Nick Farkas

Nick Farkas has been booking shows in his hometown of Montreal for over 15 years. He started with punk acts in the late 1980's, eventually co-founding Greenland Productions in 1993. Four years later, he was recruited by legendary Montreal promoter Donald K. Donald. Nick worked for DKD from 1997 to 2002; over this 5 year period the company merged into DKD/Universal, then Universal Concerts Canada and finally House of Blues Concerts Canada. For the last two years, Nick has headed the Talent Buying division of Gillett Entertainment Group. GEG recently ranked 5th in Pollstar's listing of top promoters worldwide, after only two years of operations. He is responsible for booking a wide range of artists in 200 capacity clubs, to 45,000 capacity outdoor venues, in Montreal, Quebec and the Maritimes