LiveSquare Entertainment

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LiveSquare Entertainment
Company type Private
IndustryEntertainment
Founded2007;17 years ago (2007)
Headquarters
Dhaka
,
Bangladesh
Area served
 Bangladesh
Products
  • RockNation
  • The Wireless Sessions
  • Meets
  • Bangladesh Music Week
  • Thrillectronica
  • The ABC Generation
Number of employees
 Full-time: 6
Part-time: 100+
Website thelivesquare.com

LiveSquare Entertainment is an entertainment company originating from Bangladesh, founded in 2007 by entrepreneur Nafis Ahmed. [1] [2] Its services include festival management, artist management, global bookings and tour management, and production and sale of party lifestyle merchandise [3] and original art creations [4] LiveSquare has organized many festivals featuring local [5] [6] and international artists, and for the deployment of high-profile Bangladeshi artists such as Shironamhin, [7] Chirkutt [8] and Band Lalon [9] to international festivals in Sri Lanka and Norway.

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LiveSquare has worked with international cultural entities such as Rikskonsertene: Concerts Norway, [10] Goethe Institute Dhaka and EMK Center, [11] as well as with diplomatic missions such as the Norwegian Embassy [12] and the Embassy of Switzerland in Bangladesh.

History

2007-2010

Initially started by Nafis Ahmed [13] while he was a student in his sophomore year at IBA-DU, LiveSquare became known with a series of lounge concerts under the banner of The Wireless Sessions [14] featuring bands such as Arbovirus, Shunno, Artcell, Cryptic Fate and Nemesis, in a time when the lounge music scene in Dhaka was in its infancy. [15] LiveSquare also organized and executed several one-off concerts during this time, including a fundraising concert for the victims of the hurricane Cyclone Sidr. [16] LiveSquare went on a year-long hiatus in 2010 following Ahmed's graduation and subsequent employment at a reputed marketing agency.

2011-2012

LiveSquare organized several new events in 2011, such as the tribute concert Titans: Iron Maiden [17] and The ABC Generation [18] [19] series. LiveSquare worked with international entities to bring in international artists to Bangladesh, such as Norwegian-Bangladeshi musician Kohinoor Nordberg, Swiss funk rock band Starch, [20] American guitarist Ken Stringfellow, [21] Norwegian pop rock outfit Casa Murilo, [22] multinational world music ensemble OK World [23] and various others, performing alongside Bangladeshi artists. The Wireless Sessions were also brought back during this time. [24]

2013-2016

LiveSquare sent Bangladeshi artists such as Chirkutt, [25] Shironamhin [26] [27] and Band Lalon [28] to perform at international festivals in Sri Lanka and Norway. In 2013, LiveSquare started the RockNation [29] [30] series [31] of Rock/Metal concerts, [32] starring artists such as Warfaze, Aurthohin, Artcell and Arbovirus. [33] [34] [35]

In late 2015, LiveSquare organized and hosted the music conference Bangladesh Music Week 2015. [36] [37] The conference featured more than 20 foreign delegates alongside more than two dozen representatives of the Bangladeshi music scene. [38] The event also included a live performance showcase featuring local and foreign musicians and dancers, [39] along with an engineering masterclass for live lighting. [40]

In February 2016, LiveSquare organized [41] the first show of a new series of concerts called Pop Republic, [42] starring Grammy and Brit Award-winning blue-eyed soul artist Joss Stone. [43]

Notable festivals

  1. RockNation [44]
  2. Pop Republic [45]
  3. The Wireless Sessions [14]
  4. RockCity [46] [47]
  5. RockTown [46]
  6. Bangladesh Music Week [48]
  7. Closeup Volt [49]
  8. The ABC Generation [50]
  9. Thrillectronica [51]
  10. Titans: Iron Maiden [17]
  11. LiveWire [52]
  12. RedSquare [53]
  13. SoundCity '13 [54]
  14. Alice In Wonderland [55]
  15. Greenitiative [56]
  16. RockStrata: One Last Live [57]

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