When I was a broke college student I utilized this pretty often. Keep in mind it only works at smaller venues, less than 2k people usually. Any artist performing at a larger venue likely won't need the help.
If a show was coming to town that I wanted to see I'd hop on the artists webpage until I found a press or management contact. I would email in, explain who I was and where I went to school, and ask if they'd like me to hang flyers around campus. Fairly often they would say yes, send me a PDF and tell me the would comp me a ticket.
Taking this a step further, some tours can use the support of a "runner". Someone local who can run around and do errands for the tour manager, help with load in, go grab them take out. I offered this service a few times, it was pretty cool. Get to be backstage, usually meet the artist, and sometimes even get paid.
EDIT: I can't spell
November 19, 2018 at 10:16AM
