We empower America’s iconic grassroots venues and communities by leveraging their combined weight for groundbreaking partnerships

Connecting with music fans requires authenticity.

Our venues are woven into the fabric of their communities. They live on the cutting edge of tastemaking and artist development for a wide variety of audiences throughout the United States, led by Gen-Zs and millennials.

We are a force multiplier.

Ad.Ventures represents and aggregates the rights to a national portfolio of premiere independent venues and can leverage single or multi-venue pouring rights, onsite experiential, custom tours, branded content, naming rights, social campaigns, out-of-home and other high impact campaigns. We provide brands a turnkey solution to reach engaged audiences across multiple markets simultaneously.

Let’s get loud!

Whether you are a brand or agency exploring the power of music to reach your customers for the first time, looking for a new content or live music strategy, or an execution partner to scale an existing strategy- we can deliver a program to reach your desired audience segment with national scale and organic local impact.

Meet the Team

  • Ian Fine

    VP, Partnerships & Strategic Services

  • Mikey Lee

    Co-founder / CSO

  • Steve Sternschein

    Co-founder / CEO

  • Josh Rowe

    CCO

  • Lauren Moody

    Director Client Services

Venue Partners

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Boulder Theater.png
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The Loft.png
Hi-Fi.png
Aggie Theater.png
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Crowbar Ybor.png
Joe's Bar.png
Mayan Theater.png
Levit Pavillion .png
Subterranean.png
Music Box SD.png
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Empire Control Room.png
UC Theater.png
Carol's Pub Live.png
Center Stage.png
Lincoln Theater.png
Beat Kitchen.png
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