Industry Veteran Ron Pateras Passes

Ron Pateras

Longtime talent buyer and event producer Ron Pateras passed away on Oct. 18 after a battle with cancer. He was 59.

Pateras started his career as a concert promoter in 1985 at Ravinia Festival in Highland Park, Illinois. He joined the Chicago-based Jam Productions in 1995, where he remained for 24 years.

In 2019, Pateras joined Neste Live! in Nashville. He served on the IEBA Board of Directors and was part of Leadership Music’s class of 2022. Pateras was nominated for the ACM Don Romeo Talent Buyer of the Year in 2023 and was named IEBA Corporate Buyer of the Year in 2017.

The Ron Pateras IEBA Scholarship has been established in his honor.

An Open House Celebration of Life will be held for Pateras at the Live Nation Nashville office (410 Chestnut St., Nashville, TN 37203) on Nov. 14 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

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