C3 Presents is a concert promotion, event production and artist management company based out of Austin, Texas. C3 also produces several iconic multi-day festivals including Austin City Limits Music Festival in Texas, Voodoo Music + Arts Experience in New Orleans, and Lollapalooza in Chicago along with its six international editions.
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History
C3 was founded by Charles Attal, Charlie Jones and Charlie Walker in 2007(2) and headquartered in Austin, TX, with offices in Los Angeles, Atlanta, and New Orleans. The company also promotes more than 1,100 concerts annual in arenas, casinos and clubs throughout North America.
In the Fall of 2014, Live Nation began talks to purchase a 51% stake in the Austin company's events production and promotions businesses . At the time, C3 was largest independent concert promoter in the world . The deal was completed in December of that year.
Events
Annually, C3 Presents produces the following festivals:
- Austin City Limits Music Festival
- Austin Food & Wine Festival
- Lollapalooza Chicago, Argentina, Brasil, Chile, France, Germany
- Voodoo Experience
- Free Press Summer Fest
- Shaky Knees Music Festival
- Shaky Beats Music Festival
- Music Midtown
- Music City Food & Wine Festival
- Big Day Out
- Orion Music + More
- Innings Festival
C3 also books and promotes over 1,000 shows nationwide, including Austin venues Stubb's BBQ, Emo's and La Zona Rosa.
C3 was involved with the team of Barack Obama after he was elected as the U.S. president in 2008. The company first worked with Obama during his presidential campaign and oversaw a number of outdoor rallies in Texas. C3 then produced Obama's election-night rally at Grant Park in Chicago, Illinois, in November 2008, as well as the parade and inaugural balls. The inauguration and parade, as well as the swearing-in ceremony, was managed by C3 at the National Mall, while the balls included: Kids Inaugural, Live Earth Green Inaugural Ball, Huffington Post Pre-Inaugural Ball, Feeding America and RIAA Inauguration Charity Ball, and MoveOn.org's Manifest Hope Inaugural Party. The numerous performers at the inaugural balls included Miley Cyrus, Melissa Etheridge, John Legend, Herbie Hancock, Rihanna and Santigold.
The company then produced the televised We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial event in Washington, D.C., held in January 2009. The celebration at Lincoln Memorial was especially notable, as it featured performances from Sheryl Crow, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, will.i.am, Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Kanye West, James Taylor and Pete Seeger. Televised on the HBO cable channel, the special garnered 4.1 million viewers on television and 700,000 viewers online. After the concert, Jones, Attal and Walker met the Obama family and presented them with a guitar that had been signed by all of the artists who performed on the day.
Artist management
In addition to promotion and production, C3 Presents also has an artist management division operating in New York City, Los Angeles, Nashville, and Austin. C3 Management has a current roster of over 50 musicians including The Strokes, Phoenix, The Head And The Heart, The Revivalists, Justice, Sylvan Esso, and Gramatik. The company also maintains its own freestanding radio promotion, film/TV, digital, and creative staffs.
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References
Source of article : Wikipedia
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