An audience of your own is people who buy a ticket because your name is on it, and come back. Count paid attendance apart from views, build a list fans chose to join, sell a show on your own draw with the money agreed in writing, and return to the towns where the numbers say people care.
Where you are, the tests for the next stop, and the steps between, in the order most comics take them. The steps are the Career Field Manual's; mark each one as you go, and the day goes in your passport.
The next stop is running your own ticketed tour, and the audience you’ve counted town by town is what it rests on. One test comes from a venue’s own published rules. Tick each one when it’s true for you.
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13 steps in 4 parts, from the Career Field Manual. Each has its “done when”, a D.O.C. tool for it, and your status, note and target date; star up to twelve for your 90-day plan.
From the Career Field Manual: Turn one good night into a return. In the D.O.C. book: topics 348–366, 383–399 and 435–455.
Turn one good night into a return · audience-06
Ask each venue for the paid count, the comps and who sold in advance: the numbers, not a guess.
Done when Actual sales or attendee data, where shared.
Turn one good night into a return · audience-05
Set views and follows beside sign-ups and tickets in each town: a follower may come, a buyer already did.
Done when A basic city-level result log.
From the Career Field Manual: Turn one good night into a return. In the D.O.C. book: topics 348–366, 383–399 and 435–455.
Turn one good night into a return · audience-03
Ask from the stage and at the merch table; a list people chose to join reaches them without an algorithm.
Done when A consent-based signup process.
Turn one good night into a return · audience-01
Done when A date page with no phantom ticket links.
Turn one good night into a return · audience-02
Done when A poster, feed caption and venue-approved photos.
From the Career Field Manual: Produce your own night and Get paid. Keep records.. In the D.O.C. book: topics 197–233, 258–289 and 234–289.
Produce your own night · produce-03
Price the night for a small crowd first: seats, ticket price, fees and costs, and the count where it breaks even.
Done when A scenario that can withstand low sales.
Get paid. Keep records. · money-07
Done when Your own worked example with assumptions.
Produce your own night · produce-04
Before you announce, agree in writing who sells, who holds the money, the split and when you’re settled.
Done when Who sells, refunds, markets and settles.
Produce your own night · produce-05
Done when Dates, partners and materials.
Produce your own night · produce-07
Done when Real settlement with ticket and cost totals.
From the Career Field Manual: Route the road, not the poster and Turn one good night into a return. In the D.O.C. book: topics 197–233, 314–347, 348–366, 383–399 and 435–455.
Route the road, not the poster · road-09
Score each town on paid attendance and what it left you, and go back where both say yes.
Done when Actual draw, attendance and net by town.
Turn one good night into a return · audience-08
Done when A return-date decision based on demand.
Turn one good night into a return · audience-07
Done when Simple margin and inventory assumptions.
Habits, not a timetable: the atlas has no stopwatch. Keep these going, and the proof for this stop builds up week by week.
Each buyer's published rule, quoted from its own page, checked on 10 November 2026. They differ, so send each one what its page asks for, and read the page again before you send.
A producer bringing a show needs a proven concept, an established audience and a track record, with attendance and ticket sales averages or reports.
We're interested in hearing from producers with a proven show concept, established audience, and track record of producing successful events.
Attendance and ticket sales averages or reports
Lexy’s Comedy Club’s page ↗ · checked 10 November 2026
Its producer form asks for your following on each platform, your email list and your marketing plan, and whether you can bring at least 30 people without relying on the other comics.
How many people on your email list?
Do you feel confident that you can get at least 30 people to see your show without relying on the other comedians on your line-up?
What's your marketing plan?
Flappers Comedy Club’s page ↗ · checked 10 November 2026
A producer that asks for your social links, then judges the content you post rather than the size of your following.
Links to your social media (Instagram, TikTok, Twitter)
We don't care about your following, we're looking at the content you're putting out to see if you're a good fit for our shows.
Funny Girl Events’s page ↗ · checked 10 November 2026
Places that publish how a comic with a draw gets in, each checked on 10 November 2026. Save one to your booking desk to keep its status, a follow-up date and a note. 62 places in all, on the Career Atlas →
Published routeEugene, OR · Produce a show · Email
For producers with a proven show concept, an established audience and a track record: a show description, promotional images, a promo reel from the actual show, links to past shows, attendance and ticket sales averages or reports, your website or EPK, and the dates you want.
Worth knowing. It is building a permanent home in Eugene; for now its shows are pop-ups.
Checked 10 November 2026Published routeBurbank, CA · Produce a show · Form
A proposal for a show you produce: the concept, the room you want, your audience and your marketing plan.
Worth knowing. The form asks whether you can buy $200 worth of tickets to hold the space: know the terms before you agree.
Checked 10 November 2026The venues here publish what they ask of a show, not what they pay: none gives a split or a fee, so this page gives none. Flappers’ form asks whether you can buy $200 worth of tickets to hold the space; know the terms before you agree.
Before you announceQuestions to ask before you announce · Road Maps: the Math of a Gig, with your own numbers · Get Paid, Get Back: the deal in writing · The IRS on gig work ↗
Fill in what you know once: it fills every note below and stays on this device. Anything left blank shows in [brackets], to fill in by hand.
Subject: Show pitch: [Your show's name], [The town] Hi [The venue's booker], I produce and headline [Your show's name]. Our last [How many recent shows] shows averaged [Average paid seats] paid seats, with [Average sold in advance] sold in advance. My email list has [People on your email list] people, [How many live near that town] of them near [The town]. Promo reel from the show: [Your promo reel's link] Past shows and dates: [Your SUCDb record or website] Dates we'd like: [The dates you'd like] Thank you for considering it, [Your name]
If you had a good time tonight: I send one email when I'm coming back to [The town], and nothing else. Sign up at [Your list's sign-up link], and you can leave the list any time.
Subject: [The town], [The show's date]: tickets now Hi, I'm back in [The town] on [The show's date] at [The venue]. You're hearing first because you asked to. Tickets: [The official ticket link] See you there, [Your name]
1. Who sells the tickets, and who holds the money until settlement? 2. Is it a split, a guarantee, or both? Is there a minimum to sell? 3. What are the ticket fees, and who pays them? 4. How many comps, and who decides? 5. When is settlement, and what report will I see? 6. Who receives the buyers' details, and with what consent? 7. What will the venue do to promote the show?
Tick each piece when you have it: the day goes in your passport with it. The passport keeps your whole career's record on this device, to download, print and review once a year.
Nothing yet: your status changes and ticks appear here, each with its day.
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The buyers' rules are quoted from each buyer's own page, checked on 10 November 2026. A buyer can change its rules at any time, so read its page before you send anything.
By D.O.C. Editorial. This is one stop of the Stand-Up Career Atlas: discovery & recordings, stop 5 of 5. It's a way to plan, not a promise of bookings: it gives no expected years, its only figures are the ones buyers and venues publish on their own pages, and the buyers' rules are theirs. For how comics build a following that buys tickets, read How do comedians build a following that buys tickets?.
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