We're delighted to announce the inaugural WeGotTickets Independent Comedy Festival, a nationwide coalition of comedy. This fortnight long festival will see twenty of the UK's best independent comedy clubs and promoters bring leading stand-up comics to a stage near you. A new initiative we've put together with many of our leading comedy clients, the Festival... Continue Reading →
Getting to Know You: A Q&A with Tom Ashton of Fika Recordings and The Winter Sprinter
While much of the live music scene is still in hibernation, at the start of each new year Fika Recordings bring us The Winter Sprinter at The Lexington in London, several days of great indie-pop and DIY music. This year's event is just a couple of days away, so we sat down for a chat... Continue Reading →
Introducing The Trussell Trust and our Christmas fundraising campaign
Every December we fundraise for a charity close to our heart, and this year our staff voted to support The Trussell Trust. To be honest, it was an easy choice once we read that between 1st April 2022 and 30th September 2022, food banks in the Trussell Trust’s UK-wide network distributed 1.3 million food parcels... Continue Reading →
Say hello to your new look Admin Area
For the past few months we've been hunkered down in our workshop with our finest tools, handcrafting a new and improved Admin Area. From Monday 28th November, you’ll find better mobile and tablet optimisation and quick access to your most used features, so you'll enjoy an even better experience running your ticketing on WeGotTickets. Let's have... Continue Reading →
Advice from Independent Promoters to Help You Get Started In Events
Thinking about putting on a gig or two but not sure if it’s for you? Feeling anxious about it and need a bit of a kick up the arse? Here’s some advice from our INDIE50. These people are the best at what they do and work tirelessly and passionately to promote the music they love... Continue Reading →
6 Tips to Make The Most of Your Charity Event
If you’re running a fundraising event it might be easy to think that the strength of your cause alone is enough to pull people in and make the event a success. However, in a saturated market full of good causes, there’s a lot more to consider. We’ve learnt a thing or two about charity campaigns... Continue Reading →
Why Providing Great Customer Service is a No-Brainer
When WeGotTickets started out back in 2002 we wanted to provide an inexpensive way for venues and promoters to sell advance tickets to small events; the maximum 10% booking fee and a huge emphasis on treating customers well were two of the key points of our first mission statement. Essentially; be nice, don't rip anyone... Continue Reading →
5 Tips for Ticketing and Selling Your Event
Not so long ago we headed down to Brighton to give a talk for CMU:DIY at the Great Escape and pass on our five top tips for ticketing and then selling your event. For those of you who weren’t able to make the festival (or just couldn’t drag yourselves away from all the bands), here’s... Continue Reading →
Our Affiliates Help Your Event Reach Millions of Event-Goers
Wouldn’t it be nice if once you set up your event, allocated tickets to your favourite independent box office (that’s us, naturally) and watched as your glorious-looking event page goes on sale, you could just sit back and relax? Unfortunately, that’s not always possible, and this is often where the hard work actually starts. Sure,... Continue Reading →
Introducing Ents24 – Sharing Your WeGotTickets Event with Thousands
Did you know that when you create your event on WeGotTickets it's automatically added to some of the UK's tops listings sites, including Ents24? Good, eh? Well, now you know, let's introduce them and some of the great services they offer. In their own words, here's our friends Ents24... Ents24 is the UK's biggest live... Continue Reading →