Performer mode and booking requests

Performer mode lets you pitch your act directly to venues on Ithas Fire. This article covers turning it on, sending a booking request from a venue's page, and tracking or withdrawing requests you've sent.

Turn on performer mode

1. Open /account/settings and find the Performer section.
2. Flip the Performer mode switch on.

That's it — you can now send booking requests as yourself. Turning the switch off later hides performer features but keeps your data, so nothing is lost if you change your mind.

Booking for a band or group? Performer mode is per-identity: a group admin can turn it on for the group in the group's own settings. Once it's on, the request form lets you pick who to Send as.

Send a request to a venue

The Request to Play button appears on the public pages of venues that are verified and currently accepting booking requests — if a venue hasn't opted in, you won't see it.

1. Open the venue's public page and click Request to Play. (Signed out? You'll be sent through sign-in and back.)
2. If you manage groups with performer mode on, choose who to Send as.
3. Write your Message — introduce yourself and your act (at least 10 characters).
4. Pick 1–3 Preferred dates. Dates must be today or later.
5. Optionally add your Expected draw (how many people you expect to bring), a Genre, and up to 3 Links — full URLs starting with http(s)://.
6. Click Send request.

You'll see a confirmation that the request was sent, and the venue will review it.

You can have one open request per venue at a time. Trying to send another while one is still open shows "You already have an open request with this venue."

Track, withdraw, and statuses

Everything you've sent lives in /account/settings under Performer → Booking requests, newest first. Requests sent on behalf of a group are labelled Sent as {group name}.

Open requests (Pending or Viewed) show a Withdraw button. Withdrawing closes the request — and since the one-open-request limit only counts open requests, you're then free to send a fresh one if your availability changes.

Accepted? Open the agreement

When a venue accepts, the request shows a View agreement button — acceptance creates a draft agreement between you and the venue. While it's a draft, both sides can shape the terms: title, proposed dates, an optional guarantee, notes, and payout lines (your share of the takings). Either side then uses Send for review, and the other party accepts, declines with a reason, or pulls it back to keep editing. Once the agreement is accepted its payout terms are finalised onto the event — that's what settlement pays out against.

If you're the payee on a line, you don't have to take it as written. Alongside Confirm your line you can Counter — enter a Proposed share % and a short Note (shared with the agreement parties), then Send counter — or Decline the line. A counter is an ask, not an edit: the parties see it on the line and can apply it from the draft editor. The agreement can't be finalised onto an event while any line is countered or declined, so an accepted agreement may go back to draft (Reopen draft) to renegotiate — editing your line's terms restarts your confirmation.

What can go wrong

• "This venue isn't accepting booking requests right now." — the venue switched off requests after you opened the page. Try again later or contact them another way.
• "You already have an open request with this venue." — withdraw your existing request first if you want to send a different pitch.
• "You don't have permission to send as this performer." — only group admins can send requests on a group's behalf.

To learn what venues see on their side, read receive booking requests from performers.