For Tixly, TPC has become one of the anchors of the year - a chance to reconnect with clients and colleagues, meet venues who are thinking about what comes next, and stay close to the conversations shaping the sector. This year we returned as Platinum Sponsor, and it was one of our strongest editions yet.
The Tixly team in Manchester
Our team this year included Hrefna Sif Jónsdóttir, Patrick Morsman, Alex Murphy, Ashley Kok, and Kjell Arne Orseth. Between them, they covered three full days of conversations at our booth - talking through everything from switching concerns and data ownership to the day-to-day operational questions that tell you a lot about what venues are actually dealing with.
What stands out every year at TPC is how candid those conversations are. People are there to talk honestly about what's working and what isn't, and that makes it genuinely useful - both for understanding where venues are, and for thinking about where Tixly needs to keep developing.
The Tuesday social
One of our favourite parts of TPC is the social event, and this year we hosted the Tuesday evening at Revolución de Cuba once again. It was a proper evening - good food, good company, and the kind of relaxed atmosphere where the best industry conversations tend to happen. We were delighted to share the evening with fellow sponsor Mollie, whose partnership with Tixly continues to make a real difference for venues managing payments across multiple channels.
If you were there, thank you for joining us. If you weren't, we hope to see you next time.
What we took away
TPC is useful precisely because it reflects the real state of the sector. The UK performing arts world is navigating financial pressure, changing audience expectations, and a genuine appetite for tools that reduce operational complexity rather than add to it. Those themes came through clearly across the three days - and they're the same themes that shape the work we do at Tixly.
We came away with new conversations started, existing relationships strengthened, and a clearer sense of where the community's attention is focused heading into the rest of 2026. That's what a good conference does.
We're already looking forward to TPC 2027.
