Catherine Curtin grew up loving concerts—until she started noticing dangerous flaws in crowd safety. Now, she’s changing the game with CrowdCushion, an innovative safety system designed to prevent crowd crushes before they happen.

In this episode, Catherine explains how her firsthand experiences at music festivals, combined with her studies in sports and entertainment management, led to the development of her safety technology. She shares insights on the biggest crowd control risks, the importance of real-time event monitoring, and what it takes to bring a new product to the festival industry.

Expect to learn how pressure-sensitive barricades can save lives, why event safety should be a top priority, how to protect yourself in a dangerous crowd, and what the future of live entertainment looks like—and much more.

Catherine Curtin

https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherine-curtin-82003117b/

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Crowd Cushion

https://crowdcushion.com/

https://www.instagram.com/crowd_cushion/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/crowd-cushion/

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Backstage podcast talks about the behind the scenes of the music industry. It's purpose is to share personal experiences and distribute knowledge of our guests among other industry professionals and entertain music enthusiasts whose interests go beyond just partying.