You know how to use gruvr to find upcoming concerts by your favorite artists and connect with nearby fans beforehand by commenting on the event page.   But after the gig occurs, it is gone from our map, along with any discussion – gone for good!   Yet the greatest thing about group experiences can be – well, sharing those fond memories that nobody can take away!

This summer, we ran across a nice site called Gig Memories global gig and event archive .   The point of GigMemories.com is to allow concert fans to build an archive of past performances and capture their recollections along with videos,photos, etc.    You can enter gigs and put them into a ‘pool’ shared with other users.  If you find a gig you attended already in the pool,  you can “adopt” it and add your thoughts.

There are some sites with similar functions, but we like Gig Memories because it is similar to gruvr:  it’s a small, independent, grassroots style service.  It’s got a simple design, not overly ‘featurized’… and its creator is a Deadhead from way back, just like gruvr’s founder.Gig Memories was conceived two years ago when its founder realised how difficult it was to find info on past gigs on the web.

Over the summer, we integrated gruvr events with GigMemories so that expired gigs from gruvr are now stored in the GigMemories archive, where they can accumulate commentary and recollections from fans who shared the experience.  Problem solved!  If you like, you can search for gigs from gruvr archived on Gigmemories

Go check it out and let us know what you think!