Intix 2020 Conference & Exhibition— the ticket tribe powwows in Manhattan

Me and you, and you and me

No matter how they tossed the dice

It had to be

The only one for me is you

And you for me

So happy together

Happy Together — The Turtles

Intix, the international ticketing association, held its 41st conference & exhibition this week and I was there. It was a fascinating four days in midtown Manhattan. First, for a conference junkie like me it was a treat to find something just a little different. Intix is more than a standard network, drink and learn conference. There’s something more in the air, a frisson of sorts. First of all the order for Intix runs more like this: drink, network, learn. I’m half convinced that Intix is a drinking association with a ticketing problem.

If you’ve read any of my previous articles then you know I’m always somewhere. In 2019 I went to seven conferences and ten music festivals. There’s more than a tangential connection between conferences and festivals. In both cases a disparate group melds into cohesion over the course of three or four days out of town. Festivals and conferences both have a base of attendees with shared interests, a common spirit of adventure to get off the sofa and…