Nausheen Punjani of Eventeny on Music Festival Management Software

In episode 61 of the Music Festivals Podcast, I talk with Nausheen Punjani, COO and co-founder at Eventeny—a company that’s quietly transforming the way music festivals are planned, managed, and experienced from the inside out. 

If you’re a festival promoter, organizer, venue owner, or just curious about what goes on behind the curtain, this episode cuts right to heart of what makes events actually work.

Whether you produce festivals, play in bands, volunteer behind the scenes, or just want to get through the gates a little faster, this episode is packed with real talk, wisdom, and a look at what the future of festival life might look like. Watch the 4K video on YouTube or listen on Apple and Spotify podcasts—and don’t forget to subscribe for more music festival industry coverage.

The Road to Eventeny

Nausheen shares her somewhat unexpected journey into festival tech—starting not in software, but in public health and in the height of the Covid19 Pandemic. She explains,

“I actually did not start in the software industry. I started in public health…thinking about the pandemic and everything else. You know, that's where my career was.”

It was a combination of family, a need for better event tools, and spotting huge gaps in existing systems that led her and her co-founder and husband to launch Eventeny. What started as a helping hand for her sister’s dance events in Georgia has since grown into a company serving festivals coast-to-coast and even internationally, with over sixty employees and millions of users.

Solving Real-World Festival Management Problems

We get into the real-world headaches that Eventeny's music festival management software is tackling—from managing vendors, volunteers, and sponsors, to “paper-based solutions” and security worries that can slow down even the most seasoned organizers. Nausheen paints a vivid picture:

“I spent, oddly, 8 hours with one lady as she dealt with her maps...typing in all this information onto an Excel spreadsheet, only then to go onto Canva and draw out a map.”

If you’ve sat through a meeting staring at spreadsheets and hunting through emails while prepping for a festival, you know the pain. Nausheen and her team are on a mission to put everything—scheduling, credentials, vendor info, volunteer shifts, contracts, you name it—into one secure, digital ecosystem.Improving the Festival Attendee Experience.

Better Festival Attendee Experiences

But this isn’t just a story about back-end management. The episode breaks down how good software doesn’t just help festival staff, but improves the attendee experience too. Imagine walking into a festival without long lines at check-in, volunteers who know who you are year-after-year, and vendors who don’t get lost in the shuffle.

“Standing in long lines is not something you want to experience,” Nausheen says. “Making sure that check-in speed is much faster, that’s the very first experience, and we want to make sure that we nail that down.”

Festival fans will especially appreciate Nausheen’s take on community—it’s all about creating festivals people come back to, not just for the bands but for the connections and the sense of belonging. If you’ve ever wondered how organizers juggle flights for artists, stage changes, and everything from artist hospitality to accessibility needs, Nausheen pulls back the curtain on the new wave of management tools Eventeny is rolling out for music festivals in particular.

Push the Easy Button

Whether you produce festivals, play in bands, volunteer behind the scenes, or just want to get through the gates a little faster, this episode is packed with real talk, wisdom, and a look at what the future of festival life might look like. Watch the 4K video on YouTube or listen wherever you get your podcasts—and don’t forget to subscribe for more insider festival stories.

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Photo Credit: @neighborh8fests

Photo Credit: @neighborh8fests