Country Profile: Lithuania
Lithuania is the largest of the Baltic states and arguably the one with the greatest potential for touring acts. Ed Sheeran’s two shows in Kaunas in August 2024 at the Darius and Girėnas Stadium drew 81,000 fans and set a new ticketing record for an international artist in the Baltics, showing other major acts the scale of demand for shows there.
The shows were promoted by a combination of AEG, FKP Scorpio, and L Tips. Giedrius Klimašauskas, founder of Stay Live (which operates in Lithuania as well as Poland, Latvia, and Estonia), says the market there has properly rebounded after Covid but still struggles to draw major international acts (Sheeran aside).
The shows were promoted by a combination of AEG, FKP Scorpio, and L Tips.
Giedrius Klimašauskas, founder of Stay Live (which operates in Lithuania as well as Poland, Latvia, and Estonia), says the market there has properly rebounded after Covid but still struggles to draw major international acts (Sheeran aside). “We can do more shows if big names come more often to the Baltics,” he says.
He proposes that of all the Baltic…
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