Social and networking – wider than promotion, this means being a part of what’s happening, within the community and within the industry.Promotion – a music venue manager needs to promote simultaneously: both the events being run and the venue itself as a performance hub.
Health and safety – including managing all health and safety aspects of the venue itself and performance and tech-related risk management. Looking after clients and artistes – on the day or over the period of a concert run. Organising technical production – including the logistics and technical aspects of running the sets. Working and negotiating with external colleagues, such as external booking and promotions services, the music, production or sound directors for artistes. Event preparation – which involves working closely with others in-house, such as the venue’s artistic director, sound team, front-of-house, box-office and maintenance staff. Negotiating fees – including negotiation of which facilities and services might be included in the agreed price. Negotiating with clients wishing to hold events, whether regular clients or promoters of one-off events. Hiring, training and managing staff – including staff supervision and rota management. Managing the bookings and facilitating the events themselves. Now, as with all job descriptions, the responsibilities outlined below are not the only activities and duties required of a music venue manager! However, they do offer a useful insight into some of the fundamental tasks of the role: The role itself may be defined as music venue manager, but could also be referred to as Arena Manager or Production/Facilities manager, depending on the remit of the venue and of the responsibilities you’re required to fulfill. This might be in a single venue – from a small local theatre to a vast city arena, or may relate to a venue centre – a location made up of several venues, such as City Arts complexes and regional arts centers. 
The job of a music venue manager broadly involves overseeing the daily operations of a music venue. So what’s involved and how can you get onto this career path? The role Then of course, as with every type of event management role, all of those issues which crop up unexpectedly, such as blackouts, sound system failures, and cancellations will require the music venue manager to step in and save the show! From local theatres and music clubs to arts hubs and city arenas, the career potential for successful music venue managers is huge – and as you’d expect, where the role’s potential is extensive so are the responsibilities involved!
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