CultureTicks

The Problem

Right now, discovering and attending arts performances is unnecessarily hard. If you want to see live music, theater, or dance, you have to navigate fragmented venue websites, outdated ticketing systems, and hope you don't miss something incredible happening down the street.

For arts organizations, the challenge is even worse: half-empty venues not because there isn't demand, but because audiences simply don't know events are happening. Marketing budgets are tight, discovery tools are nonexistent, and ticketing platforms charge exorbitant fees while providing minimal value.

The Solution

CultureTicks is a unified discovery and ticketing platform for performing arts. Think SeatGeek or Eventbrite, but purpose-built for classical music, jazz, theater, dance, and opera.

2026 Goals

We're building towards meaningful scale across three key metrics:

Why Now

The performing arts industry is at an inflection point. Post-pandemic attendance is recovering, but audiences have fundamentally changed how they discover and purchase tickets—they expect mobile-first experiences, transparent pricing, and algorithmic discovery.

Meanwhile, arts organizations are desperate for better tools. Legacy ticketing platforms charge 15-20% fees while providing minimal marketing value. There's a massive opportunity to build something better: lower fees, better discovery, and technology that actually serves the arts community.

Why I'm Building This

I spent years training as a violinist at the Royal Academy of Music in London. I watched world-class musicians play to half-empty halls—not because the performances weren't incredible, but because audiences simply didn't know they were happening.

I left the Academy to solve this problem. CultureTicks isn't about disrupting the arts—it's about giving arts organizations the tools they need to thrive and making it easier for audiences to discover the incredible performances happening in their cities.

Where We Are Today

We're currently live in Seattle and actively partnering with venues and organizations across the Pacific Northwest. The platform is in active development, with new features shipping weekly.

If you're an arts organization looking for better ticketing solutions, an investor interested in the creator economy and live events space, or just someone who cares about making the arts more accessible—I'd love to talk.