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The Pace and Size of Your Series
Some of the most important decisions that help you ENJOY the hosting experience are choosing the size of your intended audience, and choosing the pace of your series – the number of…
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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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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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