Bandsintown API

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# What is the Bandsintown API? The Bandsintown API is designed for artists and enterprises representing artists. It offers read-only access to artist info and artist events: - artist info: returns the link to the Bandsintown artist page, the link to the artist photo, the current number of trackers and more - artist events: returns the list of events including their date and time, venue name and location, ticket links, lineup, description and the link to the Bandsintown event page Note you can

Authentication

No authentication requiredFree to use with no key needed.

Sample Requests

GET Get artist information

Get artist information

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/bandsintown.com/3.0.0/artists/{artistname}?app_id=example

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curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/bandsintown.com/3.0.0/artists/{artistname}?app_id=example"

import requests
params = {
    "app_id": "example"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/bandsintown.com/3.0.0/artists/{artistname}",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/bandsintown.com/3.0.0/artists/{artistname}');
url.searchParams.set('app_id', 'example');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/bandsintown.com/3.0.0/artists/{artistname}")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("app_id", "example")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/bandsintown.com/3.0.0/artists/{artistname}")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "app_id" => "example"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/bandsintown.com/3.0.0/artists/{artistname}?" . http_build_query([
    "app_id" => "example"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

GET Get upcoming, past, or all artist events, or events within a date range

artist events

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/bandsintown.com/3.0.0/artists/{artistname}/events?date=2026-06-02&app_id=example

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curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/bandsintown.com/3.0.0/artists/{artistname}/events?date=2026-06-02&app_id=example"

import requests
params = {
    "date": "2026-06-02",
    "app_id": "example"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/bandsintown.com/3.0.0/artists/{artistname}/events",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/bandsintown.com/3.0.0/artists/{artistname}/events');
url.searchParams.set('date', '2026-06-02');
url.searchParams.set('app_id', 'example');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/bandsintown.com/3.0.0/artists/{artistname}/events")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("date", "2026-06-02")
	q.Set("app_id", "example")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/bandsintown.com/3.0.0/artists/{artistname}/events")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "date" => "2026-06-02",
  "app_id" => "example"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/bandsintown.com/3.0.0/artists/{artistname}/events?" . http_build_query([
    "date" => "2026-06-02",
    "app_id" => "example"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

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What can you build with Bandsintown API?

Bandsintown API is a Social API. Developers commonly use social APIs for:

adding social login (Sign in with Google/Twitter)
fetching user-generated content for analysis
scheduling and publishing social posts
tracking mentions and engagement metrics
building community dashboards

No authentication required. This API is open — no signup or key needed. Ideal for quick prototypes and public-facing features. Bandsintown API is free to use, making it a low-risk choice to experiment with.

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