Frequently Asked Questions from Bands
The top 5 questions I'm regularly asked by bands and performers:1. How do we/I get to play?
Contact the Venue Organiser of the venue you'd like to perform at. Their preferred contact details are on the page of the venue they're running (see links bar at the top of the page).
2. How do we/I get a link to our website on the site?
This should happen automatically, if the Venue Organiser has all the links for the bands playing at their venue accompanying their schedule. If you have a website and a link hasn't appeared despite you being on the schedule, it may be because one hasn't been submitted and a subsequent internet search wasn't forthcoming - we'd like each band to have a link to their page from the Springboard site, so if yours isn't showing up here please email me on cactus_doug@hotmail.co.uk and I'll ensure it gets added.
3. I'm/we're a confirmed act but our name hasn't appeared on the Venue's schedule.
Each venue's schedule is usually uploaded as a whole when received, so even if the Venue Organiser has confirmed with you, they may still have other acts to organise/confirm before they submit their full schedule. If the full line up has been posted to this site, the Venue Organiser has confirmed you're playing and your name's still missing, please email me on cactus_doug@hotmail.co.uk and I'll make sure the line-up is corrected.
4. Who's in charge?
There's no single person in charge of the whole event as each venue is autonomous. Therefore it depends what the issue is.
- Questions pertaining to the sound, stage, equipment availability, venue facilities, schedules and so on should always be directed to the relevant Venue Organiser whose contact details are on the page for that venue.
- Questions pertaining to this website should be sent to me at cactus_doug@hotmail.co.uk
- Questions pertaining to funding, sponsorship and publicity should be directed to Ian Kennington at iankj76@iankj76.karoo.co.uk
5. Can we perform at multiple venues?
Acts do often perform at more than one venue, but bear in mind if you're already scheduled to play at one or more venues a Venue Organiser might just decide to prioritise an available slot for an underrepresented act rather than giving it to someone who's already performing - it's completely up to them, so it's always best to ask if you're not sure.