08 January 2010

Nokia's Local Live Music Search
Start Discovering Live Music Events Near You

Risto Ylivainio, Gig Finder’s Product Manager just released the first public version of the Gig Finder application which is aimed at connecting mobile phone users to live music events!

Gig Finder lets you search for concerts / live music entertainment, purchase tickets directly from your mobile, and get relevant recommendations based on your music tastes and location (Location relevance currently available for USA, Canada, UK & Ireland).

Gig Finder allows you to quickly find the best live shows, concerts & other music events through adaptive algorithm that sorts the huge selection of live music and filter results by artist, genre, city, venue, specific date, date range or a combination of any.

It also acts as your personal guide to best live music in your area by providing recommendations for live events and venues based on your music tastes (profile & on device music library) and locations.

Once you discover the even that best fits your mood, application offers direct links to various ticket vendors to conveniently find the best seats & prices. You can also see where the event is and how to get there with a direct link from Maps. * Start the Buzz. Share information about the gig to Facebook, SMS, or Email.

Last but not the least, events link directly to the artist pages in Nokia Music Store / Ovi Music (when available in your country) so you can preview or download music before or after seeing your favourite artists live.

Gig Finder is in early growth stages but it continuing to add to the database by crawling the various sources looking for live music.