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We’d like to give a hearty congratulations to Michael Kloss, Emory University’s Chief of Protocol and Executive Director, Office of University Events. Michael has been selected as one of five national finalists for the Organizational Event Planner of the Year in the Spotlight Awards, representing Atlanta’s famous Emory University.
Having worked closely with Michael during the Dalai Lama Visit in 2010, which we sold tickets for, we here at Ticket Alternative would like to heartily recommend that everyone votes to get him the recognition he so rightly deserves.
Visit http://www.event-solutions.com/spotlight/voting/ and find the Organizational Planner of the Year category once you give your email.
We’d like to give a warm shout out and congratulations to our clients Eddie’s Attic and Smith’s Olde Bar, who were named among a select few amazing Atlanta venues as the Best Spots for Live Music. From the article:
Atlanta is known for being the home of southern rap and a number of rap megastars, however, one of Atlanta’s thriving undercurrents is that of “live music”. Check out these spots recommended by our Facebook friends and explore one of Atlanta’s most underrated subcultures.
Eddie’s Attic Music Room is known as the premiere “listening room for performing songwriters”. This venue is home to acts, such as: The Indigo Girls, John Mayer, Shawn Mullins and Sugarland and is known as one of the best places to listen to live music and watch talented performers. The “attic” is a stage for performers of many genres of music and a diverse crowd that embraces the artistic expression of different types of people. The attic plays host to a number of nationally known talents and popular local acts. The attic is located at 515-B North McDonough Street in Decatur. And it’s open from 5 p.m. until 2 a.m. Monday through Sunday. The bar isn’t recommended for children, however, sometimes the music room plays host to younger music acts.
Smiths Olde Bar is, according to them, “an Atlanta institution” and it offers some of the best music in town. The venue, located on the corner of Piedmont and Monroe, has been host to acts like David Bowie, Train, local act Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band. All shows are for an adult crowd and feature a full bar setup. The restaurant offers nightly drink and entrée specials. The bar is located at 1578 Piedmont Avenue in Atlanta.
We are very excited to have Decatur, Ga.’s legendary Eddie’s Attic on board with Ticket Alternative! The famed club has been the starting point of many a brilliant singer-songwriter, from The Indigo Girls to John Mayer to Sugarland to Shawn Mullins. Recently the club was bought by concert promoter giant Alex Cooley and his business partner Dave Mattingly, and we’re happy to be joining them in this new venture at a stalwart music venue.
We have a ton of Eddie’s shows already up for sale on www.ticketalternative.com and we’re hard at work getting everything put up as soon as possible, so head on over to their venue page and have a perusal. Or, if you’ve been longing to buy your tickets at an outlet, now you can support another local business by getting your tickets at Ticket Alternative outlets like Decatur CD.
Hate getting the cold shoulder from the folks selling your tickets? Got a technical issue you’ve been wrestling with? Have a major change to your event page? We have a dedicated staff of client account managers who are here to help you out and get your event going. And our support doesn’t stop with the usual business hours. With our support site, you can log in an issue at any time and it will be sent to whoever is on call that night, so your issue will be dealt with ASAP.
With s0meone always being on call, you won’t have to worry about keeping up with different contacts, tracking down someone at odd hours, leaving messages on a dozen phones or any of that nonsense. You can simply log in your issue, and keep track of the problem until it is solved.
Having a dedicated support staff also means you have real people helping you set up your events, and walking you through every step of the way. They will set you up quickly and get you all the contacts you need to be on your merry ticket-selling way.
Find out more of what we have to offer HERE.
As one of our fearless TA leaders (company president Iain Bluett) once said, “As smart phone use increases, and you do more and more on your phone, it becomes the single most important device you own. The obvious progression from just listening to music is browsing upcoming concerts and buying tickets to them.”
And so we entered the app business. Ticket Alternative now has three customized iPhone venue apps: The EARL (Atlanta), Rock and Roll Hotel (Washington, D.C.) and Black Cat (Washington, D.C), with additional apps for venues like Vinyl and The Loft (under Rival Entertainment) in Atlanta to follow shortly. Using the venue’s logos, color schemes and themes, we have created apps that blend seamlessly with that venue’s identity.
Through the apps, customers can browse, share and buy tickets to all the venue’s events, as well as find venue information and more. The events are continuously updated, and ticket purchasing is done through Ticket Alternative’s secure mobile ticketing website. The whole process is simple, easy and intuitive to the customer. We see this as a new way to share knowledge about events on the go and to increase advance ticket sales with your customers.
Find out more of what we have to offer HERE.
We work hard every day at Ticket Alternative, but we have fun while we’re doing it. Although we’re based in Atlanta, we ticket events all over the country and one of our favorites to work is the American Craft Beer Fest in Boston. We’ve been working with Todd and Jason Alström for four years now, and each year we’re on-site helping making sure entry to their event is fast and easy.
Our friends at Harpoon Brewery produce this and many other great beer events at their brewery in Boston, like the Mass Brewers Fest. Harpoon Brewery host an after-party each year with many guest brewers adding their beers to the taps in their brewery store. We’ve met many of their team; they’re a great bunch of people – and they make great beer! There’s a lot of similarities between our company cultures and we love their Harpoon Helps initiative.
We recently asked Warren Dibble (Harpoon Brewery VP and CTO) about his experience working with us and here’s what he had to say:
“Over the last four years, I have worked with Ticket Alternative on six different events promoting craft beer with two different organizations. Their service is great. Their principals and team members have consistently shown a high degree of integrity. Furthermore, they have been a pleasure to work with. I fully endorse them!”
Other beer festivals we work with include the Decatur Beer Fest, Winter Beer Carnival and the Vermont Brewers Fest.
Interested in selling tickets to your beer festival with us? Find out more here.
We’re happy to be a part of the second annual Atlanta Foursquare Day, happening on Saturday, April 16. We’re joining sponsors like Engauge, Fifth Group Restaurants, Sweetwater Brewery and others in celebrating some great deals and a fabulous party at W Atlanta Downtown.
This year there will be more special deals all day from the likes of Rita’s (free Italian ice), Dancing Goats Coffee Bar (BOGO on all coffee/espresso drinks) and more (check out the full list and details HERE).
There will also be a party held at W Atlanta Downtown on the hotels rooftop bar. There is no need for an invite, folks just have to check-in “2011 Atlanta Foursquare Day Party” venue at the hotel to get entry. Party-goers will be treated to a complimentary “Foursquare Cocktail,” as well as Foursquare buttons, coozies, stickers and, for the first 100 entrants, a free Foursquare T-shirt. The W will also be bringing in bites from their well-known restaurants, and a cash bar will feature drink specials.
Local charities Atlanta Community Food Bank and Atlanta Humane Society are also involved and will be benefiting from this event. Attendees can bring non-perishable food for ACFB, and at check-in there will an opportunity to make a pledge to Atlanta Humane Society. That pledge will be multiplied by the number of check-ins (capped at 250) to give the final pledge. So if a person pledges 10 cents and the number of check-ins is 250, their final pledge would be $25. More information about this event is available HERE.
We are very excited to welcome Red Palace into the Ticket Alternative fold. We’ve worked with some of these fine folks before, when the venue was two clubs, the Red and the Black and the Palace of Wonders. We sold tickets for the Red and the Black and are happy to be back working with them in their new form. Washington City Paper has written a great article with more information. And here’s what the venue has to offer:
My Dear Disco w/ How I Became The Bomb – October 15
Xiu Xiu – October 16
Blood Red Shoes w/ Sky Larkin – October 22
Rocky Votolato w/ Ha Ha Tonka – October 23
Old Canes (Christopher Crisci of The Appleseed Cast) – October 24
Marnie Stern – October 26
Astronautalis – October 27
The Aggrolites – October 28
Frontier(s) (Ex-Elliott) w/ Solar Powered Sun Destroyer – October 29
The Dirges w/ Black Dog Prowl – October 31
8th Annual Pie and Rock-n-Roll Extravaganza – November 6
Toubab Krewe and Rubblebucket – November 7
The Vita Ruins – November 13
We’re very happy to welcome back Criminal Records as a Ticket Alternative outlet! They had a brief time away as they moved the store to its huge, amazing new location (still in Little Five Points, 1154-A Euclid Avenue), and now they are back selling tickets for Ticket Alternative again, joining the crew of Decatur CD, Fantasyland Records and lots of CD Warehouses around and near Atlanta, Ga. Welcome back!
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