The numbers I gave for myself and for Beantown Stomp were for bands playing the whole weekend, usually trading off with one other band. This most commonly looks like 2hr Friday night, 1.5hr Saturday morning or a workshop, 1.5hr Saturday afternoon, 2hr Saturday night, 1.5hr Sunday morning, 1.5hr Sunday afternoon, or ~9hr total. (more <https://www.jefftk.com/p/dance-weekends-how-much-do-you-play>)
Jeff On Wed, Apr 26, 2023 at 9:12 AM Claire Baffaut <cbaff...@gmail.com> wrote: > Seth and others, > > I would assume it depends in part on what you are asking of them during > the weekend. So please add that to your descriptions for increased > usefulness. Thanks > > Claire Baffaut (in Missouri) > > On Tue, Apr 25, 2023, 21:08 Jeff Kaufman via Organizers < > organizers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > >> My since-resuming weekend bookings have been $600 $650 $800 $800 $900 >> $900 (+ travel, meals, housing). None of these were local. Lower numbers >> are generally smaller weekends where we were willing to play for less than >> our usual rates to help them out. Older data: >> https://www.jefftk.com/p/how-much-do-dance-weekends-pay >> >> Beantown Stomp (pretty sure, but this was my first year not as a main >> organizer so I might be wrong) guaranteed $550 + profit sharing, which >> turned out to be $866. Everyone was within driving distance. >> >> Jeff >> >> On Tue, Apr 25, 2023 at 9:24 PM Tepfer, Seth via Organizers < >> organizers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: >> >>> Hello organizers >>> >>> I've been having conversations with other organizers and talent about >>> pay at dance weekends. Our conversation started with talking about our >>> local contra dance weekend, and moved to a discussion about the local ECD >>> weekend. Then the discussion expanded to several musicians who make their >>> living as musicians, often at contra or ECD weekends. >>> >>> We learned that our contra weekend was paying at the low end and that >>> several musicians were not interested in coming to play for our weekend >>> because we were not paying enough. >>> >>> We are curious about what different weekends pay? Do you pay different >>> amounts for the headlining band versus a second band? What if one of the >>> bands is a local band? Is there interest in creating a document to share >>> this information? I know that some places don't like sharing money >>> information. >>> >>> I'll start. >>> >>> In 2019, the Atlanta contra dance weekend was paying $700 / musician or >>> caller, all meals, travel expenses, and housing (generally stay with a >>> local dancer who has many bedrooms). When we found out we were on the low >>> end, we raised our rates to $800/per. >>> >>> Seth >>> >>> Seth Tepfer, MBA, CSM, PMP (he, him, his) >>> Senior IT Manager, Emory Primate Center >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Organizers mailing list -- organizers@lists.sharedweight.net >>> To unsubscribe send an email to organizers-le...@lists.sharedweight.net >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Organizers mailing list -- organizers@lists.sharedweight.net >> To unsubscribe send an email to organizers-le...@lists.sharedweight.net >> >
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