No Songkick account or API key required. Query upcoming concert data by artist, city, venue, or event — returns tour dates, venues, performers, ticket links, and geo coordinates in clean JSON.

Why this API?

No Songkick account required — no upstream credentials to manage
Search by name or ID — pass a name for convenience, or a Songkick numeric ID to skip lookup entirely
Fuzzy matching — "house of blues san diego" finds "House of Blues - San Diego" automatically
Smart suggestions — ambiguous queries return ranked candidates with IDs so you can rerun with precision
Rich output — full performer list, venue address, geo coordinates, ticket availability, and organizer info

Endpoints

Endpoint	What it returns
`GET /artist`	All upcoming shows for an artist worldwide
`GET /city`	All upcoming events in a metro area
`GET /venue`	All upcoming events at a specific venue
`GET /event`	Full details for a single concert

Quick start

Each endpoint accepts either ?name= (resolved via Songkick search) or ?id= (Songkick numeric ID, skips name resolution). Use ?id= when you have it — it's faster and unambiguous.

GET /artist?name=Radiohead
GET /artist?id=253846

GET /city?name=New+York
GET /city?name=Austin&state=TX
GET /city?id=7644

GET /venue?name=Madison+Square+Garden
GET /venue?id=17522

GET /event?id=42156873

Find Songkick IDs in any Songkick URL — e.g. songkick.com/artists/253846-radiohead → artist ID 253846.

Parameters

GET /artist

Parameter	Type	Description
`name`	string	Artist name (e.g. `Radiohead`). Use either `name` or `id`.
`id`	string	Songkick artist ID. Skips name lookup.

GET /city

Parameter	Type	Description
`name`	string	City name (e.g. `New York`). Use either `name` or `id`.
`id`	string	Songkick metro area ID. Skips name lookup.
`state`	string	State or province (e.g. `NY`). Helps disambiguate common city names.
`country`	string	Country (e.g. `US`). Helps disambiguate common city names.

GET /venue

Parameter	Type	Description
`name`	string	Venue name. Include city if the name is common (e.g. `The Fillmore San Francisco`). Use either `name` or `id`.
`id`	string	Songkick venue ID. Skips name lookup.

GET /event

Parameter	Type	Description
`input`	string	Free-text event description. Use either `input` or `id`.
`id`	string	Songkick concert ID. Skips name lookup.

Output fields

Field	Description
`concertId`	Songkick event ID
`name`	Event title as listed on Songkick
`startDate`	Event date (`YYYY-MM-DD`)
`endDate`	End date for multi-day events, otherwise null
`status`	Event status — `EventScheduled`, `EventCancelled`, `EventPostponed`, `EventRescheduled`
`eventAttendanceMode`	`OfflineEventAttendanceMode`, `OnlineEventAttendanceMode`, or `MixedEventAttendanceMode`
`venue`	Venue name
`venueUrl`	Songkick venue page URL
`address.street`	Street address
`address.city`	City
`address.state`	State or region
`address.country`	Country
`address.zip`	Postal code
`geo.lat`	Latitude
`geo.lng`	Longitude
`performers`	Array of artists on the bill — each with `name`, `genres`, `url`, and `artistId`
`offers`	Ticket links with `url`, `availability` (`InStock`, `SoldOut`, `PreOrder`), and `validFrom`
`organizer`	Organizer name and URL if available
`eventUrl`	Songkick event page URL
`queryType`	What was searched — `artist`, `city`, `venue`, or `event`
`queryValue`	The resolved name or ID used for this query

Name matching

When using ?name=, the API runs a three-step resolution process:

Exact match — proceeds silently
Fuzzy match — strips punctuation and accents, auto-selects the best result with a warning in the response
Suggestions — if still ambiguous, returns a 422 with a ranked suggestions array containing IDs for a precise retry

To skip name matching entirely, use ?id= instead.

Latency & caching

Responses are synchronous. The first request for an uncached query scrapes live data:

Endpoint	Max latency	Cache TTL
`/event`	~15s	30 minutes
`/artist`	~30s	2 hours
`/venue`	~30s	2 hours
`/city`	~60s	1 hour

Subsequent requests within the TTL return instantly from cache. Large city metros (NYC, London, etc.) may occasionally hit the 60s ceiling on a cold cache miss.

Error reference

Code	Meaning
`400`	Missing `?name=` or `?id=`
`401`	Missing or invalid API key
`422`	Ambiguous name — response includes a `suggestions` array with IDs to retry
`503`	Songkick blocked the request — retry shortly
`504`	Scrape timed out — retry once (result will be cached on next hit)

Use cases

Concert discovery apps — build location or artist-based event feeds
Tour tracking — monitor when artists announce new shows
Calendar integrations — sync events to Google Calendar, Notion, or Airtable
Ticket monitoring — track availability changes on specific events
Analytics — analyze touring patterns, venue popularity, city event density

Direct access via x402

This API also supports x402 — a micropayment protocol for direct, pay-per-request access without a RapidAPI subscription. Pay $0.001 per request in USDC on Base.

Hit the server directly with an x402-compatible client:

GET https://webscrapers.onrender.com/songkick/artist?name=Radiohead
GET https://webscrapers.onrender.com/songkick/city?name=Austin
GET https://webscrapers.onrender.com/songkick/venue?name=Madison+Square+Garden
GET https://webscrapers.onrender.com/songkick/event?id=42156873

No account or API key required — just a Base wallet with USDC. See x402.org for client libraries and documentation.

This API is not affiliated with Songkick. Use responsibly and in accordance with Songkick's terms of service.