Introducing Basker: a new way to create brilliant websites that power live experiences.

Today we’re pleased to announce a new venture from Made Media: Basker is a new content management and website building platform focused on live events. 

Building on Made’s experience of designing and delivering complex websites for some of the largest arts and cultural organisations in the world, we have spent the last 12 months first undertaking deep discovery into the state of content management systems, and then investing in a new platform designed specifically for live events and cultural organisations.

Basker is delivered as software-as-a-service, with hosting, ongoing upgrades, and maintenance all included within the monthly fees. It comes pre-integrated with a number of ticketing systems and other platforms, and is highly customizable and extensible. 

It’s also been designed to be user and developer-friendly, with three different routes to website delivery. Organisations will be able to get up-and-running with the platform in a matter of hours using Basker’s no-code theme customiser, or they can engage with developers to leverage Basker’s comprehensive GraphQL and REST APIs to interact with the platform in a headless way. The real power of the Basker platform comes through the use of Custom Themes, where Basker remains responsible for hosting and backend configuration, but front end developers gain full control over the look-and-feel of the site via a flexible templating language. Basker welcomes engagement from all developers working in the arts and cultural space who may wish to build websites using the platform.

The new venture is being delivered by a totally separate team within the Made Media Group, under the leadership of Séalan Cronin, previously Made's CTO between 2013 and 2021.

Séalan says, “Basker is purpose-built for organisations in the arts and culture sector. Our mission is to create a digital platform for the people who make live experiences happen, making building and maintaining an events website easier than ever. It’s for all of us, from the lone arts entrepreneur to a large venue with a dedicated digital team and developers; Basker is on your side. I’m excited to share more about what Basker can do as we continue on our product roadmap of features and capabilities.”

The current Made teams will remain exclusively focused on our agency clients, working with a range of platforms to meet our clients’ business challenges in the best and most effective way.

James Baggaley, CEO of Made Media, said, “I’m delighted to be unveiling Basker today – it marks the end of a long period of research and development, but is just the starting point for what I’m confident will be a new and exciting journey over the coming months and years.”

Read more and sign up for updates on the Basker website.