Songkick API

Concerts, tour dates, festivals, venues and ticket availability from Songkick as clean JSON.

The API.SH Songkick API returns public Songkick concert data as structured JSON. List upcoming concerts in a metro area between two dates, pull an artist's upcoming or past tour dates with touring countries, open a concert or festival for its status, doors time, venue capacity, lineup, ticket offers and RSVP count, and look up venues with their programme. Search finds artists, venues and events by name.

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5 endpoints
from $1 / 1,000 calls
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Search

GET https://api.api.sh/songkick/v1/search

{ "success": true }

1 credit · $1 per 1,000 calls

What you can build with the Songkick API

Concert listings by city

Pull upcoming concerts in London, New York or any Songkick metro area for a date range, with venues, performers and genres.

/metro /search

Tour date tracking

Follow an artist's upcoming and past concerts and touring countries to plan coverage, marketing or tour routing.

/artist

Ticket availability and cancellations

Check a concert's status, ticket offers and seller links, and catch cancellations before your listing goes stale.

/concert

Venue programming research

See a venue's address, capacity and upcoming concerts to compare programming across a city.

/venue /search

Personal concert alerts

Match your Spotify or library artists against Songkick tour dates and send yourself a feed of nearby shows.

/search /artist

Songkick data you get

Field names from real responses. Numbers come parsed, URLs absolute, dates in ISO 8601.

Songkick API endpoints and prices

Every Songkick endpoint costs 1 credit per call: credits are $1 per 1,000 on a monthly plan, $2 pay-as-you-go. Pricing

Search and discovery1

/songkick/v1/search

$1 · $2 PAYG

1 credit

Profiles and accounts1

Artist concerts

/songkick/v1/artist

$1 · $2 PAYG

1 credit

Posts and media3

Concert details /songkick/v1/concert	$1 · $2 PAYG 1 credit
Concerts in a city /songkick/v1/metro	$1 · $2 PAYG 1 credit
Venue concerts /songkick/v1/venue	$1 · $2 PAYG 1 credit

Call the Songkick API

Search: GET https://api.api.sh/songkick/v1/search

curl "https://api.api.sh/songkick/v1/search?q=radiohead" \
  -H "x-api-key: $APISH_KEY"

import os, requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://api.api.sh/songkick/v1/search",
    params={"q": "radiohead"},
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["APISH_KEY"]},
    timeout=120,
)
res.raise_for_status()
data = res.json()

const url = new URL("https://api.api.sh/songkick/v1/search");
url.searchParams.set("q", "radiohead");

const res = await fetch(url, { headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.APISH_KEY } });
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${res.status} ${await res.text()}`);
const data = await res.json();

# Google Sheets (API.SH add-on)
=APISH("/songkick/v1/search", "q", "radiohead")

# Zapier, Make, n8n (verified node): pick the API.SH app,
# choose "Songkick" and "Search".

# AI agents (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor): add the
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Why API.SH for Songkick data

Public data only: no Songkick login, cookies or account needed
One key and one response shape for Songkick and 481 other platforms
Built and maintained by API.SH, not third-party publishers
Pay per call; errors on our side cost nothing
Live status for every endpoint

API.SH vs the official Songkick API

Songkick has an official Concerts and Festivals API, but access is through commercial partnership and licence fees, and hobby or student requests are generally not approved. API.SH is a self-serve alternative for public Songkick concert data, paid per call.

Rather than waiting for Songkick API approval or running an Apify Songkick scraper, call API.SH: one key, fixed price per call and the same JSON shape as DICE and Resident Advisor.

Songkick API questions

What Songkick data can I get?+

Concerts in a metro area (/songkick/v1/metro), artist tour dates (/songkick/v1/artist), concert and festival details (/songkick/v1/concert), venues with their concerts (/songkick/v1/venue) and search for artists, venues and events (/songkick/v1/search).

How much does the Songkick API cost?+

Every Songkick endpoint costs 1 credit per call. On a monthly plan 1,000 credits cost $1 (Starter is $50/month for 50,000 credits). Pay-as-you-go is $2 per 1,000 credits, with top-ups from $15 that never expire.

Is there a free Songkick API?+

You can start free. Every account gets 1,000 free credits every month. That is 1,000 calls to /songkick/v1/artist at 1 credit each.

Is there an official Songkick API?+

Yes, but access requires a commercial agreement and licence fees, and new keys are rarely given to hobby projects. API.SH needs no approval: sign up and call it.

Do I need a Songkick account or login?+

No. API.SH reads public Songkick pages only. No endpoint uses a login, cookies or anyone's account.

Is there a Songkick API alternative?+

Yes. API.SH covers Songkick's public concert data and also offers DICE.fm and Resident Advisor event APIs with the same key.

Can I get past concerts (an artist's gigography)?+

Yes. Pass past=1 to /songkick/v1/artist for past concerts instead of upcoming ones, paged with next_page.

How do I get started?+

1. Sign up at api.sh. 2. Copy your API key. 3. Call /songkick/v1/artist with q=radiohead. Every parameter is in the docs at https://api.sh/docs. You can also use the JS or Python SDK, Google Sheets, Zapier, Make, n8n or the MCP server at https://api.sh/mcp.