Spotted in the Wild: Nextcat

NextCat event list

Nextcat says that "It's all about who you know." They could be talking about the entertainment industry or Web 2.0 social networking, but in their case they mean both. Picking up where Myspace left off, they provide promotional pages for artists and entertainers looking to expand their reach and potentially land a new gig.

Rather than roll their own event listings, Nextcat decided to use the Eventful API, both for searching for events and adding new events for your artist. The interface for both is nice and clean, integrated well into the Nextcat look while retaining the as much Eventful functionality as possible.

I'm glad to see events making their way into social networking sites like Nextcat. Someone was just requesting events support in LinkedIn yesterday, so it sounds like the time has come.

Hi Chris,

Thanks for the ref - was cool to find out about NextCat (it's about time we'll see another service than artistdirect).

Totally agree with this integration concept - social networks can gain a lot from using open API's for events. It's really pity linkedin doesn't allow any widget embedding at the moment...