Urban Mitha: Ben Mitha’s two decades in live music

With two decades of professional experience under his belt, Ben Mitha has become one of the biggest independent promoters in Europe’s biggest live music market.

Quietly acknowledging this landmark year, here he tells IQ about his hopes for the future and the constant need to remain creative as he continues to expand his company’s operations across Germany and beyond.

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Stadtpark Open Air series of summer concerts, Hamburg native Ben Mitha is leading his company, Karsten Jahnke Konzertdirektion (KJK), into a new era having established a suite of supporting companies under the group’s umbrella since arriving at the firm nearly 15 years ago. And while he reminisces about last year’s iconic Taylor Swift shows, it’s still some of…

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