Create a show

A show is the core booking event in Offstage. This guide covers the creation flow; the deeper detail work happens after the show opens. For the complete field reference, see Show fields.

The Create your first show tutorial guides this exact flow inside the app and ends on the new show detail page. See Guided tutorials.

Add the show

This walkthrough opens Calendar, starts a new Show, selects an artist, reviews the key pills, and points at Create event. It stops before saving a new demo record.

Create event modal set to Event type Show with pills for artist, organizer, venue, date, booker, and visibility — The Show create modal keeps the first decision small: choose the event type and the key relationships, then finish deeper show work on the detail page.

Mobile create event sheet set to Event type Show with artist, organizer, venue, date, booker, and visibility pills — On mobile, the same creation flow opens as a bottom sheet. Use the pills to fill the essentials, then continue the detailed work after the show is created.

1
Open the calendar and start a new event.
Click New, then choose Show.
2
Choose Show.
Offstage can create shows, travel, and general events from the calendar. Pick Show for a booked performance.
3
Pick the artist, organizer, and venue.
Choose the artist performing, who is putting on the show, and where it happens. If the organizer is a venue-type account, the venue field can fill from that choice.
4
Set the date, booker, and visibility.
Add the show date, choose the team member responsible for the booking, and decide who can see the show. Exact times and deeper fields can be filled on the show detail page.
5
Create the show.
The show lands on the calendar and opens its detail page, where tasks, finances, resources, documents, contracts, invoices, and updates live.

For example, booking "Aurora Skies" for "Bayfront Live" at "Moonlit Bay" on a Friday starts with artist, organizer, venue, date, booker, and visibility. The rest can be added when the deal becomes clearer.

The title can be typed manually, but it also auto-fills from the artist, venue or organizer, and date while the title is still untouched. Pick a venue-type organizer when the buyer and venue are the same contact; Offstage can fill the venue pill from that choice when the venue is still empty.

Times are local to the venue. Offstage stores them as wall-clock, so 20:00 reads 20:00 for you and for everyone you share the show with. More in Concepts: floating time.

Work the show and fill deeper details.
Create a contract from the show.
Invoice and get paid once it is confirmed.
Add travel or general events around it (see Key concepts).

Create a show

Add the show

After creation

Why the first fields matter

Next steps