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  "name": "Chris Wise",
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    "Talent Buyer",
    "Music Programming — Day for Night"
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  "span": "2015—2017",
  "note": "Houston talent buyer, and a talent buyer for Day for Night alongside Omar Afra and Dante DiPasquale, working on the festival's music programme across its three editions in 2015, 2016 and 2017. Free Press Houston's own 2016 lineup announcement states that the music lineup was curated by founder Omar Afra and music veteran Chris Wise; the held 2017 schedule grid was circulated from his desk the day before the festival opened. He booked in Houston clubs in the same years, named in the incoming Fitzgerald's operating group in 2015 and reported in 2017 as a talent buyer with Margin Walker Presents. He is now with Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. in Chicago; a 2025 talent-buyer directory lists him there as Director, Booking.",
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    "basis": "His own profile carries the Houston booking career reported by the Houston Chronicle, Houston Press and CultureMap alongside the Day for Night curation credit.",
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      "publisher": "LinkedIn",
      "title": "Chris Wise — profile",
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      "claim": "His own profile identifies Chris Wise, Chicago, Illinois, currently with Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. Matched to the Houston talent buyer of the Day for Night years by the booking career the profile carries.",
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      "publisher": "Free Press Houston",
      "title": "Day for Night 2016 Lineup: Aphex Twin, ODESZA, Björk Digital + more",
      "url": "https://freepresshouston.com/day-for-night-2016-lineup-aphex-twin-odesza-bjork-digital-more/",
      "published": "2016",
      "claim": "States that the 2016 music lineup was curated by founder Omar Afra and music veteran Chris Wise.",
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      "publisher": "We Own the Nite",
      "title": "Day for Night releases visual arts + sound lineup",
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      "claim": "Repeats the 2016 curation credit to Omar Afra and Chris Wise.",
      "retrievalDate": "2026-09-01"
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      "publisher": "Houston Chronicle",
      "title": "Fitzgerald's founder talks controversy, fears for the future",
      "url": "https://www.houstonchronicle.com/neighborhood/heights/article/Fitzgerald-s-founder-talks-controversy-fears-for-10942047.php",
      "published": "2017",
      "claim": "Reports him as a talent buyer with Margin Walker Presents who cancelled four Fitzgerald's shows during the club controversy.",
      "retrievalDate": "2026-09-01"
    },
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      "kind": "about",
      "publisher": "Houston Press",
      "title": "Yes, Fitzgerald's Is Closing — Just Not for Very Long",
      "url": "https://www.houstonpress.com/music/yes-fitzgeralds-is-closingjust-not-for-very-long-7666272/",
      "published": "2015",
      "claim": "Identifies him as a local talent buyer in the incoming Fitzgerald's operating group.",
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      "title": "The Great Texas BBQ Festival",
      "url": "https://houston.culturemap.com/news/entertainment/02-22-18-the-great-texas-bbq-festival-omar-afra-robert-earl-keen-dawes-morris-day-the-suffers-1/",
      "published": "2018-02-22",
      "claim": "Describes Omar Afra and partner Chris Wise launching the Great Texas BBQ Festival together and their shared artist-programming choices.",
      "retrievalDate": "2026-09-01"
    },
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      "kind": "about",
      "publisher": "ABC13",
      "title": "Launching the Great Texas BBQ Festival",
      "url": "https://abc13.com/entertainment/launching-the-great-texas-bbq-festival/3138228/",
      "published": "2018",
      "claim": "Covers the same launch and calls Chris Wise Afra's partner on the festival.",
      "retrievalDate": "2026-09-01"
    },
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      "publisher": "U.S. Talent Buyers: Venues & Entertainment Professionals",
      "title": "2025 talent-buyer directory listing",
      "url": "https://fliphtml5.com/mrlql/kazw/U.S._Talent_Buyers%3A_Venues_%26amp%3B_Entertainment_Professionals/83/",
      "published": "2025",
      "claim": "Lists Chris Wise as Director, Booking at MSG Entertainment, with Radio City Music Hall, The Theater at Madison Square Garden, the Beacon Theatre and Madison Square Garden among its venues. Industry directory, used as a citation only.",
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