How to register your show FAQs

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The registration period for shows to be a part of our official launch on 30th October has now closed. However, late registrations will be open in November and shows will be able to submit an online-only listing. These shows will not appear in our brochure listings, but will be shown in the 'What's On' listings on our website.

Once you have confirmed your show(s) with your venue, you'll need to get them submitted via 'Eventotron'. It's at this point that you'll be required to pay the registration fees. For more information on fees see our registration fees page. Below are some FAQs you may have when registering your show(s).

There are a number of things you'll need to provide when registering your show on Eventotron before it can be finalised:

• The title of your show
• The venue you will be performing in
• The date of your show
• The time of your show
• The names of the performers - even if that is just you. This populates the A-Z pages in our brochure.
• The cost of your tickets (both general admission/full price tickets and concession tickets if you'd like to offer them)
• The duration of your show
• The copy for your show (the blurb/description that will be included in both our brochure & website). Our brochure copy has a 450-character limit & our website copy has a 600-character limit.
• The image for your show (this needs to be a minimum size of 680 x 680 pixels)
• The number of tickets available for your show (the allocation)
• Any age guidance
• Any other special features such as strobe lighting, loud noises etc. 

All fees are to be paid on Eventotron at the time of registering your shows. They are paid via card.

Registration fees are used to help sustain the festivals and are an important source of income for Big Difference Company, the registered charity which produces the festivals. All acts who participate in the festivals, and pay the fees, benefit from a range of different support and services from the festival office. You can find out in more detail about these benefits on our registration fees page.

Discounts will be applied for multiple performances of the same show, mixed bill or event - as long as the performances are all in the same venue capacity category. The same person needs to register all of the shows to claim the discount.

Examples where the discount is applicable: ​

• I'm an act and I'm registering 2 performances of the same show at venues of the same capacity. 
• I'm a promoter and I'm registering my Saturday comedy club for each weekend of the festival, it's the same show title and format, at the same venue, but with different line-ups.

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Examples where the discount is NOT applicable:

• I'm an act and I'm registering both my tour show and my new WIP. 
• I'm an agent and I'm registering 5 shows from 5 different artists. 
• I'm an act and I'm registering my tour show in a 200 capacity venue, and in a 50 capacity venue.

If you are working with a promoter, you can ask them to register your show(s) on your behalf, but this is something you will need to discuss with them.

There are no extra costs for the act or promoter when a show is cancelled, however registration fees are not refundable and are not a deposit.  

It is a condition of being part of the festivals that all acts submit a minimum of 50% of tickets to the festival ticket office (you will still get the income from the sale of these tickets). Many acts choose to submit more as every year, we find more customers are buying tickets via our Festival Box Office than from elsewhere. There is no additional charge to you for this; you get access to details of your own sales and we send you the settlement after the festival, once we’ve done all the reconciliation (usually 6-8 weeks post festival).