{{Short description|Lebanese concert promoter}} {{few sources|date=March 2025}} '''Beirut Jam Sessions''' is a Lebanese concert promoter, booker, music management agency and media company founded in 2012 by Anthony Semaan, Jessica Naime, Talia Souki and Roy Jamhouri in Beirut, Lebanon.<ref>A Tribute to Beirut Jam Sessions | Hummus For Thought | http://hummusforthought.com/2012/12/14/tribute-to-beirut-jam-sessions/</ref> The organization plays a central role in developing and defining the Lebanese alternative music scene,<ref>EcoLibre | Beirut Jam Sessions | {{cite web|url=http://ecolibreusj.com/beirut-jam-sessions/ |title=Beirut Jam Sessions | ÉcoLibre |accessdate=2015-01-12 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150209171043/http://ecolibreusj.com/beirut-jam-sessions/ |archivedate=2015-02-09 }}</ref> namely by organizing filmed jam sessions between the more established international acts they book and the local Lebanese acts who they arrange to open for them at concerts.<ref>10 Questions for Beirut Jam Sessions | NOW Lebanon | https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/Interview/10-questions-for-beirut-jam-sessions</ref>
==Artists==
===Concerts=== As concert promoters, Beirut Jam Sessions have worked with a wide range of alternative music acts from around the world, including Pony Pony Run Run, The Royal Concept, Thomas Azier, Mike Dawes, We Were Evergreen and Son of Dave.{{fact|date=September 2024}}
==Management== Beirut Jam Sessions has also managed the Lebanese folk act Postcards.{{fact|date=September 2024}}
==Videos== One of Beirut Jam Sessions main ways of creating an audience for Lebanese artists is through the production of high-quality music videos on its YouTube channel. The videos are meant to be in "raw conditions, completely unplugged, in a random location in the country".<ref>35mm From Beirut | Summer Shorts - Beirut Jam Sessions - {{cite web|url=http://35mmfrombeirut.com/summer-posts/beirut-jam-sessions/ |title=Beirut Jam Sessions | 35mm from Beirut |accessdate=2015-01-12 |url-status=usurped|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303210304/http://35mmfrombeirut.com/summer-posts/beirut-jam-sessions/ |archivedate=2016-03-03 }}</ref>
==References== '''Notes''' {{reflist|2}}
==External links== *{{Official website|www.beirutjamsessions.com}} *{{URL|www.youtube.com/user/beirutjamsessions/|YouTube Channel}} *{{URL|www.facebook.com/Beirutjamsessions|Facebook Page}}
Category:Music promoters Category:Music managers Category:Music organisations based in Lebanon