25 February 2027 | Hilton Park Lane, LONDON
The Arthur Awards – the most prestigious and highly anticipated annual awards of the global live music business – take place during ILMC week, with a broad music business audience in attendance.
Housed in a brand-new top-flight venue for 2027, the night sees 600 of the world’s top live music professionals – promoters, agents, venues, festivals, and more – come together as excitement builds, the winners are announced, and the golden statuettes are handed out.
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Three decades of celebrating excellence
The Arthur Awards began as a tongue-in-cheek affair in 1995 but have grown over three decades to become known as the Oscars of the international live music business.
The finalists in each category are shortlisted from thousands of votes received from fellow live industry professionals from across the globe. Once the shortlist in each category is announced, the winners are selected by an open vote of live music professionals in addition to a closed jury vote.
The 'Off the Charts' Gala Dinner
The evening begins with a champagne reception before the real spectacle begins: a five-star, four-course banquet from the Hilton’s award-winning chefs, complemented by fine wines, all with illustrious company.
As anticipation builds, the spotlight shifts to the Arthur Awards themselves: eleven categories, countless nominees, and only one victor in each. The 2027 Awards will be hosted by The Arthurs’ longstanding host and conductor extraordinaire, Ms Emma Banks.
Arthur Award Highlights
Marc Zachary
President
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Experiential Advisors
Marc is the president of Experiential Advisors, a consultancy/advisory firm that works with theme parks, IP holders, major brands, licensees, and other companies to create and maximise experiences. He is known as an expert on themed entertainment and has traveled extensively to benchmark parks, attractions, shows, and museums in over 50 countries.
Marc spent his early career in the international film and television business, acquiring films, series, and formats for distribution in Italy and promoting Italian films in the United States (including three Academy Award-winning films). He then worked as a senior executive in home entertainment and digital content before joining Disney as vice president of business development and operations in 2011. At Disney, he developed new partnerships around Star Wars, The Muppets, advertising, healthcare, and new technologies, driving tens of millions of dollars of incremental revenue.
In 2017, he became senior vice president of FoxNext Destinations at 20th Century Fox, overseeing themed entertainment, including rides, shows, exhibitions, restaurants, shops, family entertainment centres, and AR/VR. With Disney’s acquisition of Fox in 2019, Marc returned to Disney as head of location-based experiences, which included a broad variety of attractions, including The Simpsons lands at Universal Studios Florida and Hollywood, Avatar-themed experiences in Asia, and National Geographic-themed family entertainment centres in the Middle East, Mexico, and China.
Marc was named to the Blooloop 50 Theme Park Influencers list in 2022 and 2023, and he is the chairman of the judging committee of the Themed Entertainment Awards (Theas).
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