Bandsintown Event & Artist Scraper 👋 Welcome to the Bandsintown Event & Artist Scraper, an Apify actor designed to help you gather event and artist data from Bandsintown. With this actor, you can easily search for upcoming and past events, artist details, and venue information. ## Introduction The Bandsintown Scraper is a web scraping tool built with Crawlee and Apify, designed to extract event, artist, and venue data from Bandsintown. It is ideal for music fans, event organizers, promoters, researchers, and anyone interested in live music data. ## Use Cases Here are some typical scenarios in which the Bandsintown Scraper can be useful: - Music Fans: Track upcoming concerts and festivals for your favorite artists or in your city - Event Organizers: Monitor event listings and artist tours - Researchers: Analyze trends in live music, artist popularity, and event locations - Promoters: Discover new artists and venues for collaboration - Data Aggregators: Enrich your music/event database with structured data from Bandsintown ## Input 📥 To use this actor, you need to provide the following input: json { "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://www.bandsintown.com/e/1031508260-adele-at-the-colosseum-at-caesars-palace?came_from=251&utm_medium=web&utm_source=artist_page&utm_campaign=event" } ], "maxItems": 50, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } } - query: The search term (artist name, venue, or festival) - typeQuery: Type of search (artist, venue, or festival) - typeEvents: Which events to fetch (upcoming, past, or all) - maxItems: Maximum number of events to extract - proxyConfiguration: Proxy settings (recommended to use Apify Proxy) ## Output 📤 Each extracted event will have a structure similar to: json { "title": "Adele Las Vegas Tickets, The Colosseum at Caesars Palace Nov 23, 2024 | Bandsintown", "locale": "en", "isBitPlus": false, "url": "https://www.bandsintown.com/e/1031508260-adele-at-the-colosseum-at-caesars-palace?came_from=251&utm_medium=web&utm_source=artist_page&utm_campaign=event", "artistId": 5594, "artistName": "Adele", "artistImage": "https://photos.bandsintown.com/thumb/18065858.jpeg", "artistPageUrl": "https://www.bandsintown.com/a/5594-adele?came_from=251&utm_medium=web&utm_source=artist_event_page&utm_campaign=artist", "venueName": "The Colosseum at Caesars Palace", "venueCity": "Las Vegas, NV", "venueAddress": "3570 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89109", "timezone": "America/Los_Angeles", "startTime": "8:00 PM PST", "startsAt": "2024-11-23T20:00:00", "endsAt": null, "ticketUrl": null, "ticketText": "Get Tickets", "streamUrl": "https://www.bandsintown.com/e/1031508260-adele-at-the-colosseum-at-caesars-palace", "watchLiveText": "Watch Live", "lat": 36.1179235, "lon": -115.1748846, "genres": "Rnb-soul, R&b/soul, R&b, Soul", "genreArtists": "Adele", "bandMembers": null, "hometown": "London, United Kingdom", "artistWebsite": "Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (Born 5 May 1988 in London, United Kingdom) .....", "socialLinks": "https://twitter.com/Adele, https://open.spotify.com/artist/4dpARuHxo51G3z768sgnrY, ....", "eventId": 1031508260, "rsvpCount": 505 } ## FAQ 💬 - What is Bandsintown? Bandsintown is a leading platform for live music discovery, helping fans track their favorite artists and find concerts and festivals worldwide. - What types of data can the scraper extract? The scraper can extract event details, artist information, venue data, ticket links, genres, and more. - Can I filter by artist, venue, or festival? Yes! Use the typeQuery and query fields to specify your search. - What if the website changes? If Bandsintown changes its structure, the scraper may need to be updated. Please report any issues or request updates via Apify or contact Lexis Solutions. ## Similar Scrapers Here are some other scrapers you might find useful (from the packages directory): - Dice.fm Scraper - Luma Events Scraper - Groupon Scraper - Holidaycheck Scraper --- 👀 Got feedback or need an extension? Lexis Solutions is a certified Apify Partner. We can help you with custom solutions or data extraction projects. Contact us via Email or LinkedIn