Thrash/Punk Legends D.R.I. Need Your Help!

November 15, 2012
By Barb

If you are a punk, metal or thrash fan, here’s a chance to help a great band and a great cause.

Legendary hardcore/thrash band Dirty Rotten Imbeciles (D.R.I.) formed in Houston, Texas in 1982 and, alongside bands like Suicidal Tendencies, Corrosion of Conformity and Stormtroopers of Death, were one of the main groups to spearhead the “crossover” movement of the late 80s, which melded hardcore punk with thrash metal. While never earning widespread commercial success, the band is legendary amongst fans of US hardcore and thrash metal due to classic albums like “Dealing With It” and “Crossover.”

In March 2006, lead guitarist Spike Cassidy was diagnosed with colon cancer, but this did not keep him down. After surgery and treatment, he got back out on the road, doing what he loves: playing with D.R.I.

* WARNING! This video contains explicit language. *

Last month, D.R.I.’s management had to cancel several tour dates, just a few days before the shows. Spike’s cancer treatments had caused an emergency hospital visit and further treatment. (See photos here.) Brown Paper Tickets’ 24 hour service team took the call from D.R.I.’s management, and communicated with all the ticket buyers for them, making the refunds. In a show of support, Brown Paper Tickets donated the full amount of all tickets refunded as a contribution to the fund for Spike’s medical bills.
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Give Veterans & Their Families Free Tickets for Life!

November 11, 2012
By Barb

How do you normally observe Veterans Day? Of course, you’re looking forward to a day off and perhaps you do nothing out of the ordinary at all. How many Americans do the same thing?

Veterans Day (called “Remembrance Day” in several other countries) is the celebration of the end of World War I, where on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month (Nov. 11 at 11 a.m.), a treaty was signed to end the war. Traditionally, it is celebrated in most countries, by holding a two minute ceremony or vigil or prayer at 11 a.m., both in remembrance of those who gave their lives in military service and in gratitude for those currently in the military are putting their lives on the line for this country.

What if you could do something this Veterans Day that would take you two minutes, but would give veterans, active military and their families access to free event tickets for a lifetime? What if your friends could do that, too? Sound too good to be true? Well, it’s true, thanks to the hard work of the non-profit Vet Tix.
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Donate to Seattle Radio Station C89.5 Today

November 7, 2012
By Barb

Funny story: if it weren’t for C89.5, there may have been no Brown Paper Tickets.

Growing up in Seattle, our founder William Scott Jordan was able to listen to Electronic Dance Music (EDM) on one of only 8 stations nationally. His passion for EDM eventually led him to create Brown Paper Tickets as the go-to ticketing option for the dance community over a decade ago. Today, C89.5 continues to spread cutting-edge dance music to the international masses from Seattle’s own Nathan Hale High School, and Brown Paper Tickets continues to provide low-cost ticketing to a wide, and ever-growing, variety of events all over the world.

Like with most non-profit radio stations, community support keeps C89.5 running. This is why we have pledged to match the first $1,000 in donations to this year’s pledge drive! Nathan Hale students will be accepting donations in any amount, and also giving away CDs of the radio station’s content for a donation of $89.50. Supporters can either call (206) 421-8989, or make a donation online to help them to reach their goal – the first $1,000 of which will be matched by us.

C89.5 is, in William’s own words, “an amazing example of what public radio can do,” adding “C-89.5 was one of the few place to hear the new and fantastic dance music that was coming out of places like Chicago, New York, Europe, and the UK…it’s really the only radio station in the city that offers this kind of programming.”

C89.5 KNHC-FM is one of the 8 stations nationally that help determine Billboard‘s Top 40 Dance Music chart and it has been named “the largest and most influential educational radio station in the country” by Rolling Stone magazine. They were also named the “Best High School Radio Station” by the Village Voice. The station serves over 250,000 loyal listeners in the Pacific Northwest alone and its internet stream has been accessed by more than 220,000 individual IP addresses worldwide, earning them international recognition. “Our biggest audiences are here in the Pacific Northwest, London, Germany and Brazil,” said General Manager Gregg Neilson.

C89.5’s 10-day pledge drive helps them continue to be self-sustaining station, and a beloved community staple. Support community media: lend your support!

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More than 1,000 Tickets Donated to Veterans in Just 3 weeks!

September 17, 2012
By Barb

More than 1,000 tickets have been donated to veterans, active military and the families of those who gave their lives in U.S. military service in the first 3 weeks of a partnership forged between Veteran Tickets Foundation, and Brown Paper Tickets.

Veterans are eligible for donations of tickets given by event producers and ticket buyers through Brown Paper Tickets. This is the only ticketing company partnership whereby tickets are being donated instead of sold to veterans at a discounted military rate.

“Our partnership seems to be in full swing,” said Michael A. Focareto, a veteran of the U.S. Navy and Chief Executive Officer/Founder of Veteran Tickets Foundation.

“Here are some ‘thank you’ messages we received from veterans who have used tickets donated through the producers on Brown Paper Tickets.”

“A big thank you for the passes to the Rose City Comic-Con. If it wasn’t for you I would not have been able to take my sons to this event. They had such a good time. I remember going to this event when I was about their age and it was priceless to see the look on their faces as we walked around and looked at the different exhibits. Thank You!” – Posted by Jim on September 10, 2012. Jim is currently serving in the US Military and attended Rose City Comic-Con in Portland, Oregon on September 8, 2012.

“Thanks for the ticket to the comedy show. The show is hilarious…haven’t laughed that hard in a long time. Greatly appreciated!” – Posted by Edgar on August 28, 2012. Edgar is currently serving in the US Military and attended “Reinforcing Stereotypes – A Night of Stand Up Comedy” in San Francisco, California on August 24, 2012.

“Brown Paper Tickets is proud to help event producers and ticket buyers to donate their tickets to veterans and their families,” said William S. Jordan, president and founder of Brown Paper Tickets. “As a company founded on the principals of fair-trade, we look for opportunities such as this partnership with Vet Tix to give to our community, and specifically, to give back to those who put their lives on the line for our freedom. This is our way of saying, ‘thank you.'”

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The Business Accelerator Suite – Your “Ticket” to Economic Recovery

September 3, 2012
By Barb

Wondering how to grow your business in this economy? According to business experts, the answer is simple and, surprisingly, free: start producing events.

Events can increase a consumer’s purchase intent by up to 52 percent, according to the Advertising Research Foundation’s study, “Engaging Events Pay Out,” referenced in AdWeek.

Classes, tours, fashion shows, seminars, tastings, “pop-up” gallery events, workshops, open houses, and more – producing events is the new trend for businesses competing for market share and customer loyalty in an economy where consumers are being more careful about where and how they spend their hard-earned income!

What are you good at? What can you share? Need to start generating revenues before the doors open?

Produce a class or an event; our Business Accelerator Suite has everything you need, and our 24/7 customer service team will show you the way to start making sales in as little as 20 minutes.

Brown Paper Tickets has made it easier for you with our new Business Accelerator Suite – FREE tools proven to help you to build event marketing into the mix of how you bring customers to your door.
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Brown Paper Tickets Wins Website Award

August 20, 2012
By Barb

Thank you to all who voted in the Seattle Weekly “Best of Seattle” reader’s poll. Brown Paper Tickets has been awarded top honors in the category of Best Website Graphics. According to Seattle Weekly, “Fair-trade ticketing company Brown Paper Tickets not only connects you with the hottest events in town at fair ticket prices, their website looks really cool, too.”

How nice of you to notice! We changed our website graphics to take on the look and feel that makes setting up an event easy, and ticket-buying a pleasure. Along with the new website graphics, anyone who produces an event now has free integration with MailChimp, a free, powerful email marketing campaign manager. They can also start ticket sales from their own website, and get 2.5% of the ticketing fee sent back to them if they are using their own credit card processor instead of the Brown Paper Tickets credit card processor. In addition to these great features, ticket buyers can also purchase tickets, tell Brown Paper Tickets which charity to donate a portion of their ticket purchase to, and tell their friends which shows they are going to through social media with less clicks.

Since 1986, The Seattle Weekly has been keeping tabs on the best the Emerald City has to offer, and this not the first time that Brown Paper Tickets has made one of its “best of” lists. Just last year, in June of 2011, Brown Paper Tickets won the “Best Mobile App” award in the Seattle Weekly Web Awards, saying “Turn your iPhone into a scanner to check in and out of events – cool app for event producers!”

Speaking of mobile apps, the Seattle Weekly has created a mobile app that allows readers to carry the list of their best-loved treats, temptations, people and businesses. Get the “Best of Seattle” app here.

Thanks for the love, Brown Paper Tickets fans! Share the love and spread the word with your friends and neighbors who are producing events!

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Cash Bonus, Anyone?

August 6, 2012
By Barb

Did you know that Brown Paper Tickets pays you a 2.5% cash bonus on every ticket sold for your event, if you use almost any other credit card processor besides the Brown Paper Tickets free credit card processor?

It’s true.

Brown Paper Tickets pays you 2.5% on every ticket sold if you use other processors, such as your own merchant account, PayPal, Amazon Payments or Google Checkout. The way we figure it, when you are our partner in selling tickets and make the most money on your event, we win, too.

Think about how many repeat ticket-buyers you will have when your fans realize how much less they are paying in fees. Or how good they’ll feel as they choose the type of charitable cause they want to donate to as a result of their ticket purchase.

And now, on top of it all, you will be making more money on your events. Genius.

This is what we call a “no-brainer.” We hope that you call it “awesome,” “a smart move,” and/or “a logical choice,” depending on your perspective and personal style!

For more information on this and other great features that you may not be familiar with, check out our Services Page or give our Client Services Department a call (1-800-838-3006, Option 4) and ask them how to set up your own credit card processor. And, have fun with that extra cash!

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Cafe Racer Ticket Program Hopes to Double Fundraising Efforts

July 19, 2012
By Barb

On May 30th, tragedy struck the Seattle artistic community. A lone gunman walked into Café Racer, a North Seattle hub of artists and musicians and opened fire, killing four people and injuring one. He then proceeded downtown where he killed another woman while stealing her car. He escaped to West Seattle where he eventually killed himself when tracked down by law enforcement.

The shooting affected many of us here at Brown Paper Tickets, with some of the victims being good friends and fellow artists. It also struck a serious blow to the artistic community who considered the Café Racer to be a safe haven that encouraged diversity and creativity. In the weeks that followed, the Seattle arts community rallied and fundraisers were held almost nightly to help raise money for the lone survivor and the families of those killed. We decided that it was important for us to also take part in the fundraising efforts and so we began to put into action the “Cafe Racer Ticket” program as a way to continue supporting those in need long after the newsworthiness of this tragic event wore off. It has been announced that Café Racer will re-open today and so we felt that this would be a good time to announce that in eight weeks Brown Paper Tickets will unveil the Cafe Racer Ticket program.
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A New Way to Say “Thank You” to Veterans Today!

July 4, 2012
By Barb

Brown Paper Tickets is proud to announce a partnership with Veteran Tickets Foundation, (also known as “Vet Tix”) to provide a new, easy way for producers and their ticket-buyers to donate tickets to U.S. veterans. This partnership is expected to double the number of tickets being donated to active military, veterans and their families in its first year. It will also enable Vet Tix to begin donations of tickets to U.S. military personnel stationed around the globe.

“The number of tickets donated will easily be as high as 500,000 per year,” said William S. Jordan, Founder and President of Brown Paper Tickets. “Many artists, bands, sports teams, venues and anyone who organizes an event are attracted to Brown Paper Tickets because of our business ethos of giving back; we make a donation to charity with every ticket sold. The same motivations that bring millions to our site may inspire them to join us in saying ‘thank you’ to those who have served our country in the U.S. military.”

“Veteran Tickets Foundation is delighted that Brown Paper Tickets has offered to partner with us by creating a portal for event producers and ticket buyers to make donations to our foundation,” said CEO and Founder of Vet Tix Michael Focareto. ” We’d like to thank Brown Paper Tickets for believing in our mission of giving something to those who have given so much.”
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Support Your Local Pride Parade!

June 23, 2012
By Barb

Tomorrow is the largest Pride Parade day in the country, with millions expected to attend and support free Pride Parades in San Francisco, New York City, Chicago and Seattle. Outlandish floats and a myriad of exciting sights and sounds will abound at every extravaganza nationwide– but one thing that sets Seattle’s Pride Parade apart from the rest: the ability to support future Pride celebrations and to voluntarily ‘give what you can’ to Seattle Out and Proud through Brown Paper Tickets’ new fee-free donation tool.

The fee-free donation tool is available to all event organizers to collect donations, even from those who cannot attend the event. One hundred percent of the donation proceeds go directly to the event organizer and there is no fee on any portion of the donation.

The Seattle Pride Parade is always free to the public so they can use your donations for improving the parade each year. For more information on Seattle Pride events, including the Pride Parade, visit Seattle Out and Pride’s website. To donate to the organization, or to buy a ticket for their pre-parade breakfast, go to http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/250494.

Happy Pride from all of us here at Brown Paper Tickets and if you’re in Seattle, look for us in the parade on Sunday!

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