Tips for hosting a charity music event

Don’t rely simply on ticket sales to drive your fundraising. There are loads of extra ways to raise money. Here’s just a few:

• Sell merchandise at your event. From T-shirts to pin badges, whatever you think might sell!
• Hold a raffle or auction on the night.
• Host a bucket collection to take donations as people leave.
• See if you can get a local business to sponsor your event. By getting the costs sponsored, you’ll be able to send more money directly to Blood Cancer UK.

• Using social media is the key to engaging with your contacts. Make sure everyone can share your event on their own platforms!
• Try to get some local press coverage if you can. You’re hosting a charity event so chances are the local press may well write about your event ahead of the night.

• Try to make your event line-up as varied as possible. The broader the range of acts that are performing, the more diverse your audience will be!
• If you’re hosting a gig, get as many bands as you can on the line-up. Chances are, each band will bring a group of friends/family/a fan club(!) with them, which will boost the number of people at your event.

We hope you found Ed’s tips useful.

If, like Ed, you are driven by a passion and love for music, then organising a music event could be the perfect event for you.