# Songkick Concerts Scraper (`blaise_pascal/songkick-concerts-scraper`) Actor

Scrapes Songkick metro-area concert calendars. Parses schema.org MusicEvent JSON-LD from listing pages with residential proxies.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/blaise\_pascal/songkick-concerts-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Blaise Jordy](https://apify.com/blaise_pascal) (community)
- **Categories:**
- **Stats:** 3 total users, 2 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $3.00 / 1,000 run starteds

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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
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".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

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

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## Songkick Events Actor

Scrapes **Songkick metro-area concert calendars** for feedirl event ingestion.

### How it works

1. Resolves a feedirl metro name (e.g. `New York`) to a Songkick metro slug (`7644-us-new-york-nyc`).
2. Crawls `https://www.songkick.com/en/metro-areas/{slug}` with pagination (`?page=N`).
3. Parses all `application/ld+json` **MusicEvent** blocks on each page.
4. Filters events to the requested date window and pushes normalized records to the dataset.

### Input

| Field | Required | Description |
|-------|----------|-------------|
| `city` | One of city/metroSlug | Feedirl metro name |
| `metroSlug` | One of city/metroSlug | Raw Songkick slug override |
| `startDate` | No | `YYYY-MM-DD` (default: today UTC) |
| `endDate` | No | `YYYY-MM-DD` (default: +7 days UTC) |
| `maxPages` | No | Page cap (default 50, prefill 2) |
| `maxItems` | No | Stop after N events |
| `proxyConfiguration` | No | **Residential recommended** |

### Local test

```bash
npm install
npx apify run
```

Local runs often fail without Apify residential proxies — deploy and run on the platform for reliable results.

### Deploy

```bash
apify push
```

### Output shape

Each dataset item includes `source: "songkick"`, `songkick_event_id`, schema.org `MusicEvent` fields, venue/location, performers, and event URL.

# Actor input Schema

## `city` (type: `string`):

Feedirl metro name (e.g. 'New York', 'Chicago') OR omit if using metroSlug.

## `metroSlug` (type: `string`):

Optional Songkick metro slug override (e.g. '7644-us-new-york-nyc'). Takes precedence over city lookup.

## `startDate` (type: `string`):

Start of date range in YYYY-MM-DD. Defaults to today (UTC).

## `endDate` (type: `string`):

End of date range in YYYY-MM-DD. Defaults to 7 days from today (UTC).

## `maxPages` (type: `integer`):

Maximum metro calendar pages to scrape (capped at 50).

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many unique events. Omit for no cap.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Residential proxies recommended — Songkick blocks many datacenter IPs.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "city": "New York",
  "metroSlug": "7644-us-new-york-nyc",
  "startDate": "2026-08-25",
  "endDate": "2026-08-31",
  "maxPages": 2,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "US"
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `events` (type: `string`):

No description

## `run` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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 = {
    "city": "New York",
    "maxPages": 2
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("blaise_pascal/songkick-concerts-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 = {
    "city": "New York",
    "maxPages": 2,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("blaise_pascal/songkick-concerts-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 '{
  "city": "New York",
  "maxPages": 2
}' |
apify call blaise_pascal/songkick-concerts-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,blaise_pascal/songkick-concerts-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/w4RYZob9PVDSMBz6W/builds/koldjUHdmIZZmeug7/openapi.json