SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) May 4, 2006

Advanstar Communications Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

New York	333-57201	59-2757389
(State or other jurisdiction of	(Commission	(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)	File Number)	Identification No.)

641 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY		10022
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 951-6600

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On May 4, 2006 the registrant issued a press release setting forth its first quarter 2006 results. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein.

Cautionary Statement on Forward-Looking Information

This current report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, including statements about plans and objectives of management, potential acquisitions and market growth and opportunity. These forward-looking statements are neither promises nor guarantees and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements. You should not expect that these forward-looking statements will be updated or supplemented as a result of changing circumstances or otherwise, and we disavow and disclaim an obligation to do so. Important cautionary statements and risk factors that would affect actual results are discussed in the Company’s periodic reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including those under the caption entitled “Risk Factors” in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2006.

The information furnished with this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

C. Exhibits

Exhibit No.				Document

99.1				Earnings release dated May 4, 2006 for the quarter ended March 31, 2006.*

* Furnished herewith

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	ADVANSTAR COMMUNICATIONS INC.


Date: May 4, 2006	By:	/s/ DAVID W. MONTGOMERY
		Name:David W. Montgomery
		Title:Vice President-Finance, Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.				Document

99.1				Earnings release dated May 4, 2006 for the quarter ended March 31, 2006.*

* Furnished herewith

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

ADVANSTAR COMMUNICATIONS INC 8-K