After a decade in decline, live comedy is making a comeback at bars and nightclubs. Patrons bored with endless karaoke nights find that live comedy has an “everything-old-is-new-again” appeal and are voting with their wallets. This post looks at venues that have started booking comedy again and what venue owners should look for when choosing comedy club ticketing…
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“The business of festivals, and event planning in general, can be a very rushed and stressful endeavor.” That stoic quote may echo the feelings of many festival planners no matter the size of the event. There are different ways to operate festivals in order to increase attendance – one being to operate under an umbrella,…
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With a little pre-planning, creativity and the right ticketing software, any venue can have successful ticket pre-sales just like Lady Gaga. We look at the ticket pre-sales for one stop on Lady Gaga’s ‘Born This Way Ball’ world tour and show how any venue or event can use the same methods. Tiered Access Timeline Ticket pre-sales are both…
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This installment of ‘Green Means Go’ asks: Should performing arts theaters & nonprofits take a page from the professional sports playbook and use dynamic pricing? Fraught with controversy, the risks and rewards of dynamic pricing for tickets require very careful consideration by theater owners and nonprofit organizations. Taking A Page From The Sports Playbook Dynamic pricing has been in use by electricity suppliers, hotels, rental cars and commercial airlines,…
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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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Being able to react quickly and capitalize on an unscheduled opportunity is a critical skill every venue should have, especially if tickets to the surprise event are instantly in extremely high demand. That scenario occurred just a few hours ago at the Paramount Theater in Austin Texas when a secret performance by comedian Dave Chappelle suddenly happened.…
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Alchemical Arts Alliance recently sold out their event in less than 24 hours using ThunderTix. We helped them respond to unprecedented demand and will do so again later this year. Known the world over, Burning Man is an outdoor festival celebrating individual self expression, technology, art and music, held each year in the remote desert of Northern…
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I can think of few better businesses than entertainment venues to take advantage of geolocation social services for attracting new or retaining loyal customers. FourSquare and Gowalla are the two most prominent social networks throwing geolocation into the mix and providing benefits for both registered users and venues. These two down-loadable applications for mobile phones…
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Software Subscription vs. Per Ticket Model The ticketing industry has experienced explosive growth over the last 10 years, allowing venues and event promoters to choose from a variety of online ticket sales options. The number of ticketing companies can make it very frustrating and intimidating for venues to find the ideal solution. There are numerous…
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Product information, improvements and system updates. ThunderTix strives to continuously improve the system with updates and new features every month. You wanted an Event Sales Report Our online ticketing software survey feedback indicated a need for Excel downloads on single event sales report data, so this month’s feature chalks that one off the list. In…
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