Mar 22: Booking Through the Back Door with Miki Nelson

Saturday, March 22, 2025

2pm-4pm

Dusty Strings, 3406 Fremont Ave N

Maximum enrollment: 16

Registration & Refund Deadline: Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Have you ever wondered how that band you really like came to play at your favorite venue? Have you ever wanted to be that band that plays in your favorite venue, but don’t know where or how to start? Wonder no more, come to the artist booking basics workshop and find out how to navigate the wild and woolly world of tour booking for yourself or other artists, and experience the joys of coordinating a tour and dealing with visas, contracts, fees, and radius clauses, among others!

What to bring: Students should bring paper and pen/pencil for notes.

Teacher: Miki Nelson is the owner of booking agency Celtinental Music, specializing in mostly Celtic masters of their craft. She first began working with the Seattle Folklore Society on producing concerts, then owned and ran her own concert production company Tir na nOg, bringing in Celtic masters that she loved so much, dealing with agents and artists from a promoter point of view. She morphed into a booking agent after several of those artists moaned that they had no agents, and her agency has since booked tours for many award-winning artists such as trad Irish fiddle master Gerry O’ Connor, Scottish songstress Iona Fyfe, master Celtic guitarist Tony McManus, premier Scottish band the Tannahill Weavers, amazing Italian band Ensemble Sangineto, and more. www.celtinentalmusic.com