FRI · APR 26
POP-UP
You run the night.
Nocturn runs the business.
Collectives make five-figure calls — headliner, venue, concept — on gut feel and group-chat memory. Nocturn is the back office for live music: it watches the money, the sales pace, and the crowd, so your next big call isn't a coin flip.
Stop guessing what the night will sell.
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Settlement · Sat, Apr 12
Buyers pay 7% + $0.50 + payment processing · the full $6,500 lands in your Stripe — Nocturn never holds it
01 THE PROBLEM
0/10
operators fold within 2 years
The biggest nights in music
run blind.
Headliner, venue, concept — five-figure decisions called on gut and group-chat memory. The crowds showed up; the numbers never did. Not because the music was wrong. Because the operations were invisible.
"I didn't make any money for two years… you need the clientele, the email list — all the things you can't see until you've already missed them." — PROMINENT TORONTO OPERATOR · 8 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
→ 01
Five-figure calls on gut
Headliner, venue, concept — priced like a coin flip. You feel the wins. You can't see why.
→ 02
No record of your business
RA exports, spreadsheets, six group chats. The audience you're building lives nowhere you own.
→ 03
Money disappears in the gaps
Payouts, splits, fees, reimbursements. Somebody always gets short.
→ 04
The same three venues on repeat
Every new room is a cold, cultural gamble — so nobody takes it, and nothing compounds.
02 ONE SHOW CYCLE
From booking
to settled.
A real show runs on a six-week arc — from the moment you lock the talent to the Sunday the books close. Nocturn holds the thread the whole way.
6 weeks out
Booked
Talent contracted · venue locked · cap 280 set · brand voice + visuals synced to the crew.
3 weeks out
On sale
Tickets live inside the event page · Promo pushes IG, story, and flyer · interested list climbing · first tier gone in 9 days.
Show week
Doors prep
Guest list locked · run-of-show set · sound tech confirmed · door team briefed 48h out.
Night → morning
Settled
QRs scan once · card and cash reconciled live · net on the books by Sunday AM.
03 THE PLATFORM
One platform.
Every part of the business.
Ticketing, payments, team, back office, and a talent marketplace — built for how nightlife actually runs.
01
Ticketing that fits the night
Paid or free — free entry is a $0 ticket claim, same QR at the door. Tiers, 15-minute holds, and a room that never oversells.
02
Payments & Ledger
You're the merchant of record — every sale lands in your collective's own Stripe account. One transparent ledger per event, down to the last comp.
03
Discover
16 roles. Search by city, genre, type — or list yourself and get found.
04
Your back office
Money, Promo, Reach, Ops — four teammates working the business while you work the room.
05
Team & Chat
Shared contacts, event history, roles, real-time chat. Your whole crew in one place.
06
Analytics
What sold. What didn't. Which promos hit. Which nights pull. Answers, not dashboards.
04 BOX OFFICE
Get paid as the tickets sell.
Not days after the show.
No platform holding your revenue until the night is over — every sale settles into your collective's own Stripe account the moment it happens. Pay your venue, your crew, your artists on your schedule.
→ 01
Yours from the first sale
Ticket money lands in your Stripe as each order clears — funding the night weeks before doors, not weeks after. It was never ours to hold.
→ 02
Checkout, embedded
Buyers pay right on the event page. No redirect, no third-party detour, no momentum lost between "I'm in" and paid.
→ 03
The 15-minute hold
Checkout reserves the ticket for 15 minutes. Paid confirms it. Expiry releases it back to the room. Sold out means sold out — never oversold.
→ 04
One scan at the door
Every ticket is a QR that scans exactly once. Free entry is a $0 claim — a real ticket, the same door flow, the same count.
BUYERS PAY 7% + $0.50 + PAYMENT PROCESSING
YOU KEEP THE FULL TICKET PRICE
OPERATORS PAY $0
05 THE BACK OFFICE
Open an event.
The back office reports.
Money, Promo, Reach, Ops — four teammates reading your nights in the background, surfacing the call before you'd have caught it. One decision each.
Money
WATCHING COSTS
Per-event ledger, break-even math, and settlement — every dollar accounted for, reconciled against the door.
→ "You're 18% over on artist costs vs. your typical Saturday. Want the breakdown?"
Promo
PACING SALES
Tracks how this on-sale is pacing against your own history — and what your last four events say to do about it.
→ "12 days out. Your last four events sold 60% by now — you're at 35%. Push your ambassadors?"
Reach
READING THE ROOM
Knows who came, who's coming back, and who moves tickets — keeping the book on your crowd, event by event.
→ "Marcus moved 80 tickets last month and you haven't booked him for the Thursday series. Text him?"
Ops
COORDINATING
Run-of-show, riders, guest list, crew nudges — the event coordinator who never drops the thread.
→ "Soundcheck moved to 9. Want me to text the three artists and update the run sheet?"
EVERY NIGHT YOU RUN MAKES THE NEXT ONE SHARPER
YOUR HISTORY IS YOURS — AND IT COMPOUNDS
06 THE NETWORK
The nightlife talent network.
Browse DJs, photographers, venues, sound engineers — and 12 more roles running the scene.
DJs & Artists
Venues
Collectives
Promoters
Artist Managers
Tour Managers
Booking Agents
Photographers
Videographers
MC / Hosts
Graphic Designers
Sound & Production
Lighting
Event Staff
PR / Publicists
Sponsors
DJs & Artists
Venues
Collectives
Promoters
Artist Managers
Tour Managers
Booking Agents
Photographers
Videographers
MC / Hosts
Graphic Designers
Sound & Production
Lighting
Event Staff
PR / Publicists
Sponsors
07 THE SCENE
Built for the rooms that build the culture.
Collectives, warehouses, residencies, rooftops. The operators behind the nights people still talk about Monday morning.
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SHAWN QANUN · FOUNDER, NOCTURN
Stop running a business
on group chats.
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