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Dear Heart of the City Friends,
In just a few weeks, our concert series at the Music Factory kicks back in with another really great line-up of artists. We are now in year 9 of hosting concerts here and we have had so many great concerts and such a line-up of significant artists who have come through our doors! Over this time, about 98% of the Google reviews we get about the Factory are Five-Star reviews. Besides that, we hear from so many concert attendees about how much they love this place and the special musical experiences they've had here.
Another great reality about the Music Factory concerts, is that in light of other concerts in other venues, our tickets are more affordable! It's almost routine now to pay $50 to $75 and more for a concert ticket in other venues. But we do all we can to keep ticket prices affordable - even though we have to pay 10% of our ticket income to royalty collection agencies like ASCAP, SESAC and BMI for all of our concerts - as well as sales tax on those sales. We absorb those costs as well as the financial risks of booking concerts that can almost never guarantee what the turnout will be.
So, in light of these great realities, we think every concert we book should be sold out - or at least almost sold out! We only have 130 seats. So, that shouldn't be a big task. But sadly, only a few of our shows sell out and a few really struggle with a decent turnout.
One of the reasons we think this is happening, is because so many people still don't know about the Music Factory. We see a lot of first-time attendees at every event and we often hear that they'd never heard of this place before that event.
So, this is where you come in! WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO COMMIT THIS YEAR,TO SHARE EMAILS AND SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS YOU SEE FROM US ABOUT UPCOMING CONCERTS WITH YOUR FRIENDS? You can simply forward emails like this one to a friend or family member you think might be interested, and on social media, you can simply click the "Share Now" button on our posts and help us spread the word. We think that if a good chunk of you would do that, we could really see this sweet place filled up for almost every event. And if you haven't done so yet, go to our Facebook "Heart of the City Music Factory" page and click the "Follow" button. That way you'll be able to see all the ads and links we produce for upcoming events.
We will keep working hard on our end to continue to book great concerts and make the Music Factory a special, beautiful place to come to. And if you will help us spread the word, hopefully this season, we will see more of our concerts filled up and sold out and more people will get to be a part of all that the Music Factory has to offer.
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