The questions that actually come up.

If yours is not here, email us. It is a short list on purpose — everything on it is something somebody has actually asked.

Performing

How do I sign up for an open mic?

Open the room’s signup link and add your name. You do not need an account to get on a list — an email address is enough, and it is what the host uses to tell you when you are up.

Every room sets its own rules: some cap the list, some run a lottery, some open signups only on the night. The signup page tells you which applies before you put your name in.

Does it cost anything to perform?

No. Performers never pay — not to sign up, not to be on a list, not to have a profile. There is no version of Stagetime where a comic is charged to get on stage.

What is standby, and will I get on?

When a list is full, later signups go to standby. If somebody drops or does not show, the host moves standby performers onto the list in order. You will be told if that happens.

Standby is not a promise of stage time. Turning up is still the thing that gets you on most nights.

How do I get a recording of my set?

If the room records, your set appears on that venue’s request-a-tape page once the recording has been processed. Find your name and request the tape.

A tape is a download link that stays live for 72 hours. If you miss that window the venue still has the source recording, so ask and it can be cut again at no charge.

Most rooms record from more than one camera. If the angle you got is not the one you want, ask the venue — extra angles on a tape you already have are free.

The name on my set is wrong. Can it be fixed?

Yes, and it is worth telling us. Set names are matched automatically from the host’s running order and the recording, and the match is not always right. There is a “something wrong?” control on the tape page.

Reporting it fixes your tape and teaches the matching for next time, so the same mistake stops happening at that room.

Running a room

What does Stagetime cost a venue?

Open mics are free. There is no monthly fee, no setup fee and no minimum.

On paid shows you pay $0.35 per ticket sold— flat, whatever the ticket price. Card processing is Stripe’s own fee on top (2.9% + $0.30 online), and it goes to Stripe, not to us. Full detail on the pricing page.

How do I set up a room?

Start at create a room. You need a name, an address and a time. That is enough to take signups the same night.

Your room gets its own page at yourroom.stageti.me, which is the link to put on a poster or in a bio.

I changed my mic’s night or start time. What happens to the shows already on the calendar?

They move with it. Future shows are re-timed rather than deleted, so signups already taken and tickets already sold stay attached to the night they belong to.

Before you save, you are told how many upcoming shows and sold tickets the change touches. Anyone holding a ticket to a show that moved is emailed the new time.

A room has stopped running. How do I take it off the site?

Retire it rather than delete it. Retiring takes the room off your page, the listings and the schedule, and keeps every signup, performance and order attached to it.

Deleting is refused for any room with history, on purpose — a delete would take the signups and any ticket orders with it.

Why are my show times an hour out?

Almost always the venue timezone. Every time on Stagetime is stored in UTC and shown in the venue’s own timezone, so if the timezone on the room is wrong, every date on the page is wrong by the same amount.

Check it in your venue settings before changing any individual show.

When do I get paid for tickets?

Ticket money goes to your own Stripe account, not to ours — you are the merchant. Payouts follow your Stripe payout schedule, and our fee is taken per ticket as it sells.

Performer settlements are separate: you build them from the show’s takings in the box office books, and the performer gets a statement showing the same numbers you see.