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Event Upload

for Artists

Bandsintown's event upload capability allows artists to instantaneously add multiple events to their artist page at once. To use this feature, you must first create an account on Bandsintown for Artists and claim your artist page. If you haven't already, check out this Getting Started guide.

After following the steps below to bulk upload your events, if you still have any questions or if you're running into issues, please reach out to our Support team.

Step-by-step

1. Download template

  • Log in with your Bandsintown for Artists account
  • Select your artist
  • Click on Events in the sidebar menu
  • Click the Upload button in the top right corner of the screen
  • Click in box #1 to download the template

2. Edit

Fill it out with your data, one row per event and per artist. Make sure to follow the Field Requirements below for each item listed. Fields with an asterisk are required.

To avoid complications with lengthy event information, we kindly request that you use files containing a maximum of 50 events (rows) per file.

 

3. Publish

Drag and drop your updated file on Bandsintown, and click on Upload. Once the process is finished, it will confirm your events were successfully uploaded as drafts. If you wish to leave them as drafts, you can simply close the dialogue window.

Or else, you can click on the button "Publish" if you want to publish them Immediately (or at the date and time specified in your file)

Field requirements

  • Venue*: name of the venue (if adding a live stream event please use "Live Stream" as the venue name).
  • Country*: country of the venue (if adding a livestream please add the location details to establish the time zone of the stream).
  • Address: street address of the venue.
  • City*: city of the venue.
  • Region*: 2-letter state/province code (mandatory for US or Canada) or name of the region (optional for other countries).
  • Postal Code: postal code of the venue.
  • Start Date*: date of the event. Use the following format: YYYY-MM-DD. If you intend to save your events as drafts, note that only upcoming events are supported.
  • End Date: if adding a live stream event please include the end date
  • Start Time*: time of the event. Use a 24-hour clock (HH:MM). For example, use 21:30 instead of 9:30 PM. Time will default to 19:00 if left empty or invalid.
  • End Time: if adding a live stream event please add the end time of the stream
  • Streaming Link: if adding a live stream event please add the streaming link here
  • Ticket Link: link to the ticket seller. Use the complete link (URL-shorteners such as bit.ly are not supported). If you are adding a live stream event with a ticket link please include the ticket link in the Description column
  • Ticket Type: label displayed next to the ticket link. Must be one of the following: Tickets, Presale, VIP, Free, Sold Out. Adding a Ticket Type is required if you include a Ticket Link.
  • Ticket Link 2: secondary link to the ticket seller. Use the complete link (URL-shorteners such as bit.ly are not supported).
  • Ticket Type 2: label displayed next to the secondary ticket link. Must be one of the following: Presale, VIP, Free, Sold Out.
  • On-Sale Date: date on which the event tickets will go on sale. Use the following format: YYYY-MM-DD.
  • On-Sale Time: time on which the tickets of the event will go on sale. Use a 24-hour clock (HH:MM). For example, use 15:30 instead of 3:30 PM.
  • Lineup: name of the other artists in the lineup for the event; separated by comma.
  • Event Name: name of the event.
  • Description: description of the event; can be used for any additional information.
  • Scheduled date: date on which event will be published. Use the following format: YYYY-MM-DD.
  • Scheduled time: time on which event will be published. Use a 24-hour clock (HH:MM). For example, use 15:30 instead of 3:30 PM.
  • Timezone*: the format for timezone is: Country/City_Name. See a full list of valid timezones here.
  • Artist Name: when managing multiple artists on your Bandsintown account, you can upload events for any of them all at once by adding this extra column at the end of the file and specifying each artist name as they appear on Bandsintown.
  • Event Image: Image for the artist event page. Must be a URL linking the image hosted in a website (e.g., festival website, Facebook, Instagram). Please note that URL's to dropbox, google docs, or any virtual drive ARE NOT ALLOWED.