''IQ'' is a
news platform for the international
live music
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industry. Its readership of more than 100,000 professionals a month comprises live music professionals, including
concert promoters,
booking agents,
festival
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organisers,
artist managers and
venue
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Locations
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* Music venue, place used for a conce ...
operators, in more than 60 countries.
''IQ'' comprises a regular print & digital magazine, several annual reports and daily news, insight and analysis. The ''IQ'' family also includes two annual conferences: ILMC, the live music industry's largest international gathering, and the International Festival Forum (IFF).
History and profile
''IQ Magazine'' was established in late 2004 as the journal of the International Live Music Conference (ILMC), the leading annual gathering of professionals working in live music and entertainment, and originally stood for ''ILMC Quarterly''.
The magazine is now published on a