How to Start Hosting House Concerts

Series Summary

A house concert can be a wonderful way to to gather friends and family together, and listen to live music without dependence on corporate music venues or clubs. There is no real definition of what a house party is, other than a concert or performance held in someones house or back yard. Some general guidelines for house concerts include, but don't require, that donations go directly to the musicians, there is little or no sound system, and usually performers get meal and lodging as part of their compensation. House concerts are becoming increasingly popular in the U.S. and Canada, as they represent not only a great time for the small audiences, but a good way for a band or musician to advertise on a personal level, as well as sell CD's and other merchandise.

If hosting a house concert sounds like a fun activity to you, this free video series will give you all the information you need to throw your own house concert. Our expert will give you step-by-step instructions on how to handle parking for you house concert, how to invite musicians to play at your house, and how to advertise for your house concert. This is a great resource for anyone looking to start a house concert series.

Video Transcript

"Hey, Hi, this is Jim Goettler for Expert Village, this will be a series of videos about producing a house concert. What a house concert is well, is a concert that takes place in a house. It's also a noncommercial way to present music, present poetry, present all kinds of cool things without on having to rely on outside venues or having to rely on expensive advertising and so forth. It's just putting something on in someones house and bringing your friends over and making it happen. I'm going to produce a bunch of segments, the next segment is going to be about the neighbors and the parking and so on you can keep these things together."