The story
C3 was founded by Charles Attal, Charlie Jones and Charlie Walker in 2007(2) and headquartered in Austin, TX. Before founding C3, Attal and Jones worked at Capital Sports & Entertainment, which produced the Austin City Limits Music Festival and, in 2005, licensed and revived the Lollapalooza Festival as a permanent event in Chicago’s Grant Park. Walker joined them in 2007 after leaving Live Nation, and together the three established C3 Presents as a new company, distinct from Capital Sports & Entertainment, which then assumed production of both the Austin City Limits Music Festival and Lollapalooza.
In the fall of 2014, Live Nation began talks to purchase a 51% stake in the Austin company’s events production and promotions businesses. At the time, C3 was the largest independent concert promoter in the world. The deal was completed in December of that year.
In 2018, C3 Presents and parent company Live Nation entered into a partnership with the Oak View Group to develop a 15,000 seat arena on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin. The Moody Center opened in May 2022 and is the home of UT basketball as well as music and entertainment events booked by C3.
The company purchased the historic blues venue Stubb's in 2022
From Wikipedia’s article on C3 Presents, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4