03/07/2024
From a Venue Promotions Team:
THE IMPORTANCE OF BUYING ADVANCE TICKETS EARLY, FOR ALL EVENTS ANYWHERE!
It may seem not that important to you, the ticket buyer, but the number of ADVANCE TICKETS purchased within the first month of being put up for sale, means everything to the Promoter! ADVANCE TICKET SALES, are our measuring stick, as to how a show is going to go. We generally put our ADVANCE TICKETS, for a show, up for sale, 2mos prior to the actual event. During that time, if tickets are moving, and we can sell up to 50 tickets in the first month, then we know that we can relax a bit, because people are aware that the show is happening, are purchasing their tickets, and there is a bit of a snowball effect, in that people hear that their friends are going, and they want to go as well. People start to talk about the show. However, if we haven't sold 50 tickets in the first month of them being for sale, that is when we need to decide if we are going to cancel the show, and cut our losses. Each and every show we do, at the CARLSON LOFT, costs us between $600, and a $1000, in advertising costs, which is no small amount. Also, in order to be fair to a band that is touring, we need to give them one month to be able to see if they can fill that date somewhere else. It's not much time, but at least it is something. It has come to our attention, that many people in Powell River, and many other small towns, aren't aware of this, and it's understandable. In the city, people just know that you have to buy ADVANCE, and so they do. In smaller towns, people are just used to walking down to a bar, paying a small cover, or maybe even for free, and seeing some band. With upper level club, touring acts, that can't happen. We have management companies, agents, media people, and tour managers, that we are dealing with. It involves an enormous amount of work, and an enormous amount of promoting. And it is up to you, the ticket buyer, to help us make this happen, by simply buying your ADVANCE TICKETS EARLY! THANK YOU IN ADVANCE!
