Passes, comps and festival workshops

Sell passes, give comps to performers and volunteers, and take workshop bookings.

5 min read For: festival organisers Festivals

Passes get people into festival shows. Sell a weekend pass, a day pass or a workshop bundle, give comps to performers and volunteers, and take bookings for workshops.

Make a pass

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    Open the festival, then Passes, and tap New pass.

    A festival's passes page on a computer: pass types, sales and comps.
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    Give it a name, a Price (0 for free) and a Cap. Leave the cap empty for no limit.

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    Under What it covers, choose Everything (every show), A day (every show that day) or Workshops. For a bundle, set How many workshops.

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    Leave Visible on the festival site on and tap Save pass. It appears under Passes on your site.

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    Buyers pay by card when Stripe is connected. The pass arrives by email with a code, and they show the email or their pass page at any venue door.

While it sells

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    Raise cap releases more passes. Open waitlist lets people leave their email when it is sold out.

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    Orders and refunds lists every order. Refund a paid one or cancel a free one from there.

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    Edit pass changes it later. A pass that has sold can't be deleted, so hide it instead.

Comps for performers and volunteers

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    Make a weekend pass that covers Everything first. Comps are issued from it.

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    On Passes, open Performer comps and tap Issue comps. Each performer gets a pass, plus one guest pass per team, and the codes are emailed.

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    For anyone else, use Comp someone by email: their email, a name if you like and the pass, then Send comp.

Workshop bookings

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    Accepted teachers' workshops are placed on the programme like acts. Once the schedule is public, each has a booking page on your site.

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    To set a price or a number of places, open Workshops, tap the workshop, then Edit. Leave the price empty for a free workshop.

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    People tap Book a free place, pay by card, or Book with my bundle to use a credit from a workshop bundle. A full free workshop has a waitlist.

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    On Passes, Workshop bookings and refunds opens each workshop's list. Tap Cancel place to free a place for the next person.

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