How do I run a Fringe Club?

A Fringe Club gives festival performers and crew somewhere that feels like it understands their crowd, for the run of the festival. Because the festival has a start and end date, build it on Weekly & monthly offers, not the Flat ongoing benefit, which never expires and would keep running once the festival’s packed up.

Set it up

Anything the menu marks Off shows Switched off when you open it: press Switch on and set it up (on a phone, + Add more lists them). Changes wait for Save in the bar at the bottom of the page, or at the top right of an offer’s full-screen editor on a phone.

1. The performer meal. In What members get, press Weekly & monthly offers. Choose Same every time, then Set price for a fixed-price meal. Set Repeat every to 1 week and tick every day you’re open. Under How long they have, choose Custom… and 1 day.
2. Between-shows coffee. Press Add another standing offer, choose Same every time, then £ off on regular hot drinks. Repeat every week on every open day, with daytime-hours limits and Custom… and 1 day.
3. The late-show drink. Add another standing offer the same way: Set price on a selected drink, with evening-hours limits. Press Save.
4. The flyer table. Press Club perks in the menu, then Add a perk with a Heading such as “A small table for approved show flyers”. Press Done, then Save.
5. Once it’s saved, switch Weekly & monthly offers off in the menu until the festival opens. Switch it on then (it turns all three offers on together), and off again once it closes.

What members get

A fixed-price meal, a reduced-price hot drink through the day, and a club-price drink after evening shows, all for the run of the festival, plus a flyer table for approved shows.

What your staff need to know

Scan the member’s pass: the offers show ready to give while Weekly & monthly offers is switched on. The flyer table is a Club perk, listed under Club perks — check a festival pass if you’re not sure someone’s affiliated.

How you’ll know it’s working

During the run, the Weekly & monthly offers card on What members get shows how many of its offers were claimed this month.

Related

• Fringe Club on our inspiration page
• Which kind of offer should I use?
• How do I add, change or turn off an offer?