify profile
Spotify engages in targeted promotion of events to Spotify users who have shown interest in this artist and are close to the venue where the artist is performing
Spotify sends out email and push notifications, and abandoned cart emails to drive conversion to your event
Bandsintown
Your Humanitix event will appear in the events lineup of an artist's Bandsintown profile
Bandsintown users will receive push and email notifications when an artist they follow lists a new event in their hometown
Artists can also choose to connect multiple other platforms to their Bandsintown account, including:
Google events
Shazam
Evvnt
and many more..
