Concert Scraper

Python Songkick concert scraper. No API usage. Notify on Telegram.

📦 About

Retrieve tour dates for specified artists, filter by specified countries and notify you on Telegram.

Note

A Telegram bot is required. See Telegram section for setup and ChatID retrieval.

Warning

You're in charge — use responsibly!

Important

Songkick: "We are currently not approving API requests for student projects, educational purposes or hobbyist purposes" is not acceptable in 2025, period.

🌱 Getting Started

Clone the repo, install the packages and copy the config file.

  # Clone repository
  git clone https://github.com/itskovacs/songkick-concerts.git
  cd songkick-concerts

  # Create and activate virtual env
  python -m venv venv
  source venv/bin/activate

  # Install dependencies
  pip install -r requirements.txt

  # Configure environment settings
  cp env.dist env.yaml

Edit the config file to fit your needs, it's pretty straightforward:

• artists you want to follow goes under artists
• countries you wish to get notified about under countries
• Telegram config under telegram
• optional, home town for city, will add a 🏠 in the notification to indicate it's in your city

Run the script daily to stay updated on your artists' concerts:

  python songkick.py

📸 Demo

Telegram

Create Telegram Bot

1. Go to your telegram account, then search for @botfather and start a conversation with him.
2. Type /newbot to create a new Telegram Bot. Name your bot and define its username.
3. BotFather will display your Bot API Token. Copy it somewhere safe (don't worry you can still view it later).

Retrieve your ChatID

1. Create the channel you want your Bot to post into.
2. Add your newly created Telegram bot into this channel.
3. Send a message with your user to the channel
4. Open Telegram getUpdates endpoint in your browser (https://api.telegram.org/bot<your_bot_token>/getUpdates), it will display JSON data
5. In the JSON data, retrieve the value of the key id under chat.

You're all set to modify the env.yaml file with your Bot Token and channel ChatID.