Resident Advisor (RA) Scraper

Extract event listings, complete artist line-ups, and venue/club profiles from Resident Advisor — the world's leading platform for electronic music with 800 000+ events across 130+ countries.

No login, cookies, or proxy required. Data is sourced directly from Resident Advisor's public API.

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What you can scrape

Mode	What you get
Events by city	Upcoming events for any city worldwide — full line-up, venue, genres, ticket link, flyer, date & time
Artist profile	Biography, social links, follower count, and upcoming/recent events for any artist
Venue / club profile	Address, capacity, description, follower count, and recent events for any club

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Input

Field	Type	Required	Description	Example
mode	Select	No	What to scrape. Default: eventsByCity	eventsByCity, artistProfile, venueProfile
countryCode	Select	No	Country for event search (mode=eventsByCity). Default: gb	gb, de, us, nl, fr
city	Text	No	City name or slug. Default: london	london, berlin, new-york, amsterdam
dateFrom	Text	No	Fetch events from this date (YYYY-MM-DD). Defaults to today	2026-07-01
dateTo	Text	No	Fetch events up to this date (YYYY-MM-DD). Leave empty for no upper bound	2026-07-31
artistName	Text	No*	Artist slug or name (required for artistProfile mode)	aphex-twin, bicep, peggy-gou
venueSlug	Text	No*	Venue name or search term (required for venueProfile mode)	fabric, berghain, xoyo
maxItems	Integer	No	Maximum records to return (1–200). Default: 20	50

*Required when the corresponding mode is selected.

Example inputs

Events by city

{
  "mode": "eventsByCity",
  "countryCode": "gb",
  "city": "london",
  "dateFrom": "2026-07-01",
  "dateTo": "2026-07-31",
  "maxItems": 50
}

Artist profile

{
  "mode": "artistProfile",
  "artistName": "bicep",
  "maxItems": 10
}

Venue profile

{
  "mode": "venueProfile",
  "venueSlug": "fabric",
  "maxItems": 10
}

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Output

Events by city

One record per event. Fields are omitted when data is unavailable for an event — no null or empty values are ever returned.

{
  "eventId": "2182764",
  "title": "GALA'26",
  "eventUrl": "https://ra.co/events/2182764",
  "date": "2026-05-22",
  "startTime": "14:00",
  "endTime": "22:30",
  "venue": "Peckham Rye Park",
  "venueUrl": "https://ra.co/clubs/143848",
  "city": "London",
  "country": "United Kingdom",
  "artists": ["Objekt", "Or:la", "Pariah"],
  "unlinkedArtists": ["Clipz", "Darren Jay", "MC Rage"],
  "allArtists": ["Objekt", "Or:la", "Clipz", "Darren Jay", "Pariah", "MC Rage"],
  "lineupText": "Objekt\nOr:la\nClipz\nDarren Jay\nPariah\nMC Rage",
  "genres": ["Techno", "House"],
  "isTicketed": true,
  "ticketUrl": "https://tickets.ra.co/events/2182764",
  "cost": "£25",
  "flyerUrl": "https://static.ra.co/images/events/flyers/2026/05/...",
  "recordType": "event",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-06-14T10:00:00+00:00"
}

Line-up fields explained:

Field	Description
artists	Artists with a linked Resident Advisor profile
unlinkedArtists	Artists listed in the line-up who do not have an RA profile (plain-text names)
allArtists	The complete line-up in order — both linked and unlinked artists combined
lineupText	The full line-up as a plain-text string, preserving the original layout (one slot per line)

Why four artist fields? RA stores two types of artist references: structured links (with profile pages) and plain-text names. Using only artists misses any act without an RA profile. Use allArtists for the complete line-up, unlinkedArtists if you only need the previously-missing names, and lineupText if you want to parse the raw layout yourself.

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Artist profile

One record per run.

{
  "artistId": "828",
  "name": "Aphex Twin",
  "artistUrl": "https://ra.co/dj/aphextwin",
  "imageUrl": "https://static.ra.co/images/profiles/aphextwin.jpg",
  "biography": "Aphex Twin, aka Richard D. James, is one of the most influential...",
  "country": "United Kingdom",
  "region": "South + East",
  "discogs": "https://www.discogs.com/artist/Aphex+Twin",
  "soundcloud": "https://soundcloud.com/aphex-twin",
  "instagram": "https://www.instagram.com/aphextwin",
  "followerCount": 109890,
  "upcomingEventsCount": 2,
  "upcomingEvents": [
    {
      "eventId": "2345678",
      "title": "Aphex Twin Live",
      "date": "2026-09-12",
      "startTime": "21:00",
      "eventUrl": "https://ra.co/events/2345678",
      "venue": "Roundhouse",
      "venueUrl": "https://ra.co/clubs/9999",
      "genres": ["IDM", "Ambient"]
    }
  ],
  "recordType": "artist",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-06-14T10:00:00+00:00"
}

Social link fields (facebook, instagram, twitter, soundcloud, discogs, bandcamp, website) are only included when the artist has set them on their RA profile.

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Venue / club profile

One record per run.

{
  "venueId": "237",
  "name": "fabric",
  "venueUrl": "https://ra.co/clubs/237",
  "address": "77a Charterhouse St, Clerkenwell, London EC1M 6HJ, United Kingdom",
  "phone": "020 7336 8898",
  "website": "http://www.fabriclondon.com",
  "description": "fabric is one of London's premier venues for electronic music...",
  "capacity": "1600",
  "city": "London",
  "country": "United Kingdom",
  "followerCount": 38792,
  "recentEvents": [
    {
      "eventId": "2413816",
      "title": "Field Day Afterparty",
      "date": "2026-05-23",
      "startTime": "23:00",
      "eventUrl": "https://ra.co/events/2413816",
      "artists": ["Duskus", "Eliza Rose"],
      "genres": ["House"]
    }
  ],
  "recordType": "venue",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-06-14T10:00:00+00:00"
}

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Supported countries

35 of the most active RA markets are available via the country code selector:

United Kingdom · Germany · United States · Netherlands · France · Australia · Japan · Belgium · Italy · Spain · Portugal · Sweden · Denmark · Norway · Finland · Brazil · Mexico · Canada · South Africa · India · Singapore · Austria · Switzerland · Ireland · Poland · Czech Republic · Hungary · Greece · Romania · Argentina · Colombia · Chile · New Zealand · South Korea · Thailand

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Frequently Asked Questions

Does this require login, cookies, or a proxy? No. All scraped data is publicly accessible from Resident Advisor's official API without any authentication. No proxy is needed.

How do I find the right city slug? Go to ra.co/events, select your city, and look at the URL — it shows the format ra.co/events/gb/london. Use london as the city and gb as the country code. Multi-word cities use hyphens: new-york, los-angeles, buenos-aires.

What formats does the artistName field accept? Both the hyphenated slug from the RA URL (e.g. aphex-twin from ra.co/dj/aphex-twin) and the plain artist name (e.g. Aphex Twin) are supported. The scraper tries both variants automatically.

What formats does the venueSlug field accept? You can enter the venue's common name (fabric, berghain), a partial name (fabric london), or the full name. The scraper searches RA's venue index and returns the best match.

Why do some events have unlinkedArtists and others don't? unlinkedArtists only appears when the event's line-up includes artists who don't have an RA profile page — their names are listed as plain text rather than profile links. Events where every act has an RA profile will only have artists. Events with no confirmed line-up will have neither.

What's the difference between artists and allArtists? artists contains only acts with a linked RA profile. allArtists is the complete line-up in order — it merges artists and unlinkedArtists so you get every act on the bill in a single list. For most automation use cases (Airtable, Make.com, Zapier pipelines), allArtists is the field you want.

Can I filter events by date range? Yes. Use dateFrom and dateTo in YYYY-MM-DD format. You can set either or both — dateFrom alone returns everything from that date onwards, dateTo alone returns everything up to that date.

How many events can I get per run? Up to 200 events per run via maxItems. For larger volumes, run multiple times with different date ranges.

What if a city returns no results? The city slug must match RA's format (e.g. new-york not newyork, sao-paulo not saoplo). Some smaller markets may have few or no upcoming events — try widening your date range or using a nearby larger city.

Does this work globally? Yes. RA covers 130+ countries. This scraper supports 35 of the most active markets via the country dropdown, covering the major electronic music scenes worldwide.

How is lineupText formatted? It is the raw plain-text version of the line-up block with all HTML tags removed: one line per slot, with performers on the same stage sharing a line separated by +. You can parse it yourself to reconstruct stage/time splits if needed.

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Data source

All data is sourced from Resident Advisor's official public API, which powers their website. No unofficial scraping techniques are used.