Contracts and Confirmations

Pablo’s contract was reviewed, revised and approved by Risk Management today. However, this does not mean that we can guarantee Pablo for SpringFest yet; the contract revisions still need to be approved by Pablo and his management, a process that can require several days. Further most performance contracts include a back out clause. This clause allows the talent to break the contract up to 30 days prior to the performance date, in the event that something they cannot pass up comes along. That however happens quite rarely – an example where that might happen would be being invited to host SNL.

Also, Demetri tentatively confirmed today, provided we are able to meet two requests:
1. He opens the show.
2. We provide a buffer between his performance and Pablos.
We do not anticipate either of these two conditions to be a problem. More on that as it develops.

So that’s pretty much it: Demetri Martin and Pablo Francisco, April 7th…

Pablo Confirmed

Pablo Francisco has confirmed for April 7th. While this still isn't quite the guarantee that a signed contract is, its still very good news. This means that as of now, you can plan on SpringFest being the 7th of April (duh).

Still no word yet on Demetri, however I'd expect to have him confirmed by the end of next week.

Its important to realize that even after we have signed contracts from the talent they can still bail out of the contract up to 60, or sometimes even 30 days, before the show without any penalty. This allows them to accept an offer to be on SNL or something of the sort, however it rarely happens that this clause is invoked.

Tentative ticket prices are $12 for pre-sale associated college students and staff and $20 for community members and day of show sales.