# Live Nation’s Ticketmaster brings festival ticketing subsidiary Front Gate Tickets into CashorTrade face-value resale partnership

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/live-nations-ticketmaster-brings-festival-ticketing-subsidiary-front-gate-tickets-into-cashortrade-face-value-resale-partnership/
- Published: 2026-11-02T18:32:34+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-02T22:51:11+00:00
- Original publisher: Music Business Worldwide
- Original article: https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/live-nations-ticketmaster-brings-festival-ticketing-subsidiary-front-gate-tickets-into-cashortrade-face-value-resale-partnership/
- Topics: Art, Culture

## Key points

- Front Gate festival passes can be resold on CashorTrade at face value or less.
- Front Gate verifies the pass and original price, including fees.
- The move expands Ticketmaster’s resale partnership amid a US federal lawsuit.

## Summary

Ticketmaster has extended its face-value resale partnership with CashorTrade to Front Gate Tickets, its festival ticketing subsidiary. Festival pass holders can now resell passes through CashorTrade for no more than the original purchase price, with the arrangement intended to help fans buy legitimate tickets at a capped price.

The integration verifies each pass and its original cost, including fees, against Front Gate’s records before it can be listed. Once sold, the pass is reissued to the buyer in the CashorTrade app. Front Gate tickets festivals including Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits, Bourbon & Beyond, Lost Lands and Ultra Music Festival; the expansion comes as Live Nation and Ticketmaster face a US Federal Trade Commission lawsuit over ticket resale and pricing practices.

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