Fundraising Concert

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We'd probably be interested in using the school's sound system. Hopefully that will keep costs down. We'd probably want around 500 in attendance in order to cover the cost of the event. The school production team has sound systems capable of large performers (line array flown speakers, intelligent moving heads, etc). Having it on campus will cut out alcohol (good in terms of philanthropy, bad in that it may lower attendance) but there are no off campus venues that are suitable.

Any advice or tips for pulling something like this off? Our main issue now is finding the funds for the deposit (and funds for the entire concert). All groups we talk to require a deposit of half of the contracted price up to the full price in advance. We can get money from ticket sales to pay them but can't get that until after the event. We'd need the money before the event for the deposit.

$15k is a rough estimate of the overall concert, maybe up to $17k.

What did you do to pay for the artists? How much did you pay and how much did you sell tickets for? We've never done this before but have the time and planning committee ready to pull it off. Thanks.