Fringe Budget Calculator

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The more you tell us, the more accurately artists can budget for your festival.

Your festival
Comedy, theatre, cabaret, everything…
Dates
Registration
Every tier and its fee, and what the tiers depend on (performances, seats, ticket price). For example: 1–3 performances $210, 4 or more $395.
Anything charged on top, and whether it's refunded if you're not selected
Tickets and box office
For example: at least 30% of each performance
For example: 5% plus VAT of the face value
Every price band and its fee, if it depends on the ticket price
For example: £1.50 a ticket, up to £6 an order
Full price and concession, and any minimum or maximum the festival sets
How many are free, and the charge for more
For example: by bank transfer, six weeks after the festival
Venues
Deals venues offer optional
For example: $150–$500 a performance, or £500 for a week
The venue's share, and whether it's taken before or after fees
How they work, and typical amounts
What the fee or split includes: room, technician, box office, front of house
For example: most rooms seat 40–120
Tech rehearsals, operators, equipment
Audiences
If you know it
Costs for visiting artists
Typical nightly costs, and any artist rates, halls or billets the festival arranges
Typical fares from the main cities artists come from
Food and local transport
Marketing
What the listing includes, and the price of adverts
Prices, and anything the festival provides
Rules, and whether it costs anything
Media partners, showcases, press
Requirements
For example: public liability of at least $20 million
Working with children checks, licences, safety plans
Anything else
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