ChainFest, a chain food celebration that held its inaugural edition in LA last year, is passing the baton to Medium Rare, a fast growing producer of live events and manager of brands, in a multiyear deal.
B.J. Novak of The Office, who founded ChainFest with chef Tim Hollingsworth , helped attract a celeb turnout to its first outing. Jack Davis, founder of Crypt TV (recently sold to Brat TV) is also a co-founder. Chain Fest stakeholders see the first edition as proof of concept but want to improve and expand the fest into a broader entertainment festival with live music and events. The plan is to launch the fest in New York and other U.S. cities.
Medium Rare, founded by Joe Silberzweig and Adam Richman, works closely with Shaquille O’Neal, who brokered a 2020 deal for Authentic Brands to take a 20% interest in Medium Rare. O’Neal has a big stake in both companies.
B.J. Novak of The Office, who founded ChainFest with chef Tim Hollingsworth , helped attract a celeb turnout to its first outing. Jack Davis, founder of Crypt TV (recently sold to Brat TV) is also a co-founder. Chain Fest stakeholders see the first edition as proof of concept but want to improve and expand the fest into a broader entertainment festival with live music and events. The plan is to launch the fest in New York and other U.S. cities.
Medium Rare, founded by Joe Silberzweig and Adam Richman, works closely with Shaquille O’Neal, who brokered a 2020 deal for Authentic Brands to take a 20% interest in Medium Rare. O’Neal has a big stake in both companies.
- 5/6/2024
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Medium Rare, the live events and management company behind such franchises as Travis Kelce’s Kelce Jam and Shaquille O’Neal’s Fun House carnival-style festival, has received an investment from Palm Tree Crew that values the company at $50 million.
Financial details about the size of the investment were not disclosed. Palm Tree Crew is an event, artists management and holding company that invests in firms that complement its core activities, which include the Palm Tree Music Festival. Medium Rare began operations in 2019 after being founded by Live Nation alums Joe Silberzweig and Adam Richman. Palm Tree is run by Norwegian DJ and producer Kygo and Myles Shear, Kygo’s longtime manager and business partner.
Medium Rare’s focus is on producing celebrity-driven events that drive ticket sales and big sponsorship dollars. Medium Rare’s goal is to host eye-popping events that yield branded digital and social media content for sponsors and brand partners.
Financial details about the size of the investment were not disclosed. Palm Tree Crew is an event, artists management and holding company that invests in firms that complement its core activities, which include the Palm Tree Music Festival. Medium Rare began operations in 2019 after being founded by Live Nation alums Joe Silberzweig and Adam Richman. Palm Tree is run by Norwegian DJ and producer Kygo and Myles Shear, Kygo’s longtime manager and business partner.
Medium Rare’s focus is on producing celebrity-driven events that drive ticket sales and big sponsorship dollars. Medium Rare’s goal is to host eye-popping events that yield branded digital and social media content for sponsors and brand partners.
- 4/11/2024
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
Travis Kelce is following his back-to-back Super Bowl wins with the return of his music festival Kelce Jam.
Lil Wayne, Diplo and 2 Chainz will perform at the May 18 event taking place at The Azura Amphitheater in Kansas City, Kansas. Fans can register online at KelceJam.com for presale tickets, which start at $49.99 and go on sale Friday. Takis will livestream the event across the NFL star and Kelce Jam’s social channels.
“It was such a blast that I had to do it again this year. I’m so excited,” Kelce tells The Hollywood Reporter. “I wanted to keep it fresh and keep it new, so this year we asked Lil Wayne, Diplo and 2 Chainz to come out and perform. And of course, we still got DJ Irie and my guy, DJ E-v, jumping it off, the hometown kid. We got to show the hometown love.”
He continues, “But...
Lil Wayne, Diplo and 2 Chainz will perform at the May 18 event taking place at The Azura Amphitheater in Kansas City, Kansas. Fans can register online at KelceJam.com for presale tickets, which start at $49.99 and go on sale Friday. Takis will livestream the event across the NFL star and Kelce Jam’s social channels.
“It was such a blast that I had to do it again this year. I’m so excited,” Kelce tells The Hollywood Reporter. “I wanted to keep it fresh and keep it new, so this year we asked Lil Wayne, Diplo and 2 Chainz to come out and perform. And of course, we still got DJ Irie and my guy, DJ E-v, jumping it off, the hometown kid. We got to show the hometown love.”
He continues, “But...
- 4/2/2024
- by Mesfin Fekadu
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“The Shaq Bowl” producers Adam Richman and Joe Silberzweig, come from the live-events industry — and if all goes well, they’ll never create another live event again. The duo founded Medium Rare, which specializes in creating celebrity-driven productions for streaming platforms. Their digital productions are tailor-made for social media and heavily reliant on talent cooperation — and they can deliver bigger profit margins for both the producers and talent, Richman and Silberzweig told TheWrap. “The financial side of it is actually more enticing,” Richman said. “The actual stress level in terms of permits and dealing with the government, dealing with the mayor’s office, traffic plan and all the things that come with a live event — we’re over that.” Also Read: Shaq to Host an Alternative Super Bowl Pregame Show Called 'The Shaq Bowl,' Of Course So what are they into? Richman and Silberzweig ask potential collaborators the following...
- 2/3/2021
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
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