When fans buy tickets, they deserve transparency, fairness, and confidence that their tickets are real.

🎟️ That’s why Arts North Carolina is proud to support S849: the “Real Tickets, Real Fans Act,” bipartisan legislation designed to protect North Carolinians from deceptive ticket resale practices that hurt audiences, artists, venues, nonprofits, and our state’s creative economy. This week, we joined legislators, venue leaders, artists, and advocates for a press conference in support of this important bill and the people it protects: the fans. The Real Tickets, Real Fans Act would: 🎟️ Increase transparency for ticket resellers 🎟️ Ban deceptive resale practices and fake affiliation claims 🎟️ Stop speculative ticket sales for tickets sellers do not actually possess 🎟️ Help prevent bots from bypassing ticket restrictions Thank you to Senators Jay Chaudhuri and Vickie Sawyer for joining us at the press conference and for championing this legislation. We also want to recognize and thank Tim Moffitt for his support of the Real Tickets, Real Fans Act. We are also deeply grateful to Heather LaGarde, Laurelyn Dossett, and Justin Dionne for sharing their experiences and perspectives during the press conference and helping highlight why this legislation matters to venues, artists, and audiences across North Carolina. Learn more about the Real Tickets, Real Fans Act by visiting the artsnc.org Advocacy Center. @senatorsawyer @jay_chaudhuri