The cost of organising an event:
Case Study: Africa Laughs
Venue: Kololo Airstrip/ Serena Hotel
1. Venue Cost: Kololo - 50M, Serena - 25M
2. Production including Deco: 70-100M
3. Tent at Kololo - 25M
4. Floor Boarding at Kololo (Optional) - 25M
5. Artists - 40-60M (Both Local & International)
6. Flights - 25M
7. Accommodation - 7-10M
8. Advertising - 20M
9. Clearance & Permits: 5-10M
10. Welfare of Artists & Staff - 5M
11. Miscellaneous: 5M
You roughly need 250 - 300M to pull of a successful concert
If you Charge 100K, that about 2,500 to 3,000 People or you sell about 100 tables at 3M to break even, so you are at the mercy of Sponsors and Turn Up both of which usually donβt yield the numbers. But we got to do what we got to do.
Everyone else gets paid 100% except the organiser . Basically we work for service providers ππππ