How to Organize a Benefit Concert in Your Area

A benefit concert is a great fund raiser in many ones. For one, it allows local bands and musical artists to branch out and get noticed. It also is an entertaining way to help out a cause of your choice. The first thing to determine is what cause you are raising money for. Once you have selected a cause, you will want to look into finding a specific organization to raise the money for. (i.e. if you selected wildlife conservation as your cause, you may want to raise money for the World Wildlife Fund; if you chose child literacy as your cause, you may want to choose a local library branch to raise funds for, etc.).

By doing this, it makes it easier to explain to people exactly what you are raising money for. Unfortunately, many people try to rip others off by claiming to be raising money for a specific cause, when in fact, they plan on just taking the money. By having all your information laid out in an orderly fashion, however, you can avoid suspicion.

You have now selected your cause and organization, congratulations! From here, you may want to come up with a name for your group, if you are planning on continuing your work beyond the concert. This is not a requirement, but if you do plan on doing more with this in the future, it can be helpful to have your own name.

The next step is to pick a date and find a venue. Venues range in size and style depending on your area. Often times you can find local small music venues that can hold roughly 100-200 people. Churches are also good places to contact. Many "warehouse" style churches can hold over 300 people. the size and style of your venue of choice will, of course, depend on how many people you anticipate coming, as well as the style of music being played. It is a good idea to contact every potential venue in your area; you'd be surprised by how many people simply do not respond to calls and/or emails requesting use of their venue.