An Actor Championing Musicians: Armed with his BFA in Acting from Arizona State University, Sean Healy moved to L.A. in the early ‘90s to conquer the world and, over the last few decades, he has—just not in the way he expected. As a paying member of a 99-seat theatre company in Hollywood, he took advantage of their open space on Sunday nights to create a popular underground spoken-word performance space, which connected him to many local musicians. While pounding the pavement and auditioning, Healy channeled his frustration with his acting career into exciting opportunities to book bands at venues throughout the city—which quickly led him to launching a call-in service for artists looking for gigs. Cut to 30 years and hundreds of bands and clubs and theatres later, and Sean Healy Presents—a name that came from his shows listed in LA Weekly—is a full-service nationwide concert promoter specializing in national touring acts working with major agencies in the same space as AEG and Live Nation.
Genres and Services: Though often best known for their years booking groundbreaking hip-hop acts, Sean Healy Presents has morphed into different specialties over the years, booking pop, rock, metal, and (since 2021) K-pop, among other genres. The company is renowned for its “We Book Bands” initiative, which provides emerging artists with local performance opportunities and showcase gigs. Unsigned acts can apply for local showcases to build a relationship with the company with an eye towards eventually opening for national headliners. While centered in L.A., SHP regularly books shows in San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, N.Y.C., and Healy’s hometown of Chicago. Artists can submit promo packages, including music links and bios, via email for review.
Success Stories: Kendrick Lamar is easily one of SHP’s greatest success stories. The 27-time GRAMMY winner performed his first major L.A. show with SHP at the Key Club in 2010. The show sold out, and Dr. Dre came out on stage to proclaim Lamar as the new start of hip-hop—launching one of hip-hop’s most storied and influential careers. In 2010, SHP also hosted a sell-out show at the same venue headlined by Big Sean, followed the next year with concerts in L.A. and Oakland. Other greats the company has booked include Sza, Too $hort, Future, Lil Uzi Vert, YG, The Strokes, 21 Savage, Plain White T’s (a co-promote with the Knitting Factory), J. Cole, Lupe Fiasco, Machine Gun Kelly, and OneRepublic, which was known as Republic when SHP booked them in 2003 at the Viper Room. More recently, SHP sold out the Kia Forum in 2025 with K-pop artist Taemin.
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