How Artelize Built a Data-Driven Marketplace for the Performing Arts

The performing arts ecosystem — artists, venues, production companies, technical providers — had no single platform to find each other and collaborate. Productions assembled teams through personal networks and manual outreach.

Arts organisations had no data-driven way to understand audience retention, engagement, or growth. The entire industry operated on relationships and intuition, with no structured data layer underneath.

DTS built a two-sided marketplace connecting all participants in the performing arts ecosystem. A production can find artists, venues, and technical providers — filtered by region, specialty, and availability — all in one place.

To power the marketplace, DTS built a large-scale real-time data pipeline that continuously scrapes and structures performing arts information from across the web. On top of the platform, a SaaS analytics product helps arts organisations improve retention, engagement, and audience growth through data-driven reports and recommendations.