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Agents Panel: How Booking Has Evolved | Billboard Live Music Summit 2026

For this year’s installment of the agents panel, Billboard has convened leading executives from several key agencies, representing artists from Bad Bunny to Gracie Abrams, to discuss how booking is evolving, the challenges agents face today across genres, and where this sector of the live business is headed going forward. The 2026 Billboard Live Music […]

The Billboard Live Music Summit 2026, set to take place on November 10 at the 1 Hotel in West Hollywood, convenes a panel of key festival promoters, management, and agency representatives to dissect the current trends and growth factors influencing the festival scene. This gathering reflects the ever-evolving nature of festivals, from the emergence of niche events like Daisy Chain Fields to the enduring popularity of established names such as Coachella.

The summit aims to shed light on the dynamics driving the expansion of genre-specific and artist-centric festivals, as well as the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead in the live music landscape.

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