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How do hosts cover out of pocket expenses?
We encourage the tradition of house concerts as a gift to your community, borne out of generosity and the desire to help artists inspire music fans in your home town.
As such, house concerts give 100% of the donations to the artist.
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What to do about no-show attendees?
One of the challenging problems in the concert business is people who don’t show up. As a house concert or small venue, even a handful of no-shows can noticeably reduce your artist’s…
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House Concerts and Holidays, Birthdays, Christmas
If you mix house concerts with holidays and birthdays, it requires special skills and effort. We only recommend it for experienced hosts with a well-trained audience that knows they are expected to…
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Hosts with Conservative Audiences & Profanity Issues
A host asks, “These events are sponsored by our ministry and we gather a mostly conservative audience. Where can we convey to inquiring artists to avoid using any profanity and lyrics that…
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House Concert Signs
Here is a PDF document with 6 helpful signs you can print up for your house concert! Examples:
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Steal this Intro!
Welcome to our house concert. Tonight you will enjoy a listening atmosphere. Please silence your phones, get comfortable, and we’ll take a break in 40 minutes so you can freshen up and…
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Benefit House Concerts
House Concerts can be a great way to raise funds and awareness for your cause. If you already know about house concerts, here are the basics for turning a house concert into…
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Dinner and Song
DinnerAndSong – Having it Your Way by Jeff Robertson It hasn’t taken long, but there’s already more than one type of DinnerAndSong event. And these variations are exciting. They offer options. So…
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Can the opener’s guest attend for free?
A performer asks, “I am playing an opener set soon for a smallish long-established house concert series. We have been told the host “prefers” not to do any comped/free admission. I…
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