Your festival budget shouldn't go to a ticketing platform.
Community festivals run on tight margins and tighter timelines. Per-ticket fees eat into revenue that should go to vendors, performers, and the community. Equaticket is a flat subscription — $79/mo for Growth (up to 3,000 tickets/quarter), $189/mo for Pro (up to 10,500). Need more? Enterprise pricing is available.
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Summer Festival 2026
Aug 14 · Brooklyn, NY · 500 capacity
The problem with festival ticketing
Festival organizers are resourceful. You negotiate with vendors, coordinate volunteers, chase permits, stretch every dollar. Then your ticketing platform takes 8-15% of your ticket revenue — money that could have paid for another stage, another food vendor, another reason for people to come back next year.
Your budget spreadsheet has a line item for every tent stake and trash can. The ticketing line should be predictable too.
How Equaticket works for festivals
One price, budget it once.
$79/mo on Growth handles up to 3,000 tickets per quarter across unlimited events. Running a bigger festival? Pro covers up to 10,500 tickets/quarter for $189/mo. Plan it in January, know the cost in December. No "we sold more tickets than expected" surprises that blow your vendor budget.
Multiple ticket types, one event.
General admission, VIP, kids-free, early bird, Saturday-only, weekend pass — set up as many ticket types as your festival needs. All included, no per-type fees.
Your town, your brand.
Festival pages look like your festival, not like Eventbrite. Hosted event pages with your branding, or embed tickets directly on your festival website.
Check-in that handles the rush.
Growth tier gives you real-time QR scanning with multi-device sync and gate management. Set up separate check-in points for GA and VIP. Everyone sees the same live count.
Attendee data stays with you.
Your email list of past festival-goers is yours. Export anytime. When you’re planning next year’s event, that data is waiting — no platform holding it hostage.
The math
A community festival selling 1,500 tickets at $35 average:
| Platform | Platform fees on this event |
|---|---|
| Eventbrite (~12%) | ~$6,284 |
| TicketSpice ($0.99/ticket) | ~$1,485 |
| Equaticket Growth | $79 |
$6,200 is a headliner act. Or 10 vendor booth rentals. Or next year's deposit on the park.
Savings calculator
See how much your festival would save
Set your ticket volume and average price. The savings are often enough to fund another stage or a headline act.
See how much you’ll save with Equaticket
Zero per-ticket platform fees. One flat price. The more you sell, the more you save.
- Biggest savingsEventbrite$54,979/year
in total ticketing fees
Save $34,231/yearwith Equaticket vs. Eventbrite
- TicketSpice$27,720/year
in total ticketing fees
Save $6,972/yearwith Equaticket vs. TicketSpice
- Ticket Tailor$26,600/year
in total ticketing fees
Save $5,852/yearwith Equaticket vs. Ticket Tailor
Total Savings
$5,852 – $34,231/year
or $29,260 – $171,155 over 5 years
Calculations based on total fees. All platforms include payment processing via Stripe (2.9% + $0.30 per transaction) unless otherwise noted. Eventbrite bundles processing into their fee. Equaticket subscription billed quarterly. Competitor pricing verified March 2026.
No credit card required. No per-ticket fees, ever.