Nick Farkas has been booking shows in his hometown of Montreal for over 30 years. He started with punk and metal 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 past twenty plus years, Nick has headed the Talent Buying division of evenko (formerly Gillett Entertainment Group), which books over 1,200 shows a year in venues ranging from small clubs to arenas and large outdoor venues, in Montreal, Quebec, Atlantic Canada and Vermont. He also oversees all the evenko festivals: Osheaga IleSoniq, Lasso, Yul Eat, Heavy Montreal and ‘77 which all take place in Montreal. He is chair of The Canadian Live Music Association and on the boards of the evenko foundation, Goal Initiative, and the REMI (Regroupement Des Evénements Majeurs Internationaux)