When you publish your venue’s events on Bandsintown Pro, they’ll automatically be distributed across Apple Music, Shazam, Apple Maps, Spotlight Search, and Photos — putting them in front of millions of fans and helping you drive ticket sales.

Apple uses Bandsintown concert data to power show listings in the Apple Music app, including on the homepage, artist pages, via push notifications, and in the Concerts tab — Apple Music's dedicated concert discovery section. Fans can discover nearby shows and buy tickets without leaving the app.

The Apple Music app homepage features a Concerts carousel with nearby shows. Fans can click through to see event details.

In the Concerts tab (Search → Concerts), fans can browse events by location, date, and genre — and tap through to venue details and ticket links without leaving the app.

When fans visit an Apple Music artist page, they’ll see the artist’s upcoming events listed directly alongside their music. Festival set listings published on Bandsintown will be included in these events.

Apple Music listeners also receive push notifications when artists they follow are playing a show nearby.

Apple Maps uses Bandsintown concert data to showcase upcoming events when fans search for venues.

When fans search for venues on Apple Maps, they can tap the Tickets button on the venue's business listing and select Shazam in order to see a list of upcoming shows at that venue. Fans can tap on any event to see more information, add it to their calendar, buy tickets, or view more information on the Bandsintown event page.

Apple Maps also offers over 40 Music Guides, powered by Bandsintown concert data and curated by Apple Music editors, showcasing music venues in major cities around the world.

Music Guides are created at the sole discretion of Apple Music editors. Listing events on Bandsintown does not guarantee inclusion in these guides, but is a necessary first step.

Shazam uses Bandsintown concert data to power event listings that appear when fans Shazam a song, search for an artist, or browse the Concerts page.

When users Shazam a song, events synced from Bandsintown appear in the Concerts Near You section on the song recognition page. Users can tap on the event to view more information, buy tickets, add it to their calendar, and save the event.

Additionally, when users visit an artist profile on Shazam, events synced from Bandsintown appear in the Concerts Near You section.

When users click on the Concerts tab on the Shazam homescreen, events synced from Bandsintown appear in the Explore section. Users can tap on the event to view more information, buy tickets, add it to their calendar, and save the event.

Apple uses Bandsintown concert data to automatically enrich concert photos taken at your venue, connecting the memory to the artist’s show, set list, and upcoming dates.

When fans take photos at your venue, iOS recognizes the concert event and automatically groups those photos — surfacing the set list, artists, venue, and upcoming concerts for that artist directly in the Photos app. Fans don’t need to do anything as long as your events are published on Bandsintown.

Fans can use Spotlight Search to discover concerts by searching an artist's name directly from their iPhone home screen. When the artist's Apple Music URL is connected, and your events are published on Bandsintown, Spotlight Search will show:

First, confirm that you have published your event to Bandsintown and that more than 48 hours have passed since publishing your event. If it’s still not appearing, then please contact our Pro Support team so we can assist you.