How to Use the Bandsintown MCP in Google ADK

Q: How do I configure Bandsintown with Google ADK?

Create an McpToolset using StreamableHttpServerParameters with your Vinkius endpoint URL. Pass that toolset into your LlmAgent configuration list.

Q: Can Google ADK filter which Bandsintown tools the agent sees?

Yes. Use the toolnames parameter when initializing the toolset. This restricts the agent to specific functions like getartistevents instead of exposing the entire catalog.

Q: Why does the agent struggle to find local shows?

You might be missing required location arguments. The getrecommendedevents tool needs either a city name string or specific latitude/longitude coordinates to function.

Connect Bandsintown to Google ADK to cross-reference live music data against your BigQuery enterprise datasets.

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Cross-reference tours in Google ADK

Feed a list of artists from BigQuery straight into the MCP tool using `get_artist`. Gemini's massive context window holds thousands of artist profiles at once without dropping context. When you need specific tour schedules, the agent calls `get_artist_events`. It filters by "upcoming" or specific date ranges to match against your internal marketing campaigns.

Map out the Bandsintown MCP Server venues

Give your LlmAgent the `get_venue_events` tool to track competitor shows at specific locations. The agent pulls dates, times, and ticket links directly into your Google Cloud pipeline. You can also find shows by radius using `get_recommended_events`. Just pass the `tool_names` filter when setting up the toolset to restrict the agent to location-based queries only.

Bypass messy artist names entirely

Text matching fails when dealing with weird band names. Your Gemini agent avoids this by hitting the endpoint for `get_artist_by_facebook_id` or `get_artist_by_id` for exact matches. Because this runs on Vertex AI, the agent reasons through the numeric ID relationships across long contexts. It executes `get_artist_events_by_id` and formats the output exactly how your downstream systems expect it.

Setup guide

Set up Bandsintown MCP in Google ADK

Prerequisites

Python 3.10+ installed
google-adk package (pip install google-adk)
Active Vinkius subscription with a valid endpoint token

1

Install Google ADK

Run pip install google-adk to install the Agent Development Kit. MCP support is included via the McpToolset class.
2

Connect via SSE transport

Use McpToolset.from_server() with SseServerParams pointing to your Vinkius endpoint. Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your token from cloud.vinkius.com.
3

Create an LlmAgent

Pass the returned mcp_tools list directly to LlmAgent(tools=mcp_tools). The ADK maps each MCP tool to a native Gemini function call — no manual schema definitions required.
4

Run with any Gemini model

The agent works with any Gemini model (gemini-2.0-flash, gemini-2.5-pro, etc.). Copy the full example on the right to get started with Bandsintown tools in your ADK agent.

agent.py

from google.adk.agents import LlmAgent
from google.adk.tools.mcp_tool.mcp_toolset import McpToolset
from google.adk.tools.mcp_tool.mcp_session_manager import SseServerParams

# Connect to the MCP via SSE
mcp_tools, exit_stack = await McpToolset.from_server(
    connection_params=SseServerParams(
        url="https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
    )
)

# Create your agent with auto-discovered tools
agent = LlmAgent(
    name="Bandsintown_agent",
    model="gemini-2.0-flash",
    instruction="You have access to Bandsintown tools via MCP.",
    tools=mcp_tools,
)

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Common questions about Bandsintown MCP in Google ADK

Create an `McpToolset` using `StreamableHttpServerParameters` with your Vinkius endpoint URL. Pass that toolset into your `LlmAgent` configuration list.

Yes. Use the `tool_names` parameter when initializing the toolset. This restricts the agent to specific functions like `get_artist_events` instead of exposing the entire catalog.

You might be missing required location arguments. The `get_recommended_events` tool needs either a city name string or specific latitude/longitude coordinates to function.

Yes. The framework handles both Stdio and HTTP transports natively. You just need the single Vinkius endpoint token to authenticate the remote connection.

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