ARTmania Festival and NFT Week launch a groundbreaking partnership that revolutionizes access to culture and entertainment
by April 4, 2024ARTmania and NFT Week launch a strategic partnership that will allow participants to experience the benefits of NFTs within the ARTmania festival, such as exclusive access, discounts, unique digital content and many other benefits that come with the ownership of an NFT ticket, marking an important step towards the integration of blockchain technology in the cultural and entertainment industry in Romania.
As pioneers in the realm of music events, with this groundbreaking collaboration we are excited to lead the charge in embracing blockchain technology to revolutionize how festival-goers secure their entry. For the first time in ARTmania history, attendees can leverage the power of blockchain to ensure their place at the festival.
Based on this collaboration, the tech passionate festival participants can buy NFT festival day tickets or festival passes by clicking here.
Also, holders of a 3-day pass to ARTmania Festival can exchange it for NFTs (“NFT Converted Edition”) and will have access to a “NFT Secret Event“, a special event that will be organized on Sunday, 28th of July.
And the first 500 persons to buy NFT tickets/ festival passes or exchange their traditional ticket or pass for an NFT can sign up for one of the “NFT city tours“, guided tours in the city. More details about this component to be announced in the near future.
More than that, based on this collaboration, festival participants will be able to participate free of charge, based on the festival wristband, in presentations, discussions, workshops and alternative events related to technology and dedicated to exploring the applicability of NFTs in various fields. They will take place in “ARTmania Technology corner”, the area dedicated to high tech topics placed in the Large Square.
Attendees will have the opportunity to learn directly from blockchain experts, digital artists and event organizers about how they can use NFTs to access a world of limitless possibilities.
“The integration of NFTs in Sibiu’s cultural sector is not only a national first, but also a vision of how technology can add value to cultural and social experiences. Our partnership with ARTmania Festival is proof of our shared commitment to innovate and offer the public access to a diverse range of activities, with additional benefits brought by blockchain technology.
Through the NFTTickets.ro platform, we want to offer an innovative solution to some of the most pressing problems in the industry, such as ticket counterfeiting and the lack of transparency on the secondary market. NFTs allow us to rebuild these processes on a basis of trust and openness, marking the beginning of a new era in the organization of events“, said Ovidiu Popica, [NFT Week Project Coordinator], at the official launch of NFT Week.
“ARTmania was designed, from its very beginnings, as a platform dedicated to premieres and innovation, a place where the public can experience a variety of forms of artistic expression, to meet their favourite artists, often coming for the first time in our country, and to have new experiences. It was, moreover, the first festival that developed in Romania the idea of combining art and entertainment, being always dedicated to innovation, taking cultural experiences further.
This strategic partnership continues the 18 years of music premieres offered by ARTmania and represents an important step in bringing culture and technology closer“, said Codruta Vulcu, Director and Founder of ARTmania Festival
The NFTTickets.ro platform will play an essential role in this ecosystem, offering the necessary technological solution for issuing and managing tickets and associated benefits in the form of non-fungible tokens. This approach not only simplifies the process of buying and selling tickets, but also offers a number of major advantages, such as guaranteed authenticity, the impossibility of forgery and a fair secondary market for ticket trading.
Through the strategic partnership with ARTmania Festival, NFT Week aims to establish a model of best practices for other cities and festivals, demonstrating that blockchain technology can bring innovation and added value to the cultural and entertainment industry.
In a first stage, NFT Week aims to explore the power and flexibility of NFTs in a wide variety of fields in Sibiu’s cultural and social life: from festivals and concerts, to access to museums, theatres, fashion events or sports competitions, and to demonstrate the transformative potential of blockchain technology, with a special emphasis on the use of NFTs in ticketing and organizing events.
For more information about NFT Week, visit nftweek.ro and discover how NFTs and blockchain are about to redefine the cultural and entertainment experience in Sibiu and beyond.
The ARTmania festival will take place between 26th – 28th of July 2024, in Sibiu, and brings on stage a series of famous international bands and Romanian artists like: Korn (USA), Spiritbox (CA), Satyricon (NO), Borknagar (NO), The Flower Kings (SE), Monuments (UK), TAINE (RO), Alpha Q (RO) and Awake the Demons (RO), new names will be announced in the close future.
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About NFTTickets.ro:
NFTTickets.ro is an avant-garde platform dedicated to issuing and managing tickets in the form of NFTs, offering a complete solution for event organizers who want to benefit from the advantages of blockchain technology. By using this technology, NFTTickets.ro ensures transparency, authenticity and a series of exclusive benefits for ticket holders.
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About ARTmania Festival:
ARTmania Festival, the first Romanian festival that has brought on the local market the concept of combining the art with entertainment, is a platform dedicated to promoting all forms of artistic expression inspired by rock culture.
With each edition, ARTmania has consolidated itself as a major regional promoter of contemporary music. However, ARTmania Festival does not simply refer to shows of famous international and local bands. Music is the main component from which everything emerged, but it is only a part of the experience the festival was designed to offer to Romanian and foreign art lovers.
Since the very beginning, ARTmania has been designed as a cultural platform meant to offer the public various events and ways to experience different forms of artistic expression, such as concerts, exhibitions, book launches or film screenings. This common meeting place of artists with the public at the level of sound, colours, images or letters, hosted by the Square and the medieval fortress, creates the space of fairy tale and magic which is essentially comprised in the spirit of the festival.
Being the longest-lasting and largest rock festival in Romania and one of the longest-standing traditions of the regional cultural scene, ARTmania has shaped its own identity through a bold concept and a special ambience: the Large Square of one of the most beautiful fortresses medieval times in Eastern Europe.
ARTmania is constantly exploring new directions, building on the experience of previous editions, when a number of important artists and bands went on stage, international names like: Steven Wilson, Peter Hammill, Serj Tankian, Devin Townsend, Dream Theater, Opeth, Die Toten Hosen, Nightwish, Within Temptation, Apocalyptica, HIM, The Gathering, The Sisters of Mercy, Anathema, Apocalyptica, Lacuna Coil, Helloween, Lacrimosa, Poets of the Fall or Deine Lakaien among many others.
