C3’s Charles Attal & Amy Corbin On Stubb’s Bar-B-Q Changing Hands: ‘It’s Everybody’s Favorite Place To See A Show’

Last week C3 Presents and parent company Live Nation announced it acquired Stubb’s Bar-B-Q, the iconic Austin, Texas, music venue and restaurant that opened in 1996. A de facto hub for the annual SXSW Conference and synonymous with incredible live music, the venue has hosted shows by everyone from Bob Dylan, Iggy Pop and Willie Nelson to The Beastie Boys, Metallica and Loretta Lynn to the New York Dolls, Merle Haggard, Lady Gaga and far beyond. Pollstar spoke with Stubb’s and C3 co-founder Charles Attal and C3 promoter Amy Corbin, whose careers began at Stubb’s, to find out more about the venue, the acquisition and plans for the future.