Advancing, explained by people who advance.
Practical, no-fluff guides to the craft of advancing tours and live events: the processes, the checklists, and the templates. Everything here is free to use, whether or not you ever use our software.
How to advance a show
The complete guide: when to start, who to contact, what to send, the full venue checklist, and the advance email template that gets answered.
Read the guide → TemplateThe tour day sheet
The anatomy of a day sheet crews actually read, a copy-paste template, and the five rules that keep it trusted for a whole run.
Read the guide → ComparisonAdvance with Me vs Master Tour
Choosing tour software? A sourced, side-by-side comparison of the two platforms: advancing, travel, daysheets, guest lists, and pricing.
See the comparison →More guides are on the way: advancing festivals, labor calls, and building a rider that venues can actually work with. Have a topic you want covered? Tell us.
The software that runs the whole playbook.
Everything these guides describe by hand, Advance with Me does in one system: structured advances, venue collaboration, travel and lodging, daysheets, guest lists, and clean PDFs.