Burrp.com partners with Eventful.com for local event content

Burrp.com, an online lifestyle guide, has announced its tie-up with one of the leading global events service Eventful.com, for local event-related content. Eventful has over six million event listings worldwide. The content from Burrp.com will allow latest Indian events for Eventful, which aims to further enhance the company’s presence in India as well as add to its growing database of events.

Jordan Glazier, CEO, Eventful, said, “India is a substantial market with a huge and rapidly growing audience for events and entertainment. We look forward to working with Burrp.com to include up-to-date, comprehensive content to keep our users abreast of events in India.”

Deap Ubhi, CEO, Burrp.com, said, “We’re ecstatic to be partnering with the world’s largest events portal. We remain dedicated to providing the most accurate and up to date content, whether it is through our own platform or that of a respected partner such as Eventful.”

Burrp’s online offering comprises user-generated and editorially monitored events content in categories like art, dance, fashion, film, fairs and festivals, food and drink, health and living, music, nightlife and parties, literature, sports and outdoor, and theatre. The association with Burrp will give Eventful.com access to Burrp’s extensive pool of local events in all of India’s key metros.

Burrp.com allows its users to search, review and recommend lifestyle related businesses and events in eight major metros. Besides the online local product, Burrp owns Burrp!TV, and online TV guide; Blah!, an online lifestyle magazine; and Know, a recently launched printed travel guide for Mumbai.

San Diego-based Eventful, Inc. provides the leading service for discovering, sharing, promoting and creating local events throughout the world. Eventful’s community of users enjoys the world’s largest selection of local events, from concerts and sports to singles events and political rallies. Eventful provides multi-platform services to its users through, e-mail programs, mobile applications and content distributed through widgets and apps.