# Songkick Events Scraper (`b3264/songkick-events-scraper`) Actor

Scrape concert and festival listings from Songkick by metro area, artist, or venue. No API key required.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/b3264/songkick-events-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Brandon Hamm](https://apify.com/b3264) (community)
- **Categories:** Travel
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.50 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Songkick Events Scraper

Scrape upcoming concerts, festivals, and live music events from Songkick by metro area, artist, or venue. No API key required.

### Features

- Search by metro area, artist URL, or venue URL
- Returns event ID, event URL, event title, event type (concert/festival), date, and source URL
- Handles JavaScript-rendered content with Playwright
- Pagination support for large result sets

### Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| metroAreas | array | Songkick metro area IDs (e.g., "17835-us-los-angeles") |
| artistUrls | array | Full Songkick artist URLs |
| venueUrls | array | Full Songkick venue URLs |
| maxEvents | integer | Maximum events to scrape (default 100) |

### Output

Each result contains:

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| eventId | string | Unique Songkick event ID |
| eventType | string | "concerts" or "festivals" |
| eventUrl | string | Full URL to the event page |
| eventTitle | string | Event name |
| dateText | string | Date text from the page |
| sourceUrl | string | URL the event was scraped from |

### Use Cases

- Track upcoming concerts in your city
- Monitor festival lineups
- Build event aggregators
- Research live music trends

# Actor input Schema

## `metroAreas` (type: `array`):

List of metro area IDs (e.g., '17835-us-los-angeles') or objects with 'id' and 'name'

## `artistUrls` (type: `array`):

List of Songkick artist page URLs (e.g., 'https://www.songkick.com/artists/123-rufus-du-sol')

## `venueUrls` (type: `array`):

List of Songkick venue page URLs

## `maxEvents` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of events to scrape

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "maxEvents": 100
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("b3264/songkick-events-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("b3264/songkick-events-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call b3264/songkick-events-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,b3264/songkick-events-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/B0imt0OAALZ9SRaXT/builds/nogzyJvbHM0KiSJSR/openapi.json