Comment Re:Questions (Score 1) 58
Bring the Gig refunds all of your money, but that doesn't cover Paypal or credit card fees. Sorry.
Submission + - Crowd Sourcing Concerts, Future of Music (bringthegig.com)
roryed writes: "Performer Jonathan Coulton, famous among some geeks for “Code Monkey” and writing Portal’s “Still Alive” wrote on his blog “Salt Lake City, the last ticket link for the Nov/Dec tour, has finally gone up. The reason for the delay was that we were working on the details of this experimental ticketing thing called Bring the Gig .”
Bring the Gig is a new form of crowd sourcing, much like a Kickstarter for concerts. The idea is to have fans put up the money to bring bands to their city by buying premium tickets. If the goal is met and the band is booked, general box office tickets are sold. If the show sells enough at the box office, or sells out, the original premium ticket holders get a full refund and keep their ticket, effectively seeing the show they helped bring for free.
Jonathan Coulton also writes, “Could be a disaster! Exciting! Honestly I have no idea if this is going to work, but as you know, I am a scientist. I like to watch what happens.”"
Bring the Gig is a new form of crowd sourcing, much like a Kickstarter for concerts. The idea is to have fans put up the money to bring bands to their city by buying premium tickets. If the goal is met and the band is booked, general box office tickets are sold. If the show sells enough at the box office, or sells out, the original premium ticket holders get a full refund and keep their ticket, effectively seeing the show they helped bring for free.
Jonathan Coulton also writes, “Could be a disaster! Exciting! Honestly I have no idea if this is going to work, but as you know, I am a scientist. I like to watch what happens.”"
