Market Report: Germany

Germany is a country with a strong touring market for domestic acts, but it has also long been a priority market for international acts.

The German government has recently shown support for the live sector, launching the first federal funding programme for popular music festivals in 2023, giving them €5m in new funding. Primary ticketing As the home base for CTS Eventim, it is unsurprising that the company dominates here.

Ticketmaster is also present, while local services include TicketPAY, ticket i/O, SaaS ticketing platform vivenu, discovery platform Rausgegangen, and Reservix, while DICE arrived in Germany in 2022.

Sascha Kaderka, CEO of TicketPAY, says the competition…