“Following last year’s success at Firefly Music Festival, we saw a significant opportunity to expand our presence in the festival space and bring transparency and no fees to other notable festivals,” Goldberg said in a statement. “In addition to WE Fest, we’re also partnering this year with Chicago’s Riot Fest as its official secondary marketplace. TickPick is the go-to marketplace for ‘Smart Fans.’ We know they will relish the opportunity to utilize our site to buy tickets to these two events — and for all their other concert and sporting event needs.”
WE Fest, set to run from August 1 to 3 at the Soo Pass Ranch in Detroit Lakes, Michigan, will feature headlining performances from country’s Keith Urban and LeAnn Rimes, as well as Chris Stapleton, Big & Rich, and Jake Owen. Riot Fest, held in Chicago from September 13 to 15, will include sets from rock acts like Blink-182, Slayer, Bikini Kill, The Racounters, and Rise Against. Originally, Riot Fest was working with Ticketfly, but it ran into trouble after the site was hacked last spring.
