--- title: "Settle a show with an artist after your event | Ticket Fairy Guides" description: "Let Fai draft the settlement for a show from its ticket sales, budget costs and the artist's deal, check where every figure came from, add or reverse lines, and share it, mark it agreed and mark it paid." canonical: "https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/settle-a-show-with-an-artist" --- # Settle a show with an artist after your event | Ticket Fairy Guides 1. [Ticket Fairy](https://www.ticketfairy.com/) 2. [Guides](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides) 3. Settle a show with an artist after your event Running the production # Settle a show with an artist after your event Promoters and venues settle with the artist's tour manager on the night or the morning after, and every figure gets questioned. A settlement built from your own ticket sales, costs and the agreed deal shows where each number came from, so the conversation is about the deal, not the arithmetic. Let Fai draft the settlement for a show from its ticket sales, budget costs and the artist's deal, check where every figure came from, add or reverse lines, and share it, mark it agreed and mark it paid. For: Settling a show with the artist's side after the event Takes: 8 minutes - [Open Settlements](#step-1) - [Choose the show and the deal](#step-2) - [Check every line](#step-3) - [Update the settlement with the latest figures](#step-4) - [Add a line](#step-5) - [Reverse a wrong line](#step-6) - [Share the settlement](#step-7) - [Send a copy to the artist's side](#step-8) - [Mark it agreed, then paid](#step-9) ## Before you start - You need an owner, admin or producer role on the brand. - For the artist's fee to be worked out for you, the show needs an accepted offer. Enter show costs as actuals in the event's budget first if you want them on the settlement. 1. ## Open Settlements In the sidebar, select your brand, then **Event Operations**, then **Settlements**, and select **Settle a show**. **Note:** Once a show has ended with no settlement, **Needs attention** lists it with **Settle**, and an accepted offer's panel has **Settle this show**. Both open the same dialog. 2. ## Choose the show and the deal Choose the **Event**, choose the accepted offer under **Performer deal**, then select **Draft the settlement**. **Note:** Ticket sales come from the event's ticket records after refunds, costs from its budget actuals and the fee from the deal. Choose **No performer deal** to settle a show without an artist fee. ![Ticket Fairy Settle a show dialog with the event Nova Twins live and the performer deal chosen](https://www.ticketfairy.com/embeds/posters/marketing-venue-operations--settle-a-show.png) Settle a show. 3. ## Check every line Read each line under **Lines**. Each one says where its figure came from, such as **From ticket sales** or **From the deal**, and how it was worked out. **Note:** The lines are grouped into income, deductions, show costs and payments to the performer. **Totals** adds them up and shows **Left for you**. ![Ticket Fairy settlement Fai drafted for Nova Twins live, with ticket sales, sales tax, sound and lights and the performer fee, each saying where its figure came from, and the totals](https://www.ticketfairy.com/embeds/posters/marketing-venue-operations--settlement.png) A settlement Fai drafted. 4. ## Update the settlement with the latest figures Optional: Select **Bring up to date** after a late refund or a new budget actual. The lines that come from the ticket sales, the budget and the deal are worked out again. **Note:** A line you reversed is not added back. 5. ## Add a line Optional: Select **Add a line**, choose the **Kind**, enter **What it's for** and the **Amount**, then select **Add line**. **Note:** Enter a minus amount for a credit, such as a merchandise share you owe back. 6. ## Reverse a wrong line If a line is wrong, select **Reverse** on it, then **Reverse** in the dialog. A new line cancels it and both stay on the sheet. 7. ## Share the settlement Select **Share**, then **Share** in the dialog. **Warning:** The lines are locked once it is shared. To change anything after that, you reopen it as a new version. 8. ## Send a copy to the artist's side Select **Print or save as PDF**, save the file and send it to the tour manager or agent. 9. ## Mark it agreed, then paid When both sides agree the figures, select **Mark as agreed**. Once the artist has been paid, select **Mark as paid**. **Note:** Marking it paid records the payment. It does not move any money. ![Ticket Fairy shared settlement for Nova Twins live with its lines locked and Mark as agreed and Reopen above them](https://www.ticketfairy.com/embeds/posters/marketing-venue-operations--settlement-shared.png) A shared settlement. ## Try these steps on your own event Create a free account, build your event and follow the steps above in your own dashboard. It takes a few minutes and you do not need to book a sales call. Your email address [Create a free account](https://manage.ticketfairy.com/welcome) [Book a demo](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-ticketing/book-a-demo) No setup fees. No required monthly ticketing fee. No credit card required. ## Or have it done for you Fai drafts a show's settlement, brings it up to date, adds or reverses lines, and shares it, marks it agreed or paid, or reopens it, asking you before each change. ### In your dashboard, with Fai Draft the settlement for \ with \'s deal and tell me what is left for us ### From your own assistant, over MCP Connect your assistant to [our MCP server](https://www.ticketfairy.com/mcp-server) and ask it: Keep `--read-only` in your MCP configuration. This task only reads data, so your assistant does not need tools that make changes. Pick the brand, list the settlements for \ and show me the lines and totals of the latest one ## From your terminal Install the CLI from [our CLI page](https://www.ticketfairy.com/cli), sign in with `ticketfairy auth login`, and choose the brand you are working on with `ticketfairy brand use `. `ticketfairy brand list` and `ticketfairy event list` show the IDs the other commands use. The CLI reads settlements: the list for an event and one settlement's lines and totals. Drafting, changing and sharing a settlement are done in the dashboard or through Fai. You need an owner, admin or producer login on the brand. ### List the settlements for one event, with their status and version. ticketfairy event-os venue settlements list --brand \ --event \ ### Show one settlement with its lines and totals. ticketfairy event-os venue settlements show \ --brand \ ## Let Fai do it for you Fai works inside your Ticket Fairy dashboard. Create your account, open Fai and paste the prompt above. [Create a free account](https://manage.ticketfairy.com/welcome) [Book a demo](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-ticketing/book-a-demo) No setup fees. No required monthly ticketing fee. No credit card required. ## Correct a settlement after it is shared 1. ### Reopen it as a new version Open the settlement, select **Reopen**, enter why under **Why are you reopening it?**, then select **Reopen**. **Note:** The version you reopened stays exactly as it was, marked **Replaced**, and a new draft starts with the same lines for you to correct. Fai reopens a shared, agreed or paid settlement as a new version after you confirm and give the reason. ### In your dashboard, with Fai Reopen the settlement for \, the bar share was left off ## Questions you might have Why is the ticket income different from my sales report?: The settlement counts tickets after refunds, so a refund after the show brings it down. Select **Bring up to date** on a draft to pick up refunds since it was drafted. Does Fai draft settlements on her own?: Fai lists shows that ended with no settlement in **Needs attention**. Where the show is linked to an event, she also suggests drafting it in that event's suggestions, and nothing is drafted until someone approves it. Why can I not delete a line?: Nothing on a settlement is deleted, so the artist's side can always see what changed. Reverse the line instead, and the history shows both. Can a settlement hold more than one currency?: Yes. Each currency is totalled on its own under **Totals**. ## Still have a question? Book a demo and we will answer it on a call, on your kind of event. Or create your account and see it for yourself. [Book a demo](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-ticketing/book-a-demo) [Create a free account](https://manage.ticketfairy.com/welcome) No setup fees. No required monthly ticketing fee. 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