Project orchestra giving ticketed concerts

Audience members buying tickets, plus local businesses, trusts and councils that sponsor or fund concerts, and venues that hire you in.

Ticket sales, sponsorship, grants and fees from venues or events. Costs include players, venue hire, music and marketing, so each concert needs budgeting carefully.

• Programming music and working with a conductor
• Budgeting and event promotion
• Building relationships with sponsors and venues

• Ticket income may not cover costs, so work out a break-even audience before committing
• Public liability insurance, and check the venue's own cover and licences
• Music licensing and copyright for the pieces you perform, check with PRS for Music, or choose out-of-copyright works
• If you serve alcohol, check whether a licence or Temporary Event Notice is needed
• Check whether a community interest company or charity structure suits you better for grants

Startup costs are estimates, typically around £2,000 to £10,000, depending on venue hire, conductor and player fees and promotion. Work out a break-even audience before committing, as ticket income may not cover costs.

Monthly revenue is an estimate, typically around £1,000 to £5,000, depending on ticket sales, sponsorship and venues that hire you in. Income depends on how many concerts you run and how well they sell.

Check public liability insurance and the venue's own cover and licences. Check music licensing and copyright with PRS for Music, or choose out-of-copyright works. If you serve alcohol, check whether a licence or Temporary Event Notice is needed.