Free Perks to Attract More Guests to Your Event

The South Australian Living Arts Festival (SALA) is a community-based movement focused on incorporating South Australian artists at all levels of the visual arts to be part of their diverse annual celebration. The self-proclaimed mission of the organisation that holds this festival is to “bring everyone to South Australian art and artists.”

Aspiring to be the most innovative visual arts festival in the community, SALA brings together South Australian visual artists well known throughout the world, in addition to recently emerging artists who are just beginning to blossom.

One of the most notable things about this festival, of all things, is that it’s completely free. Sounds like a great way to attract people to your event, doesn’t it?

This is Only the Beginning

If you’re looking for a great way to attract more people to your next event, take a word from the wise people who run the SALA festival and offer your guests something for free.

Whether you are a musician, a painter, or a photographer, showing your work to an audience is what it’s all about. It’s how you get noticed, how you get your name out there, and how you start to build a name for yourself and your art.

You may not be able to hold an entire event for free, but start small. If you’re holding an event with tickets that people have purchased in advance, give them a drink ticket as an extra perk. Just for purchasing a ticket and coming to your event, they’ll receive one free drink.

Stay Connected

Offering an incentive is just the start. Once you get people to come to your event, you’ve got to wow them. If you already have another event planned ahead of time, when your guests come to see you that night, you can offer them tickets to your next event as well.

Let them know if they liked what they saw and want to continue to support your art, you’re going to be the first one to thank them and invite them to see you again. Start and email list, and keep people updated with your latest event news.

Offer those who support you most full-heartedly a VIP Pass for your next event. This is an especially good way to develop a good rapport with your fabulous fans.

Many times, all it takes is a little incentive to attract a phenomenal crowd.