About #HAPPENS
CELEBRATING
MUSIC.COMMUNITY.DISCOVERY.
The Room Where Music, Community, and What’s Next Happen
#HAPPENS is where music discovery meets community. Our rock and alternative-curated experience brings together radio’s most influential programmers, label and streaming execs, tastemakers, artists, and brands to collaborate, connect, and celebrate. Guests gain direct access to radio decision-makers and industry influencers, while evenings showcase emerging artist performances in unique, immersive settings. By day, attendees engage in thought-provoking panels, intimate sessions, and dynamic networking experiences that create and strengthen music community connections. #HAPPENS delivers unmatched access to music’s decision-makers—and a front-row seat to what’s next.
Over the past decade, #HAPPENS has hosted a mix of iconic voices and next-generation artists — from The Offspring, Incubus, Papa Roach, Bush, Linda Perry, Shinedown (Brent Smith & Zach Myers), and Social Distortion (Mike Ness) to rising acts like The Warning, Badflower, almost monday, Jutes, Return To Dust, and Bones (UK) — and many more shaping what’s next.
Our Team
Beatrix Danko
MANAGING PARTNER
Beatrix Danko began her career at Contraband Music Group in 2005, quickly earning a reputation for precision, organization, and relationship-building. As the Rock Radio Convention took shape, she was closely involved from its early stages—eventually rising from administrative assistant to managing partner and helping guide its evolution into one of rock radio’s most respected and enduring industry gatherings.
Today, she is a managing partner of #HAPPENS, where she continues to shape and expand the experience into a curated, multi-format platform bridging rock, alternative, AAA, and emerging genres. Beatrix plays a central role in building a community-driven ecosystem that connects programmers, label partners, managers, artists, and industry leaders—creating a space defined by discovery, collaboration, and relationships that extend far beyond the event itself.
Ken Pittman
MANAGING PARTNER
With love for Punk, Goth, and Indie bands, Ken Pittman’s first taste of the music industry was a short stint in 1989 as an intern at college radio in Lincoln, Nebraska, followed by stops at a commercial top 40 and crosstown rival KKNB. After Programming, Ken took on another challenge, record promotion for MCA, Dreamworks, Elektra, and Downtown Records, working with artists such as Meatloaf, Live, Ramones, Nelly Furtado, Papa Roach, Metallica, Cold War Kids, and Santogold and many more.
A 2009 cross country motorcycle ride inspired Ken to launch his own company, Motor, focusing on artist development, radio promotion and consulting for Alternative and Active Rock artists. Ken has guided radio campaigns for Ok Go, A Day To Remember, Ballyhoo, Fozzy, and In This Moment (the latter two resulting in top 5 chart positions.) In 2018 he teamed up with long-time friend Todd Sievers. They formed the new CO5 Music, where, in a short time, they have helped give Rock Hall of Famers Judas Priest their highest chart position in 2 decades and were vital in launching global radio phenomenon Flora Cash with their hit “You’re Somebody Else.”
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