Recurring
Monitors
A monitor is a standing measurement with dated editions. Each one reads a fixed set of official series and verified observations, publishes what moved, and states plainly what it is not claiming.
Programs
Standing measurements
Monthly, following the BLS Consumer Price Index release · 1 edition
Live Music Price Monitor
Each month this monitor publishes the federal price measure closest to live events, sets it against price observations Live Index has verified directly, and reports where the two disagree.
Latest edition: Live Music Price Monitor — July 2026 reading · Aug 27, 2026
Quarterly, or when catalog coverage materially changes · 1 edition
Festival Affordability Update
Festival prices are only comparable once the length of the pass is held constant. This monitor reports advertised general admission per festival day, from festivals whose own pages state both.
Latest edition: Festival affordability update — July 2026 · Aug 27, 2026
Monthly, following the BLS Employment Situation release · 1 edition
Touring Middle Dashboard
Published as a dashboard rather than an index, because the available series describe industry groups that contain touring rather than touring itself.
Latest edition: Touring Middle Dashboard v1 — July 2026 · Aug 27, 2026