“Just because we can’t travel to see great gigs right now, it doesn’t mean great music can’t come to us!” says Francesco Cetraro, founder GigsGuide.

Since Monday, they have added support for “virtual” concerts to GigsGuide, and they now list loads of great events with incredible artists from all over the world. These can be found here: https://gigs.guide/live

The core of GigsGuide functionalities is also there, such as help with finding artists and gigs that best match the users taste.

“True to our commitment of not making money off the music, particularly right now when artists need all the support they can get, the service is completely free for artists and for users.” says Francesco.

The initiative has already been picked up by media around the world, such as BBC, Forbes and The Guardian.

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“The GigsGuide team is in good shape. To be honest, we were mostly self-isolating and working from home before too, so our lifestyle hasn’t really changed much.” says Francesco

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The startup’s aim is to merge music and tourism by letting people find cultural events in any location, discover new artists and support local venues. Most importantly, the users could contribute to the development of the cultural life of the cities they visit. By offering the GigsGuide platform to city administrations and tourist offices, the startup can help them inspire potential visitors to travel and discover the cities. The startup has also attended the Music Convention in Liverpool to learn more about the objectives.

Over the last year, GigsGuide has kept themselves busy. After graduating from the Accelerace programme in Copenhagen, GigsGuide has been participating in Music WorX in Hamburg – one of the few accelerators for startups from music industry.

“GigsGuide has received an extremely warm welcome in Hamburg and our prospects for the future are looking bright”, – Francesco Cetraro, CEO and founder of GigsGuide.

A new version of GigsGuide includes a destination search with recommendations (also including flight and accommodation searches), looking for inspiration for destinations or activities, an account that saves information about your future trips for an easy access, and notifications about future trips and recommendations.

“We already made some great connections, met many new friends and found a lot of interest for the work we are doing with GigsGuide and for our vision for the future”, – continues Francesco.

The startup’s founder and CEO Francesco Cetraro has also shared an insightful blog post on their experience of running a travel website. Read more here: GigsGuide blog.

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