We are proud at the Harwich Arts & Heritage Centre to be a 100% venue.
What’s a 100% venue?
The FAC (Featured Artists Coalition) has launched a new directory ‘100% Venues’, a public database of UK venues that charge zero commission on artists’ merchandise sales.
The relationship between artists and venues is essential and inseparable, forming one of the most important partnerships in the music ecosystem. One of the key revenue sources for touring artists is the sale of merchandise at gigs. Often, that revenue represents the difference between a gig breaking even or losing money.
As outlined in our first Kitemark published in 2021 in partnership with the Association of Independent Promoters, the FAC does not condone the imposition of punitive fees for selling merchandise, where those fees are not directly related to the cost of doing so. When fans buy merchandise from artists that they love, they want and expect that their money will go to supporting that artist. In order to celebrate those gold-standard venues who support artist careers by charging zero commission on the merchandise they sell at gigs, we have launched 100% Venues.
FAC – Apr 2022
Find out more about the work the FAC do via their website. The FAC.