Just a week before the Steven Spielberg film ‘Lincoln’ opens nationwide, the city of Richmond Virginia and the Richmond National Battlefield Park hosted a historical walking tour that retraced Abraham Lincoln’s footsteps made in April 1865. We look at how a guided tour can intertwine prominent past events with popular culture to provide a history lesson and…
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The Eastern half of the United States is now hard at work recovering from the devastation of hurricane Sandy. We offer our expertise and advice for venues and events as they roll up their sleeves and get back to business. The best practices herein are not limited to the hurricane affected areas and are applicable…
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The new ‘Green Means Go’ series is for performing arts theaters and chronicles the latest developments in fundraising, event awareness and ticket sale technology. ThunderTix’s commitment to The Arts doesn’t end with a sold out performance. We want to help theaters, big and small, meet their operational goals by sharing new ideas and best practices…
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The years seem to fly by. One day you are throwing your mortarboard in the air. The next day you get a invitation to your 20 year high school reunion. Organizing a school reunion is no small feat. The time, effort and costs involved are similar to that of a small rock concert. Worse, the act of outreach to alumni and…
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Many theaters have a tradition of being welcoming places for members of the lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender (LGBT) community for both employment and event patronage. Every theater can make itself part of the LGBT community to improve lives and revenue. In this post we share how theaters can increase ticket sales through LGBT-friendly events and outreach.…
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Festivals are very unique business use cases within the event industry. We look at an unusual alternative for financing production costs – Crowd funding. This new way of thinking about raising capital is directly applicable to all festivals of any size. Why do we blog this? As a leading provider of ticketing software for venues and…
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Halloween is almost here and the demand for tickets to Halloween & Fall events like ghost tours, haunted houses, and corn mazes are at their peak. Find out why we love a good scare so much and how that has become big business. Ghost Tours & Haunted Houses It seems harmless enough. A pleasant Autumn stroll through a…
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Recently, Pollstar released a list of the top fifty outdoor venues in the U.S., and our own White Water Amphitheater in New Braunfels, Texas, charted at number thirty six. Having musical guests such as Girl Talk, Ghostland Observatory, and Bob Dylan, WWA helps add to this mecca for outdoor tubing and camping by bringing live outdoor entertainment to the area. ThunderTix staff had the privilege of seeing our venue in action over sold out shows as they moved five thousand through the gates with hassle free efficiency and left our team glowing with pride.
Congratulations to Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California on winning the ‘Taylor Swift on Campus’ contest! Details of the pending live performance by Swift and the $10,000 grant are on the Chegg blog. Also winning a $10,000 music department grant, but not a live performance by Swift, are Seton High School, Terra Environmental Research Institute, Bellarmine College Preparatory and the California Institute of…
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How can nonprofits and charities can meet and exceed all their goals? One of the best ways to cause a positive association between donors and the cause is through music. We look at the psychology of giving as spurred on by what the Colorado Nonprofit Association calls “specials events”. Understanding Giving The reputable think tank,…
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