For entertainment and live music
Live streaming for musicians: ticketed shows on your own site
Deliver concerts to a branded player and social destinations, sell pay-per-view tickets, record every show, and keep the catalog on your OTT service.
For musicians and artists, concert producers, venues, festivals, labels, promoters, and entertainment media brands.
Trusted by artists, venues, and music brands
Business outcomes
The workflow should create value, not more operational risk.
01Reach beyond the venue
Bring performances to global audiences across owned and social channels.
02Sell the experience
Sell tickets, run ads, or offer subscriptions, depending on what fits the show.
03Keep the show alive
Turn the live event into replay, highlights, and catalog content.
Capabilities that matter
Technical depth, organized around the operator.
Castr keeps the full feature set available without forcing every buyer to decode a wall of capability labels before understanding the workflow.
Global live delivery
Send your production feed to Castr and the show reaches fans worldwide over Akamai, Fastly, and CloudFront.
Multistreaming
Stream the show to YouTube, Facebook, and other platforms at the same time.
Pay-per-view
Sell access to ticketed digital performances on your own player.
Branded player
Keep the premium audience on your own website.
Recording and replay
Preserve performances for later access and paid replays.
OTT apps
Build a long-term entertainment service around the catalog.
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Compare plans and capabilities →How to live stream a concert
The ticketed concert stream, from stage feed to paid replay.
Live streaming for musicians works best when the show, the ticket, and the replay run on one platform. This is the workflow, step by step.
Produce the show
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1. Feed the stream
Send the front-of-house mix and cameras to an encoder and push to Castr over RTMP, or SRT when the venue internet is rough. Both are included on all plans.
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2. Brand the player
Embed the player on your own site so the show plays under the artist's name, not a platform's.
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3. Tease on social
Send the full show or a teaser cut to YouTube and Facebook alongside the ticketed stream.
Sell the ticket
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4. Set the price
Turn on the pay-per-view paywall, included on every plan, and set the ticket price per show.
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5. Get paid instantly
Fans pay by credit card into your own connected Stripe account. Castr takes a 9% commission, with Stripe's card fee deducted separately, and never holds your money.
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6. Protect premium shows
Add multi-DRM, viewer watermarking, and simultaneous-login protection to keep paid shows from leaking.
DRM is an add-on on every plan. Viewer watermarking is on Ultra and higher.
Keep it earning
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7. Save the replay
The show records up to 72 hours automatically and stays available for three days. Save it to your library and sell the replay behind the same paywall.
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8. Build the catalog
Move past shows into an OTT storefront with subscriptions, 30+ payment gateways, and a 5% commission on the Events plan.
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9. Run a 24/7 channel
Schedule performances into a continuous channel with TV playout, one channel included on every plan.
Music rights are the artist's side of the deal: covers need publisher licenses, and content matching on social platforms applies regardless of the streaming provider.
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Operator fit
Designed for recurring, accountable video work.
Operational complexity matters more than company size. The strongest fit is a team with a named owner, a repeatable schedule, and a real consequence if delivery fails.
Review your workflow with CastrStrong qualification signals
- Concerts and festivals
- Performing arts and venues
- Ticketed digital events
- Entertainment catalogs and OTT
Switching to Castr
Move your ticketed shows without risking a single sale.
You do not have to cut over blind. Run Castr in parallel with your current provider while you test, and let our video team confirm the fit before anything switches.
Run in parallel
Run a soundcheck stream through Castr while your current platform keeps selling and serving shows. Your ticket links and fan-facing pages stay exactly as they are until the test holds up.
Map the workflow
Our video team reviews your show calendar, ticketing model, destinations, and replay plans, then confirms what the paywall covers and which plan fits.
Cut over with support
Point buyers at the new checkout when the soundcheck run is verified. Payments settle in your own Stripe account from the first ticket, and 24/7 human support stays on hand through show night.
Build the complete workflow
Connect this capability to the rest of your operation.
Questions before you choose
Evaluate the workflow with confidence.
Feature and plan availability changes by tier. Use the full matrix for comparison, or let our team validate a complex setup.
How do you live stream a concert?
Send the front-of-house mix and camera feed to an encoder, push it to Castr over RTMP or SRT, and the show plays in a branded player on your site while social destinations carry a teaser or the full stream. Sell tickets by putting the player behind the pay-per-view paywall, and the concert records automatically for the replay.
What is the best live streaming platform for musicians?
The best live streaming platform for musicians is the one that lets you keep the audience and the revenue: a player on your own site rather than a social feed, ticketing built in, and replays that keep selling. Castr covers that end to end, with pay-per-view on every plan and an OTT storefront for the catalog.
Can we sell tickets to a livestream?
Yes. Put the concert behind the pay-per-view paywall so only ticket holders can watch, on any plan. Buyers pay by credit card into your own connected Stripe account, so the money is yours the moment a ticket sells.
How much does Castr take from ticket sales?
The paywall charges a 9% commission on each sale, with Stripe's card fee deducted separately, and payments settle directly in your Stripe account. Catalog and subscription sales through the OTT storefront on the Events plan carry a 5% commission and connect 30+ payment gateways.
Can we play copyrighted music on a live stream?
Only with the rights to do so. Streaming covers require licenses from the songs' publishers, and social platforms can mute or take down streams flagged by content matching. Castr delivers the stream but does not clear music rights, so original material, licensed sets, or performance agreements need to be sorted before the show.
How do we run a 24/7 music channel?
Upload performances and schedule them with TV playout into a continuous channel that plays in your embedded player and streams to social platforms. Every plan includes one playout channel, and live shows can be inserted into the schedule.
Can the same event reach social channels?
Yes. Multistream the full show, or keep the ticketed stream on your player and send a teaser to YouTube and Facebook to pull fans toward the box office. Destination totals follow your plan and can be raised on request.
How long is the replay available?
The recording captures up to 72 hours and stays available for three days. Save it to your library to keep the show permanently, sell it behind the same paywall as the live event, or move the catalog to your OTT service.
Can Castr help us validate our current workflow?
Yes. Castr’s video team will walk through your current setup, from sources and destinations to audience scale, security, and monetization, and confirm the fit before you migrate.
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