The Monologue
Arthur Kerekes, known as Arthur K
Speaker, event producer, developer and innovator. Arthur turns rooms into experiences and builds the tech that runs them: interactive keynotes, live game shows, a band the audience controls and AI tools shipped fast.
Arthur Kerekes
Founder, host and builder. I make events people play, not just watch.
- Producing events
- Since 2008
- Award nominee
- Juno
- BizBash Canada
- Top 250
- Founded
- 6 brands
Roles
- Startup founder: Fusion Events, Fusion Interactive, uRequest Live, BananaCam, Majority Rules, Stageplot Pro
- Award-winning event planner and producer
- Game show host and creator of Majority Rules
- Keynote speaker, AI educator and Claude Code coach
- Juno-nominated musician: saxophone, flute, piano and EWI (electronic wind instrument)
- Content creator and host of the That's Entertaining podcast
- AI builder: websites, apps and automations, shipped fast
Recognition
- Juno Award nomination with the funk band God Made Me Funky
- BizBash: 250 Most Influential Event Professionals in Canada
- Top Choice Awards: four-year winner with Fusion Events
- Opened for INXS at the Vancouver Olympics
Clients and rooms
- Fortune 500 and global brands: Google, Johnson & Johnson, Shopify, Ubisoft, Cohere
- Def Jam (Universal), with Alessia Cara and Coco Jones
- Stages across North America, the Cayman Islands and Hawaii
Music came first
Before the companies and the code, there was a saxophone. Every show I build still runs on a musician’s instincts.
- First saxophone
- Age 10
- Living on music
- Age 17
- God Made Me Funky
- 5 albums
- Award nominee
- Juno
Origin
- Picked up the saxophone at 10 after watching the film Bird
- Joined the funk band God Made Me Funky in grade nine
- Earning a living as a professional musician by 17
- Instruments: saxophone, flute, piano and EWI (electronic wind instrument)
God Made Me Funky
- Five albums over 15 years and tours across Canada
- Juno Award nomination
- Opened for INXS at the Vancouver Olympics
- Songs licensed to feature films, and an appearance in American Pie Presents: Beta House
Stages shared
- Opened for George Clinton and P-Funk, and for Sean Kingston
- Sat in with Maceo Parker’s band
- Invited to Cincinnati by Bootsy Collins
- At about 17, played in Christina Aguilera’s band for a Pepsi commercial
From the stage to the business
- Saxophonist, then band manager and agent
- Then an entertainment agency, then Fusion Events
- Now uRequest Live: the band the audience controls from their phones
That's Entertaining
My podcast on events, entertainment and tech: straight talk with the people who build the show.
- Episodes
- About 25
- Format
- Video + audio
- Beat
- Events · tech
The show
- Hosted by Arthur K
- Long-form conversations on events, entertainment and technology
- Producers, founders, performers and creators from across the industry
On the mic
- Liz Lathan, who called it the best events podcast she has been on
- Claus Raasted, Will Curran, Adam Growe, Orin Isaacs and Barbra Lica
- Phil Hart, Dave Keystone, Chris Turner, Leah Daniels and more
Creating beyond the podcast
- Built a multi-camera studio with video walls to stream shows when live events stopped
- Writing about AI, events and building in public on LinkedIn
I turn rooms into experiences
Since 2008, Fusion Events has produced galas, conferences and brand activations where the audience does more than watch: they vote, request the songs, play the game and take home the photo.
And I build the tech that runs them
The tools you will walk past here are mine: uRequest Live, BananaCam, Majority Rules' live voting and Stageplot Pro. Fusion Interactive builds the same kind of thing for other businesses: websites, apps and AI automation.
I don't do bios.
No slides and no bio: the room votes on what we talk about, and I build it live on the big screen. Here is what that looks like.
Bring Arthur to your room
Interactive keynotes, live shows and AI builds for your organization.