Allison "Allie" Shaw
Small Business Owner in Los Angeles, California
Allison Shaw (Allie) is multi-faceted and experienced music industry professional. Allie’s passion for music
prompted her to create Manic Monkee, a firm which produces, and talent buys for festivals/events/livestreams,
artist management, Brand partnerships/activations, and strategic business development in the
music/tech/brand space.
Allison started her career in music writing for MTV/VH1. Shaw also founded Hyperactive Music Magazine which was in over 1200 locations nationally. She also started Hyperactive Conference and Music Festival with 200 bands and 60 speakers annually, and was the executive director for the Santa Fe Muzik festival.
Shaw was the Director Of Live Events for Rachael Ray/Watch Entertainment and operations manager for Listen Records/Sony. Allison co-created and was the producer and talent buyer for the Rachael Ray annual Feedback party at SXSW and The Whole Foods Southwest Invasion annual SXSW party.
Allie is currently the SVP of festival operations, talent, and strategy for Pure Imagination Festival and conducts A&R and talent buying for livestream platform Ursa Live, and serves on the Board of Directors for Non-Profit Music Charities Sweet Relief, Musicians Fund and Charity Bomb.
Shaw formerly was the head of booking at Moogfest held in Durham North Carolina.
Shaw was The Director Of Brand Development For Famed Hip Hop band Public Enemy.
Allison produced Los Angeles's first ever all solar powered music festival Sunstock Solar Fest with all the proceeds going to kids with cancer.
Allison has managed and worked with multiple acts including The Ettes, Heather Reid from The Murmurs, God-Des And She, Elizaveta, Shayna Zaid & The Catch, MI$HNRZ, Fielding, Modena Vox, Winter Circle, Fight The Quite, Canopy Climbers and more.
Shaw's current and past clients include Rachael Ray/Watch Entertainment, Ursa Live, MDIIO, Whole Foods, Sweet Relief, Jakprints, Muzooka, Vie Shair, Sunstock Solar festival, Stageit, Ticketfly, Amazon, music/music.us, Public Enemy, Sunset Marquis, Deep Eddy, Comedy Central, Target, Applebee's, Muzooka, Lagunitas, Standing Sun Wines, Swinghouse Studios, TarfestLA, Dreamline Pictures, Uber, Bohemian Guitars, Fitbit, Gopro, Jabra, House Of Marly, Blue Moon, Sennheiser, New Amsterdam, Ford and more