PurplMango is an independent live event promotion company incorporated in Ottawa, Ontario, and operating Canada-wide. We specialize in the promotion and coordination of live music events, with a particular focus on hip-hop and urban music, genres we believe are consistently underserved by the Canadian live event landscape relative to their audience size and demand.
Our current focus is routing US-based artists through Eastern Canada, anchoring tours in Toronto and Montreal with additional dates in Ottawa, and extending to Atlantic and Western Canadian markets where demand supports it.
About the Founder
PurplMango was founded by Chris Smith, an Ottawa-based professional with a background spanning financial services and federal government administration. Over a career that includes more than fifteen years in corporate banking and several years in program and project management roles within the federal public service, he developed a strong foundation in financial planning, operational coordination, and stakeholder management.
A lifelong fan of hip-hop and afrobeats, he founded PurplMango out of a conviction that the Canadian market has the appetite for more consistently promoted, professionally executed shows in these genres, and that bringing the same organizational standards expected in finance and government to independent event promotion would produce a meaningfully different outcome for artists, venues, and audiences alike.
PurplMango is built on a straightforward premise: do what you say you will do, structure deals fairly, and make the show worth attending.