BAND TOUR PROFIT PLANNER · RUNS IN YOUR BROWSER · NOTHING UPLOADED

Will this tour make money? Find out before you book the van

List your shows with miles, expected paid attendance and the venue deal (flat, door or versus). Add what the van, rooms and per diems cost. Get profit per show and for the tour, the attendance you need to break even, the guarantee to ask for, which dates to drop, and what each member takes home.

For touring bands, solo acts and DJs. No sign-up, no app. New to this? Read how to budget a band tour, step by step.

1. Your shows

2. Your band and costs

Enter your shows, then click Plan the tour.

How it is worked out

Venue fee: flat pays the guarantee; door pays your percentage of ticket gross after the venue's expenses, and nothing if the door does not cover them; versus pays the larger of the two.

Merch: expected paid attendance times merch spend per head, less the venue's cut and your cost of goods.

Costs: miles times your van cost per mile, rooms for the nights you stay (people divided by people per room, rounded up), per diems, crew pay and anything extra. The agent takes their percentage of the venue fee only.

Break-even draw is the smallest paid attendance that brings that show to zero, found by search and re-checked by a separate validator. Ask for is the venue fee that would reach your profit target at the draw you expect.

Verdicts: keep (profitable), on the way (loses money after the drive but earns more than its own rooms, food and crew, so only worth it if you pass through anyway), drop (loses money even before the drive).

Common questions

How do I know if a tour or a single show will make money?

List each show with its miles, expected paid attendance, ticket price and the venue deal, then add what the van, rooms and per diems cost. The planner adds the venue fee and merch you keep, subtracts the agent cut, driving, lodging, per diems and crew, and shows profit for every date and for the whole tour. A date is marked keep, on the way or drop.

What do keep, on the way and drop mean?

Keep means the show makes money after driving. On the way means it loses money after driving but earns more than its own food, rooms and crew cost, so it only makes sense if you were driving that stretch anyway. Drop means the show loses money even before you count the drive. These are arithmetic labels, not advice: a date can matter for a fan base, a booker or a radio spot in ways the numbers cannot see.

How do flat, door and versus deals work here?

A flat deal pays a guarantee. A door deal pays a percentage of ticket gross after the venue's stated expenses, and nothing if the door does not cover the expenses. A versus deal pays whichever is larger, the guarantee or the percentage of what is left after expenses. Enter them as flat 400, door 80 600 or vs 400 80 600.

What attendance do I need to break even?

For every show the planner finds the smallest paid attendance at which profit reaches zero, and also the attendance for your own profit target. If the date cannot break even even at a packed room it says never, which usually means the drive or the deal is the problem rather than the crowd.

What guarantee should I ask for?

The ask column shows the venue fee you would need to reach your profit target at the draw you expect, after your agent's cut. Use it as a floor for a conversation, not a number the venue owes you.

Is anything uploaded or saved?

No. Everything is calculated in your browser, there are no accounts, and nothing is stored, so download the CSV if you want to keep a plan.

Is this tax, legal or contract advice?

No. It is planning arithmetic. It does not know your contracts, sales tax on merch, taxes on income, insurance or what a venue will actually pay. Check every figure against your contract before you rely on it.