Ron Delsener Presents

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In a career spanning almost sixty years, concert promoter and impresario Ron Delsener has been behind virtually every major contemporary music concert in New York City. From the Beatles at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, to bringing David Bowie to Carnegie Hall and Patti Smith to the Palladium, to somehow convincing Simon and Garfunkel to come back together to play the biggest concert ever in Central Park, Ron Delsener was behind it all. RON DELSENER PRESENTS takes us behind-the-curtain through the last half century of the live music business, chronicling the tactics that drove live performance from disorganized, low-fi events to international tours, arenas, and, eventually, into a global empire. Now, at 86 years old, Ron's still in the game, working in the now-multi-billion industry he helped to create. Sure, he could stop -- he maybe even should. But Ron doesn't know how.

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Sheri Linden

The Hollywood Reporter

There’s a satisfying balance between biography and pop-culture history.

May 30, 2025

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Joseph Neff

Spectrum Culture

Ron Delsener Presents sheds light on how the business of putting on a show has changed from the high-energy maneuvering of wheeler-dealers to the impersonal corporate world of mergers and spreadsheets.

Jun 5, 2025

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Roger Friedman

Showbiz 411

You could think of “Ron Delsener Presents” as the flip side of Clive Davis’s “Soundtrack of Our Lives.” The two films together explain quite a bit about the record and music businesses, and how the culture rooted itself from the 60s til now.

Oct 1, 2023

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David G

Great documentary about how Ron Delsner became the top concert guy over the years. Lots and lots of memories.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/11/25

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Catherine G

Ron Delsener is a FORCE. Bring back the days of 1 concerts in Central Park!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

06/02/25

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Robert B

Great story well told

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/13/25

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In a career spanning almost sixty years, concert promoter and impresario Ron Delsener has been behind virtually every major contemporary music concert in New York City. From the Beatles at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, to bringing David Bowie to Carnegie Hall and Patti Smith to the Palladium, to somehow convincing Simon and Garfunkel to come back together to play the biggest concert ever in Central Park, Ron Delsener was behind it all. RON DELSENER PRESENTS takes us behind-the-curtain through the last half century of the live music business, chronicling the tactics that drove live performance from disorganized, low-fi events to international tours, arenas, and, eventually, into a global empire. Now, at 86 years old, Ron's still in the game, working in the now-multi-billion industry he helped to create. Sure, he could stop -- he maybe even should. But Ron doesn't know how.

Director: Jake Sumner
Producer: Jake Sumner, James A. Smith, Margaret Munzer Loeb
Screenwriter: Dan Crane
Distributor: Abramorama
Production Co: RadicalMedia
Genre: Documentary, Biography
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 30, 2025, Limited
Runtime: 1h 39m