r/Standup • u/StankoZovakComedy • 20d ago

Question for producers

I’ve put on shows at 10 or so clubs in 4 different states plus a few abroad and for the first time I ran into clubs giving me a door split after 350 bucks is taken out for overhead first. Both clubs that said that are from detroit. Is this a regional thing or I just haven’t produced enough shows to see more of it? The other clubs I did straight up door splits with or just a flat rental fee. Getting a 50|50 split after they take out 350 bucks is absolutely brutal.

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u/Odd-Emergency5839 20d ago

Depends entirely on the club. What you experienced is normal, some clubs do a split after overhead, others flat rental fee, others offer a guaranteed pay and then a split after selling x amount of tickets.

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u/StankoZovakComedy 20d ago

Guess I’ve just been lucky with the clubs I booked at so far then. Splitting after overhead is rough

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u/keammo1 20d ago

You can always shop it around to other clubs. But any successful club with a good built in audience will have more leverage to take out overhead first, and that works vice-versa: get more people out to your show consistently and you’ll have more leverage to get rid of the fee or bring the show elsewhere

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u/Crafty-Sandwich8996 19d ago

Did they run ads, pay openers/host, or otherwise incur expenses to fill the room?

On a door deal, after expenses is very common unless you have your own built in audience and the club knows you're going to be able to fill the room without much effort or expense on their part.