By Molly Snyder Senior Writer Published Jun 25, 2015 at 12:05 PM

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Wanna hook-up with a special or not-so-special someone at the Big Gig? There’s an app for that now.

FanMatch – which has been called "Tinder for music fans" – is a new mobile app that gives people the chance to browse, chat and meet up at music festivals this summer and fall.

Available in beta on Apple and Android, FanMatch allows users to select from a list of festivals they are attending – including Summerfest. Similar to Tinder, it has a "like" function that matches people based on mutual interests and attraction. 

Chatting with matches is free. VIP features like unlimited chatting is $3.99 for seven days, one month is $9.99 and three months is $19.99.

"Until now meeting new people at concerts has pretty much been left to chance in the beer line," says FanMatch co-founder Ellona Ferson. "Dating apps like Tinder aren’t wired to show you who else is attending specific events, or to make plans in advance. FanMatch is designed to do exactly that."

And in Big Gig speak, it might make your Summerfest smile even wider.


Molly Snyder started writing and publishing her work at the age 10, when her community newspaper printed her poem, "The Unicorn.” Since then, she's expanded beyond the subject of mythical creatures and written in many different mediums but, nearest and dearest to her heart, thousands of articles for OnMilwaukee.

Molly is a regular contributor to FOX6 News and numerous radio stations as well as the co-host of "Dandelions: A Podcast For Women.” She's received five Milwaukee Press Club Awards, served as the Pfister Narrator and is the Wisconsin State Fair’s Celebrity Cream Puff Eating Champion of 2019.