Hometown — Small-Venue Concert Finder and Group Planner
A discovery app for the local 500- to 5,000-seat shows (the Bublé Malta size) that helps friends coordinate date, seats, dinner, and rides, with ticketing built in.
Friend groups and families planning to attend mid-size live music events in their region
- Map of upcoming mid-size shows within driving distance
- Group poll for date, seat section, and budget with split-payment links
- Pre-concert dinner and parking suggestions near the venue
- Post-show ride-share coordination so no one waits alone
Mid-size live shows are the fastest-growing segment of the touring market; the Malta Bublé concert (a single mid-size venue night) shows the format is thriving but the planning experience is still done over WhatsApp threads.
Global live music market hit $36.6B in 2025 at 8.4% CAGR, and the Concert Discovery Apps segment alone is projected from $4.2B (2025) to $10.8B (2034) at 11.1% CAGR — mid-size venues are explicitly called out as the critical transition tier.The Live Music Industry in 2025: A $36 Billion Market Splitting in Two ↗Concert Discovery Apps Market Research Report 2034 ↗
CrowdMate is essentially the identical product live on iOS (social concert discovery, 'find your concert crew', friend activity, group coordination, 'no more group chat chaos'), and Spotify is actively integrating Stager + SeatGeek ticketing directly into its app, so the space is already occupied by a direct clone and major incumbents.CrowdMate - Find Your Concert Crew ↗Spotify expands concert discovery offerings with new Stager integration ↗
Ticketing take-rates work at scale (Live Nation $22.7B, 78% mobile app share, $156 avg US spend per buyer), but CrowdMate launched free, group-planning competitors (GetTogether, Catch Lunch, Parchai) are freemium, and 68% of carts are abandoned over fees — willingness to pay specifically for the social/group layer is unproven.Concert Ticketing Industry Statistics | 2026 Edition ↗Ticketing Industry Statistics 2026 | 120+ Verified Stats ↗10 Best Group Event Planning Apps (2026) | GetTogether ↗
Concert halls/theatres market grows ~5% CAGR through 2032 and the live-music structure is shifting toward mid-size venues as the touring sweet spot, supporting multi-year tailwind for this format.Concert Halls & Theatres Market Size & Share 2024 to 2032 ↗TRENDS & FORECASTS: Mid-size venues & emerging artists ↗
An iOS MVP in this exact niche already shipped (CrowdMate), proving the core concept is buildable, but ticketing requires partnerships with primary systems (Ticketmaster, AXS) or paid API access via Stager/SeatGeek, and social-graph coordination adds real complexity.CrowdMate - Find Your Concert Crew ↗Spotify Teams Up With SeatGeek to Streamline Ticket Sales Inside the App ↗