We’ve always made it our top priority to ensure Bandsintown has your back when it comes to getting the word out to your fans and casual listeners about upcoming shows in their area. Now, Google will be making it even easier for your fans to find you and stay in the loop.

Bandsintown is proud to serve as a launch partner for Google’s expanded efforts to prioritize and standardize event dates within Google Search. This means that the world’s largest search engine will be scanning and delivering up your tour dates, and helping you get discovered right from the Knowledge Graph panel on the results page (see screen shots).

How Do I Get Onboard?

If you’re already using Bandsintown’s Tour Date Widget to sync tour information to your website or blog, then you don’t need to do anything. Our Tour Date Widget is synced with Google, providing millions of searchers with the most up-to-date concert schedules from your official websites. Your Bandsintown events will be understood automatically, ensuring prime SEO for those looking to grab tickets or pass the link on to friends!

If you’re not currently using the Bandsintown Tour Dates Widget on your official website, Tumblr, or WordPress site, just visit this URL and input your artist name and copy and paste the code into your website. You will soon see your tour dates provided to millions of users searching for your concert schedule on Google: http://www.bandsintown.com/artist_platform/tour_dates_widget.

Artists using Bandsintown will now see their shows reach even farther across the web through our collaboration with Google and YouTube, increasing band exposure and ticket sales.

Let us know if you have any questions or would like to know more about our customizable Tour Dates Widget at biz@bandsintown.com.

Rock on,

The Bandsintown Team