An open mic pays nothing, and a road spot barely covers the gas. So sell the thing no venue will give you room for: a drink with twelve people. Nothing to arrange — pick a bar and an hour, "meet me at the corner bar at 4" — twelve disciples of the disciples, $20 each. Then the rules for doing it right, and three more ways the trip can pay.
Fill it in and it writes the post for your comedian meet and greet, the message the twelve get once they pay, and the reminder on the day. Nothing is sent from here and no money passes through D.O.C. — your own payment link takes it. What you type stays in this browser.
A paid hang is still twelve strangers and a booker who can say no next time. This is the order to think about it in.
A booking can carry a radius clause — no other shows within so many miles for so many days — and some rooms control what is sold in and around them. A hang is not a show, but ask the booker before you post it, in writing, and keep the answer.
The club lives on its bar. Meet somewhere else, or at the club only if the club says yes. Working a Room lists the bars near the room that are not the club's own.
A busy bar or café where you can see the door. Somebody at home knows where and when — On the Road writes that text for you. Say when you are leaving, and leave then.
Price it from $20 up; there is no ceiling. $20 is the floor so The Twelve means the same thing in every town. A comic who fills bigger rooms charges $40 or $60 — the floor never moves.
Your time — their drinks on their own tab, unless you say otherwise. Take the money through a payment link set up for selling, so both sides have a receipt. The place goes out after payment, to the twelve who paid and nobody else.
The van breaks down, the show moves. A refund the same day is what gets the next town's twelve to book.
On D.O.C. a fan keeps the twelve comics they follow, with each one's next date. Once your SUCDb record is up, ask the twelve having a drink with you to add you before you go — it costs them nothing, and they will see when you are back.
On D.O.C. a fan keeps the twelve comics they follow, with each one's next date. When D.O.C. opens submissions, ask them to add you to their D.O.C. — it costs them nothing, and they will see when you are back.
The Twelve is adults only, every time: 18 and over, and 21 and over if the place serves alcohol. Never all ages — not at a coffee shop, not at the van. Say the age on the post, and check ID when you meet.
Keep a record of every hang, private gig and sale. The Tour Planner counts them into each stop, so the run's real number lives in one place. What to set aside for tax, and why, is on Get Paid, On the night.
The show is the reason you are in town. It does not have to be the only thing that pays while you are there.
A comedian meet and greet usually comes with a big room and a headliner's name. The Twelve is one you can sell yourself, from any town on the route. It is a drink and a conversation, not an event to organise.
The Twelve is for adults, always: 18 and over, and 21 and over where the place serves alcohol. Say the age on the post, and check ID when you meet.
Twelve people at one table are twelve chances to sell what fits in the car: stickers, a printed zine of bits, a signed set list from tonight. It goes home in somebody's pocket with your name on it.
Merch can owe sales tax in the state you sell it in. The Federation of Tax Administrators lists the states' tax agencies, so check the ones on your route before the run. The money from a hang, a private gig or a sale is income too. The IRS's Gig economy tax center says what to report.
Can it meet at the club? Only if the club says yes. The club lives on its bar, so somewhere else is the usual choice — Working a Room lists bars near the room that are not the club's own.
What if only four sign up? Twelve is the most it sells, not the least. The Twelve tab shows the take at four, eight and twelve spots, and a comic new to a town may sell four.
Does the booker need to know? Ask first, in writing, and keep the answer. A booking can carry a radius clause, and some rooms control what is sold in and around them.
What if I have to cancel? Refund that day. A refund the same day is what gets the next town's twelve to book.