How to get your show listed & covered here
The artist-side version of our press page: what to send, when to send it, and what actually happens after you hit send.
You booked the show. Now you want people to know about it — and maybe a photographer in the pit and a review afterward. Here is exactly how that works with us, without the guesswork.
Listing and coverage are two different asks
A listing puts your show on the /shows calendar so people browsing Vancouver gigs can find it. A coverage request asks us to actually send someone — a photographer, a writer, or both. Listings are close to automatic; coverage is a judgment call about a small team's calendar. Ask for both if you want both, but know which one you're asking for.
Getting listed
If your show is at a room we already track, there's a good chance it lands on the calendar on its own — we pull listings from venue and promoter calendars daily. Check /shows first; you might already be there.
If it isn't showing up — DIY space, one-off room, or a venue we haven't wired in yet — use the submit a show form. Date, venue, bill, ticket or door info, and whether it's all-ages or 19+. That's the whole job. Submissions get reviewed before they publish, so give it a little lead time rather than submitting the afternoon of.
Getting covered
Everything coverage-related starts at Press & Coverage — it has the current contact routes and a plain list of what helps us say yes quickly. The short version:
- Ask early. Three or more weeks before the show is the comfortable zone, especially if a photo pass or guest list needs arranging. A week out is a long shot; day-of is a no.
- Send the whole picture in one message. Date, venue, full bill, set times if you have them, ticket link, who's arranging passes, and any photo policy quirks (first-three-songs rules, no-flash, barricade or not).
- Tell us why this one. A release show, a last show, a first headline, a touring act you're opening for — the story is what turns a listing into coverage.
Don't take a quiet "no" personally. A small team plus a busy weekend means good shows go uncovered all the time. The listing still works for you either way.
Have news instead of a show?
A single, an album, a video, a tour — that's an announcement, not a coverage request, and it has its own front door: announce it here. It goes through a human review and publishes in your own words.
After the show
If we covered you, photos and words land on the site — you'll find them from your artist page. If something in our coverage or on your artist page is wrong, the corrections route on Press & Coverage is the fix. We'd rather correct a page than let it stay wrong.