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John B.

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When tractor show organizers plan music entertainment for the guests who do they contact or where do they contact to get big name or popular entertainers meaning singers & musicians?
 
I would guess you go to their website, look around for their booking info.

Where are you? Any shortage or local entertainers there? There is some incredible talent out there without the hassle of dealing with the big names and their prices, and their attitude! These people want to play! Ask around, bet you'll be surprised what you find!
 
(quoted from post at 08:24:08 01/27/14) When tractor show organizers plan music entertainment for the guests who do they contact or where do they contact to get big name or popular entertainers meaning singers & musicians?
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From what I've seen they just toss an ad out for the worst possible player who works cheap and must be extremely boring (it's a requirement). When I go to a show I no longer check out the so called entertainment. I'd rather watch/listen to pain dry. And I'm 58 years old. I don't want to hear rap but 40's and 50's country isn't going to cut it with me.

Rick
 
John B.,

May want to look for a band fairly well-known within your regional area (probably cannot afford a "big-name" band)... and there are a lot of great talented people out there who don't demand big-bucks because they are not famous yet. Could be that a nightclub which features live music could give you contact info for bands.

A town in our area booked a regional well-known band for a weekend celebration and the cost was $10,000-$15,000 for ONE NIGHT!! And this was quite a few years ago... so might be double that price now.

I also know the town brought the Budweiser Clydesdales to town a few years ago and I believe the cost for that was at least $10,000.

So bringing in a "big attraction" is not cheap by any means.
 
I don't know of any tractor show that can afford a "big name" entertainer. Back in the early 1980's our county fair booked Charlie Daniels. They thought it was going to cost $27K but ended up costing $52K. That was for two shows, one night.

Find some local or regional talent.
 
Da Lanesville, Indiana heritage festival had Sheriff Rocoe P. Coaltrain as the MC for their parade several years ago.
Roscoe grew up in Corydon not fur from thar.
Roscoe vas played by James Best, but everyone knew that.
 
A small town about 50 miles from here, probably 4-500 people, hired a man and his band to perform for their annual Labor Day celebration, in their high school gymnasium, in the early 80's. I didn't go, but I heard it he was pretty good. What was the guy's name.........George Strait. I understand that a town a little bigger, maybe 750 people, had also hired him to do a show the following summer for their annual celebration and he wanted to get out of that one because he had made it "big" by then. But they wouldn't let him out of the contract.
 
What I could not/cannot understand is----Why do

people need to be entertained WHILE THEY'RE

BEING ENTERTAINED???
 
Local county fair booked Leanne Rimes before she was famous, but by the time she performed, "Blue" had hit it big, and she was a star. To her credit, she honored her commitment, and put on a great show. I think she was about 13 years old at that time. You couldn't find a parking place within a mile of the fairgrounds, and the performance venue was packed.
 
(quoted from post at 12:14:05 01/27/14) What I could not/cannot understand is----Why do

people need to be entertained WHILE THEY'RE

BEING ENTERTAINED???
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The point is to bring more people in, and keep them there longer.

Just a tractor show, only tractor show people will show up. They will walk the show and leave. It will be dead by 2PM.

Tractor show and a concert, now you get tractor show people AND concert people. Some of the tractor show people will stay for the concert, and some of the concert people will walk around the tractor show. More people, on the grounds longer. They buy things. They get hungry and eat at the concession stand. You raise more money.

Also the same thing year after year gets boring for most people. I know some don't mind seeing the exact same thing again and again, but then you whine because the show is dying and/or there are no young people involved...
 
A local band will be cheaper but won't draw as well..too familiar. Get on the internet and look for a talent booking agent. Easy to do, I guess the country artists agents are in the Nashville area...maybe not. A lot of older but "less hot" performers will do the job for a fair price. Try to catch someone already passing thru the area, to save travel time and costs.
 
Most of the big entertainers (the ones that frequent the radio air waves) are booked for fairs and festivals in the early part of December in Las Vegas. There is a big convention out there where the agents meet with fairs and festivals across the country to book acts. Most of them are 6 figure a night acts.

As far as your local county fair, some states have an annual convention where fairs and festivals have access to talent agents, carnivals, sound companies, motorsports promoters, etc. This is where many of them book what is coming to your local fair. My dad has a sound company and has been a member in the Iowa fair association for many years. I know Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota & wisconsin hold these type of conventions annually.

Other option is try the website of the band your thinking about and you might be able to make contact for booking them through there.
 
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