Who owns Southside Festival?
Southside Festival is owned by CTS Eventim (Germany, XETRA: EVD).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: CTS Eventim Annual Report 2025, CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA, 26 March 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇩🇪 Germany, Hamburg
- Origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Category
- Media & entertainment › Live & sport › Live events & ticketing
- Parent ticker
- XETRA: EVD
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Southside Festival
Southside is a German open-air festival run by FKP Scorpio, part of the CTS Eventim group. Its promoter runs an electricity supervisor at its German festivals to plan the power supply and cut generator fuel use, and the annual report says roughly 43 per cent of the electricity needed for Southside in 2025 came from certified green electricity through mains connections.
Ownership timeline of Southside Festival
- Current owner CTS Eventim [1] reported
Where Southside Festival sits in CTS Eventim
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by CTS Eventim
CTS Eventim controls 9 brands on Brandtree, 9 of them in media & entertainment.
Also in media & entertainment
Other brands in live events & ticketing, and who owns them
CTS Eventim has more brands in live events & ticketing on Brandtree than any other owner: 9 of 35.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Beacon Theatre | MSG Entertainment | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Casino de Monte-Carlo | Monte-Carlo SBM | 🇲🇨 Monaco |
| Playdium | Cineplex | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| KCON | CJ ENM | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Live Nation Concerts | Live Nation | 🇺🇸 United States |
| AMF | Lucky Strike Entertainment | 🇺🇸 United States |
| The Battery Atlanta | Atlanta Braves Holdings | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Signal Iduna Park | Borussia Dortmund KGaA | 🇩🇪 Germany |
About the owner: CTS Eventim
CTS Eventim is a publicly listed company headquartered in Hamburg, Germany. Brandtree records 9 brands under its control, and it is listed as XETRA: EVD.
CTS Eventim is a ticketing and live entertainment group listed in the MDAX, with its registered office in Munich and its head office in Hamburg. Its Live Entertainment segment brought in EUR 2.152 billion in 2025 and promotes tours, events and festivals, mainly through the EVENTIM LIVE subgroups. The group operates venues including the LANXESS arena and the Eventim Apollo, and organises festivals through FKP Scorpio, PRK DreamHaus and Gadget. Several of these operating companies carry large minority shareholders, so the group controls but does not own all of them.
🇩🇪 Southside Festival and other German brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 243 brands that began in Germany. 90 of them (37%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Southside Festival is not one of them.
- BMG — Bertelsmann 🇩🇪
- Borussia Dortmund — Borussia Dortmund KGaA 🇩🇪
- Springer — Springer Nature 🇩🇪
- Wake Word Studios — Acast 🇸🇪
- 3 Glocken — Princes Group 🇬🇧
- A. Lange & Söhne — Richemont 🇨🇭
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Southside Festival?
The parent company of Southside Festival is CTS Eventim, a publicly listed company headquartered in Germany.
Is Southside Festival German?
Yes. Southside Festival originated in Germany and its owner, CTS Eventim, is also headquartered in Germany.
Is Southside Festival still owned by CTS Eventim?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Southside Festival is still owned by CTS Eventim. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] CTS Eventim Annual Report 2025 — CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA, Annual report, published 26 March 2026; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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