The following is an explanation of the fields on this page:

General Information
  • (*) signifies a required field. You cannot submit forms without completing fields with the asterisk next to them.
  • Artist: Artist the offer is for.
  • Agent: Agent for this offer.
  • Private/Open to Public: If this show is open to the public or private. A PRIVATE show will not be advertised and will not be open to average concert goers. Shows that anyone can attend are OPEN TO PUBLIC. This includes outreaches, benefits, ticketed shows, etc.
  • Show Date: Date of the show.
  • Doors Open: Time people may enter the venue.
  • Show Start Time: Time the show starts.
Buyer Information
(The person or organization that is buying the show. More than likely this is you.)
  • Company or Organization: Buyer's company or organization.
  • Signatory: The person who will be signing the contract.
  • First Name: Buyer's first name.
  • Last Name: Buyer's last name.
  • Address: Buyer's street address. This is where the contracts (if approved) will be mailed. Please note, we cannot mail contracts to a P.O. Box. This MUST be a physical address.
  • City: Buyer's city.
  • State/Province: Buyer's state or province.
  • Zip/Postal: Buyer's zip or postal code.
  • Country: Buyer's country or region.
  • Phone: Buyer's main phone number.
  • Email: Buyer's email address.
  • Concert Info #: Number to be listed for concert information.
     Promoter Contact:
      (The person who will be handling the day to day operation of promoting the
      concert and be in most contact with us.)
  • First Name: Promoter's first name.
  • Last Name: Promoter's last name.
  • Phone: Promoter's main phone number.
  • Email: Promoter's email address.
     Production Contact:
      (The person who will be coordinating sound & lights.)
  • First Name: Production's first name.
  • Last Name: Production's last name.
  • Phone: Production's main phone number.
  • Email: Production's email address.
Middle Buyer Information
  • Company or Organization: Middle Buyer's company or organization.
  • First Name: Middle Buyer's first name.
  • Last Name: Middle Buyer's last name.
  • Address: Middle Buyer's street address.
  • City: Middle Buyer's city.
  • State/Province: Middle Buyer's state or province.
  • Zip/Postal: Middle Buyer's zip or postal code.
  • Country: Middle Buyer's country or region.
  • Phone: Middle Buyer's main phone number.
  • Email: Middle Buyer's email address.
Venue Information
  • Venue Name: Venue's name.
  • Address: Venue's street address. Where the artist is playing.
  • City: Venue's city.
  • State/Province: Venue's state or province.
  • Zip/Postal: Venue's zip or postal code.
  • Country: Venue's country or region.
  • Phone: Venue's main phone number.
     Venue Contact:
  • Contact First Name: Venue Contact's first name.
  • Contact Last Name: Venue Contact's last name.
  • Contact Phone: Venue Contact's main phone number.
  • Contact Email: Venue Contact's email address.
  • Capacity: The seating capacity for the show. Please indicate how many people the venue will seat. If you are selling a certain number of seats at one price and others at different prices, please indicate so under "Ticket Price Scaling".
  • Seating: The type of seating for the show (General Admission or Reserved).
  • Sales Tax: The tax rate for your market.
     Ticket Price Scaling:
  • Number, Price, Type: Indicate what price your tickets will be sold for, the number of tickets that will be sold, and the type of the tickets. If you are not selling tickets, please leave them blank. (ie. 1,000 seats @ $12/ 1,000 seats @ $10 OR $12 Advance, $15 Day of show, $10 Groups of 10 or more).
     Terms:
  • Negotiated Price: The price you have negotiated with your agent.
  • Billing: An entertainment phrase that indicates the "ranking" or "position" of artists on the show. This is NOT who is being billed for the show. Common language here could be: 100% Headline Billing and close show, Festival Billing - Multiple Act Show, 75% Special Guest Billing, etc.
  • Sound & Lights: Who is providing and paying for sound & lights (ie. Purchaser to provide and pay for, Artist to use tour provided sound & lights, etc.).
  • Budget for S&L: The budget for the sound and lights.
  • Support Talent: If you are having anyone perform prior to the featured artist, indicate so here. Please note, support talent will be subject to artist's approval.
  • Other Provisions: Other provisions for the show. Any special details or out of the ordinary requests you may have.
  • Merchandise Deal: Sometimes venues will require a percentage of the merchandise sales. This can be negotiated and is rarely over 20%.
  • Vendor: The vendor for the show. Who will be selling the merchandise. Sometimes the venue will provide staff to sell merchandise. Other times, the promoter will provide staff or volunteers. If an artist is on tour, they will often provide their own people to sell merchandise.
  • Lodging provided by: If the lodging is provided by the artist or buyer.
  • Travel provided by: If the travel is provided by the artist or buyer.
     Expenses:
  • (This section is only applicable if there is a percentage of ticket sales required in addition to a guarantee for the artist. This is very common for ticketed shows. For example, your agent may require $10,000 + 80% OF GROSS BOX OFFICE RECEIPTS AFTER ALL APPROVED EXPENSES AND TAXES. Under this circumstance, you will need to provide an estimated list of expenses in the bottom section of the offer sheet. Please note, these are estimated expenses. On the night of the show, you will be required to show receipts for all of your actual expenses.)
  • Rent: How much you are paying for the venue.
  • Ticket Commission: If you are using various ticket outlets to sell your tickets they may charge a percentage of the ticket price which usually is transferred to the ticket buyer.
  • Insurance: Public liability insurance is always required to protect property and persons. Often, the artist will want to be named on a separate policy for themselves and band property.
  • Box Office: Charge for staffing the box office at the venue.
  • Credit Card: Charge for using credit card services.
  • Advertising: Cost for all of your advertising (posters, flyers, newspaper ads, Christian Happenings, radio ads, etc.).
  • ASCAP/BMI: Venue may pay a fee to either of these performance rights organizations for the playing of artist's material whom they collect live performance fees for.
  • Barricade: Artist may require a barricade around the front of stage to keep audience a certain distance from the stage.
  • Catering: Cost for all food that is required in the artist's rider.
  • Chair Rental: Cost for renting chairs if applicable.
  • Clean-Up: Cost of clean up staff in applicable.
  • Damage Dep.: Venue may require a damage deposit.
  • Dress. Rm Fur: Cost if artist requires specific furniture in their dressing room.
  • Electrician: May be needed to assure proper power supply and hookup of sound and light equipment.
  • Equip. Rntl: Cost of miscellaneous equipment that may be needed for the show. This is NOT the cost of renting sound and lights.
  • Firemen: If required by venue or law.
  • Forklift: A forklift may be required for load in of sound and light equipment. This is usually the case if the venue doesn't have easy access to the stage area (ie. Load in ramps, etc.).
  • License/Permit: Depending on where your show is, you may need a license or permit from the court house, police, etc.
  • Loaders: Most often you can get volunteers to help load in and load out sound and light equipment. If you use volunteers, MAKE SURE THEY ARE RELIABLE. If you don't have reliable volunteers, you will need to hire help.
  • Medical: Depending on the size of your event, you may want medical personnel available should an emergency occur.
  • Other tax: Occasionally a state may require an extra tax on entertainment or similar revenue.
  • Phone: The artist's road manager and crew will require a phone line and fax line for their use only. You may need to have additional lines put in for this purpose.
  • Piano: Cost for renting piano if applicable.
  • Tuner: Cost of professional piano tuner if applicable.
  • Police: Cost of hiring on site police if applicable.
  • Private Security: Cost of hiring security personnel.
  • Backstage Sec.: Artist may require backstage security solely for their personal property and backstage admittance.
  • Power: Depending on the venue, you may need to rent a power generator to meet the required power output.
  • Remotes: Live radio crews, recording crews (never approved by management).
  • Rigging: Depending on the design of the sound and light system required by the artist, you may need to rent rigging equipment to "fly" or hang speakers or lights from the ceiling.
  • Runner: Artists will require an individual or two who will be available should any need arise (food, guitar strings, etc.).
  • Set-Up: Cost of setting up venue for the show if applicable.
  • Sound & Lights: Cost of renting the required sound and lights specified in artist's rider if applicable.
  • Spotlights: Cost of renting required spotlights.
  • Stage: Cost of renting stage or additional staging to meet the required dimensions specified in artist's rider.
  • Stage Hands: Staff who will be available for any stage needs during the concert.
  • Stage Manager: Manages stage hands. Coordinates all operations backstage.
  • Support Talent: This is the opening band or artist if applicable. The agent may or may not allow the cost of the support band to come out of the headline artist's percentage.
  • Ticket Printing: Cost of having all your tickets printed.
  • Ticket Sellers: Staff to sell tickets at the door.
  • Ticket Takers: Staff to take tickets at the door.
  • Towels: Cost of providing all the white towels that are required.
  • Transportation: This may include airfare, ground transportation, or rental van for the RUNNER required by artist.
  • Ushers: Staff to help patrons find their seat.
  • Misc.: Miscellaneous items.
     Other Expenses:
  • Expense: The name or title of an additional expense such as hotels, backline gear, etc.
  • Amount: The cost for that expense.
     Comments:
  • Please include details of event, promoting experience, and brief marketing plan.