For hosts
Someone has to hold the mic.
Friends pitch their single mates to a room full of other singles over drinks. It only works with someone good running it. Start on the mic at a night we've already booked, and grow into running your city.
- 40–120
- People in the room you're running
- ~4 hrs
- What a night asks of you, doors to last drinks
- 0
- Nights you run solo before you're ready
Two ways in, and one leads to the other
Nearly everyone starts on the mic. Take on as much of the rest as you want, when you want it.
Start here
MC a night
We've booked the venue, sold the tickets and lined up the pitches. You turn up and run the room — the format is written, the running order is in your hand.
- Work the door list and get people in
- Open the night and set the tone
- Run the pitches and keep them moving
- Hand the room over to the mingle and keep it warm
Grow into
Run a city
Once you've got a few nights under your belt and you want more of it, you take on a city — you're the local face, and the calendar is yours.
- Find and pitch the pubs and bars worth running in
- Lock the calendar and build the fixture
- Rally the local crowd and the mates who'll pitch
- MC the nights, or bring in MCs and run them
Who brings what
We bring
- The format, the running order and the scripts
- Training, then nights alongside someone before you fly solo
- Ticketing, the door list and the money side
- The brand, the marketing and the creator kit
- The event kit — media wall, wristbands, the lot
- The safety policy and someone on the end of the phone
You bring
- The nerve to hold a room of strangers
- A read on people — who's stranded, who needs an intro
- Two nights a month you can actually commit to
- Local knowledge, and mates who'll come to the first one
No stand-up career required. The best hosts we've had aren't performers — they're the ones who notice the person standing on their own and go and talk to them.
What about the money?
We don't publish a rate, because there isn't one number that fits every night. What a host takes home depends on the city, the room and how much of it you're running — so we agree it with you rather than post a figure that suits nobody. Ask on the call. We'll give you a straight answer.
What happens after you apply
- 1
We read it and call you
A real person, not a form response. We'll talk about the night, your city and what you're after.
- 2
You come to a night
Best homework there is. Come and stand in the room before either of us commits to anything.
- 3
You run one
Alongside someone first. Then it's yours — and if it's working, it becomes a fixture.
Got a venue in mind rather than a mic in hand? That's the venues page.
Put your hand up
Only the first few fields are required. The rest just helps us have a better conversation when we call.