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MusicBrainz Events Scraper

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MusicBrainz Events Scraper

MusicBrainz Events Scraper

Scrape MusicBrainz - the open music encyclopedia with 1M+ concert and festival events worldwide. Search events by name, artist, or location. Get event type, date, venue, setlist relations, and linked artists. No API key required.

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Extract music event data from MusicBrainz — the open music encyclopedia with 1M+ concerts, festivals, and live performances worldwide. No API key required.

What you can scrape

  • Event name, type, and date range
  • Linked artist names and MusicBrainz artist IDs
  • Venue / place names
  • Cancellation status
  • MusicBrainz event page URL

Modes

ModeDescription
searchSearch events by name or keywords (e.g. "Glastonbury", "Coachella")
byArtistFind all events linked to a specific artist (e.g. "Radiohead", "Phish")
byTypeBrowse events by type (Concert, Festival, Launch event, etc.)

Sample output

{
"mbid": "a4c96ec2-4a9e-4b7b-b9e3-e5c0b6c7d8f1",
"name": "Glastonbury Festival 2023",
"eventType": "Festival",
"beginDate": "2023-06-21",
"endDate": "2023-06-25",
"artistNames": ["Arctic Monkeys", "Guns N' Roses", "Elton John"],
"artistMbids": ["ada7a83c-e3e1-40f1-93f9-3e87797e1c68"],
"venues": ["Worthy Farm"],
"relevanceScore": 100,
"musicBrainzUrl": "https://musicbrainz.org/event/a4c96ec2-4a9e-4b7b-b9e3-e5c0b6c7d8f1",
"sourceUrl": "https://musicbrainz.org/event/a4c96ec2-4a9e-4b7b-b9e3-e5c0b6c7d8f1",
"recordType": "event",
"scrapedAt": "2024-01-15T10:30:00+00:00"
}

Input parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
modestringScraping mode (required)
searchQuerystringEvent keywords to search for (mode=search)
artistNamestringArtist name to find events for (mode=byArtist)
eventTypestringEvent type filter — Concert, Festival, etc. (mode=byType)
maxItemsintegerMaximum results to return (1–1000, default 50)

FAQ

Is an API key needed? No. The MusicBrainz API is fully public. This scraper uses a polite user-agent and respects the 1 request/second rate limit.

How many events are available? MusicBrainz indexes over 1 million events going back decades, contributed by a global community.

Can I find historical concert data? Yes. MusicBrainz has historical event data from the 1950s onwards for major artists.

What's the difference between search and byArtist? search looks for events by name/title keywords. byArtist uses the Lucene query artist:"name" to find events where a specific artist performed.