“When it’s gone, it’s gone and there is no way to get it back,” said DeGeorge, southeast president at NIVA, covering Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas as well as chair of NIVA’s industry affairs committee. “It impacts your business whether your business has been damaged or not.”

Ten in the morning on the third day of music at SXSW is awfully early for most attendees, so the fact that the panel for “Small Stages, Big Impact: Saving Indie Stages for Artists” drew a healthy audience to the Austin Convention Center speaks well to the work that the National Independent Venue Association performs.

National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) executive director Stephen Parker has told TheTicketingBusiness that there needs to be a ticketing bill in the US with “teeth” to really protect consumers and live music fans.

By Stephen Parker, Executive Director, National Independent Venue Association

Data drives decisions. If we want independent live music to have a seat at the table when policies, funding, and industry trends are set, we need the numbers to back up what we already know: that these stages, these shows, these venues matter.

A letter authored by Fix the Tix chairman Stephen Parker implores Congress to strengthen the bill aimed at increasing price transparency, banning speculative ticket sales and more.

Get ready to belly up to the bar in Polka City. Registration for the National Independent Venue Association’s NIVA’25 in Milwaukee is now open.

The 2024 NIVA Live List featured many up-and-coming artists. As we gear up for the 2025 Live List that will be dropping next week, let’s take a look at where 10 of our favorites are now and what kind of year they just had.

The National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) has launched The State of Live, a national economic research study of the independent live entertainment sector.

The organization is seeking to collect cross-country data to help quantify the economic contributions and operational challenges of indie venues, promoters and more.

NIVA is undertaking the first national economic research study of the independent live entertainment sector and is asking for participation in its “State of Live” survey.