Intimate gigs hosted by global hand raisers 🎶Rafe Offer, CEO of Sofar Sounds

Today we’re talking to Rafe Offer, CEO of Sofar Sounds (Sofar is an acronym for "Songs from a Room"). Dissatisfied with a concert-going experience in 2009, Rafe and two friends decided to take action. They hosted an intimate concert in a flat in North London for eight people. Soon enough, there were lines around the block of people hoping to attend these intimate events, and people living in other countries raised their hands to bring the format to their cities. Today, there are 500 Sofar gigs per month in more than 300 cities worldwide. Over 25,000 performers have performed at a Sofar show, including big names from Leon Bridges and Billie Eilish to Benjamin Clementine and Karen O. In our interview, we talk to Rafe about the origin of Sofar and how community members around the world host these gigs, and how Sofar went from hobby to a full-fledged business.