Pollstar 2024 Impact 50 Honorees Feted In Beverly Hills

F19A7232 — ***CAA’s Rob Light and Live Nation’s Arthur Fogel***

Judging by last night’s (June 11) rollicking cocktail reception celebrating Pollstar’s 2024’s Impact 50 honorees and the constant thrum of boisterous conversation, there is a lot to discuss in today’s live business.

The invite-only event at the penthouse at Mastro’s Steakhouse in Beverly Hills, California, featured an open bar, passed appetizers, a buffet dinner and plenty of networking, schmoozing and laughs that went well past closing time.

becky — ***Kia Forum/Intuit Dome’s Becky Colwell and Kia Forum’s Jolene Herz***

Much of the conversation — all off-the-record — centered around the continued volume of touring business conducted this year, which is close to the record-setting 2023, with some challenges, including softer ticket sales, canceled tours and festivals and volume, volume, volume.

Additionally, there was much discussion of the recent EVMC and NIVA conferences, last week’s Gov Ball festival, next week’s Bonnaroo, the sheer joy of the goth-y Cruel World Festival, the Aspen Live gathering, the always-exploding Latin market, agency biz-dev into new territories, creative marketing, the art of ticket pricing and what Pollstar’s mid-year numbers may reveal.

20240611 OVG Impact50 173 — ***Wasserman Music’s Marty Diamond shows off fellow Impact 50 honorees Lee Anderson’s Pollstar mock cover***, **which were gifted to all of the honorees**

Impact 50 honorees in attendance included Wasserman Music’s Marty Diamond (with a stunning blue nail polish); Live Nation’s Arthur Fogel (still buzzing from Madonna’s incredible record-setting Rio performance), Omar Al-joulani and Hans Schafer (who recalled booking Calle 13 when he worked at Mun2); Intuit Dome/Kia Forum’s Becky Colwell (perhaps the hardest-working person in this business); Day After Day Productions’ Seth Shomes, Full Stop Management’s Jeffrey Azoff; an Impact trio of CAA’s Shannon Fitzgerald, Darryl Eaton and Rick Roskin; Black Promoters Collective’s Gary Guidry; Ticketmaster’s Marla Ostroff and Oak View Group’s Tim Leiweke.

gary — ***Black Promoters Collective’s Gary Guidry***

Cover honoree Shawn Gee of Live Nation Urban, ever the family man, sent his regrets, as his son’s high school graduation fell at the exact same time.

impactmoment — ***Ticketmaster’s Marla Ostroff and Sofi Stadium/Hollywood Park’s Christy Castillo Butcher***

Others who helped make the event the place to be included past Impact 50 and Women of Live honorees and some of our favorite Los Angeles-based executives, including: CAA’s Rob Light, UTA’s David Zedeck, The L.A. Coliseum’s Teresa Guy (who is excited for Fred again..’s pop-up gig this Friday), Nederlander Concerts’ Alex Hodges and Jamie Loeb; SoFi Stadium’s Vanessa Kromer and Christie Castillo Butcher, Danny Wimmer Presents’ Danny Hayes; Wasserman’s Jason Roth; OVG’s Francesca Bodie, Eric Gardner, Starr Butler-Jemison, Kelly McCormick, Kristina Heney and Ray Waddell; Live Nation’s Geof Wills, Geni Linocoln, Anyd Levitt, Colin Lewis and comms head Kaitlyn Henrich; Yaamava’ Resort & Casino’s Drew Dixon and Dan Pferschy, YouTube Theater and Hollywood Park’s Russell Gordon, Red Light Management’s David Klein, Los Angeles Magazine Editor-in-Chief Shirley Halperin, Scoop Marketing’s Larry Solters and Erik Stein, Moody Center’s Michael Owens and more.

The event was sponsored by Samsung, Prevost, Jampack and Danny Wimmer Presents.