alex (holmfirth festival of folk)

alex (holmfirth festival of folk)

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alex (holmfirth festival of folk)
alex (holmfirth festival of folk) 2024.07.29
     
Small festival adjustments ? As a small town centre festival, with a very small tream (me!), a limited budget and limited income (seats and affordability of the public) it is frustrating that I have to ask for an indicative fee each time an artist is sent to me for a possible booking. This wastes a lot of time and emails which I could well do without. Why not allocate a code system to designate a range of fee ? £2k and above, £1 - 2K , < £1k for example. I don't want to lust after that which I cannot afford - i just want an idea if I can afford before I spend time listening to music and watching videos. That said, all the team who I have dealt with, over the last 5 years have been great
Reply from Midnight Mango 2024.07.30
Thank you, Alex. We appreciate your feedback and understand your concern. I have considered your suggestion in the past, and it's a good one, the problem is that fees change between time and circumstance, for example, a fee may be more if there's more travel and less if the show ends up next to another, but there are many other factors. We're always happy to quote - but the circumstances will often affect the quote, so we don't quote on the first pitch. Apart from anything else, if we quoted from the outset, we'd end up with fewer shows for the artist - which for our artists is often a priority - I'm sure I could write a book on the subject, but I hope that goes some way to answering your point.