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House Concerts Spring Up All Over America
There is a new form of intimate acoustic entertainment that more and more people are bringing right into their homes and it is called House Concerts.
How does this work? A prospective host agrees to host a concert. They turn over their living room as a performance space to an artist. They invited a select group of friends over for an intimate concert. Typically, the host provides snacks for the guests and room & board for the performer(s) while the invited guests donate a small amount to help defray the costs of putting the event on and provide some recompense for the artist.
It is estimated that between 300-500 homes around the nation host soirees like this on a regular basis. The hosts don't really have a profit motive, most are just in it for the experience.
It is wonderful for a lot of aspiring artists to be able to play in settings like this. The economic realities of more traditional touring for singer-songwriters and folk musicians ensure that it is virtually impossible to make it on the road, especially with the paucity of venues with formats to support this kind of music and the lack of promotional channels available to such artists.
With house concerts, it can make the travel between dates in traditional venues economically viable and it puts the artist in front of fans who might not otherwise have ever heard the artist perform, a valuable means of creating a fan base within a region that would support the artist when they appear at a more traditional venue.