Canadian startup Side Door aims to democratize the concert business

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Dan Mangan and Side Door co-founder Laura Simpson are filling a gap by connecting touring artists with mom-and-pop concert hosts

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Traditionally, a network of managers, promoters, agents and record labels curates the talent that gets into the major Side Door chief executive officer Simpson is a music industry professional who in 2011 began hosting house concerts – intimate shows by professional musicians, typically presented at private residences in communities underserved by traditional venues.

“More importantly, I walked away left with feeling that I’d made an actual impact,” says Mangan. “I’d left a footprint in Calgary.”

 

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