Comedy nights, sold in advance and run from your pocket.
Sell advance tickets, take walk-ups at the door, and bring the same room back next month. One app, one link, one list of regulars that you own.
- Free to try
- No card needed
- Live in minutes
The problem
The room sells out once. Then you start from scratch.
You filled the room last month. This month you are posting on Instagram from zero again, because the names and emails of everyone who came sit inside someone else's platform. Fees are eating your margin on every ticket. The door is a clipboard, a printed list, and a friend with a Sharpie. There is a better way to run the night.
What you get
Built for comedy promoters and night runners.
Every feature you need to run the event, sell the tickets, and bring the same crowd back.
Advance, on-the-door, and early bird in one ticket page
Set early bird, full price, and on-the-door tiers. Switch them on as the gig fills up. Walk-ups pay on a card reader or in cash and land on the same attendee list.
A following you actually own
Every buyer becomes a follower of your promoter page. Every new gig you post pings them. Their email and consent live in your account, not behind someone else's paywall.
Bills with three or four acts on them
List headliner, support, opener, MC, and host. Each name links to their own page so the audience knows who they are turning up for.
Door scanning that works in a dim back room
Open the app, point the camera, let people in. No hardware to rent, no laminated guest list, no queue out onto the street.
Payouts before payday
Money lands in your bank quickly, so you can pay the acts on the night, not next month when a slow platform finally releases it.
One promoter page for every night you run
Monthly residency, one-off specials, the new room you are trying out. They all sit on one page so a regular finds the next date in two taps.
How it works
How a comedy night runs on Popup Pal
List the gig, sell the tickets, scan the door, keep the room. Then do it again next month with the list you built tonight.
Post the gig
Date, room, line-up, tiered tickets. Two minutes from blank screen to live link.
Share one link
Drop the link on Instagram, in your newsletter, on the venue's site. Buyers check out on their phone in seconds.
Work the door
Scan advance tickets, take walk-up payments, mark off comps. Everyone ends up on the same list whatever way they got in.
Bring the room back
When you list the next gig, every previous attendee gets a tap-to-buy nudge. The room compounds. The next night is easier than the last.
FAQs
Common questions
Can I sell early bird, full price, and on-the-door from the same listing?
Yes. Stack as many tiers as you like, with caps and cut-off times on each. Early bird closes itself, full price takes over, and on-the-door tickets stay live until you stop selling.
How do walk-ups work if someone turns up with cash?
Take the payment on a card reader or in cash from the same screen you use to scan tickets. The walk-up is added to the attendee list right away, so your numbers and your follower list match what actually happened in the room.
I run the same night every month. Can followers get every date automatically?
Yes. Followers attach to your promoter page, not a single listing. Post the next date and they get a notification with a one-tap link to buy.
Multiple acts on the bill, sometimes a guest spot. Does the listing handle that?
Add headliner, support, opener, MC, and a guest line if there is one. Each act gets a credit, the audience can see who they are turning up for, and you can swap line-ups out if a name drops.
Do I get the email addresses of people who bought tickets?
Yes, with their consent. Attendee details sit in your dashboard, ready to export, ready to email from inside the app, and ready to nudge when you announce the next gig.
When do payouts land?
Quickly, straight to your bank. Pay your acts the same week as the gig instead of waiting on a slow platform settlement.
What if a gig sells out before the night?
Turn the waitlist on. New buyers join the list, and if anyone refunds or releases a ticket, the next person in line gets first refusal automatically.
Run the next gig the way the last one should have run.
Free to list. Two minutes to live. One link to share. A following that stays with you whatever room you book next.