OUR SETUP:
Zach & Maggie designed a modular show that fits many venues. Smaller intimate venues often require them to come as a duo, and larger venues lend themselves to a larger sound, thus adding drums, bass, and/or keys will bring more energy, and also more cost.
VENUE:
When choosing a venue, the Zach & Maggie show does best in places that encourage a listening audience as opposed to background music. The key elements needed are stage-facing seats in a quiet space, quality sound, and stage-focused lighting if possible. We have a small sound system suitable for an audience of up to 150 that is possible to bring when driving (not available for fly dates). So that should open up some options for more unique spaces. Currently our crowds average 30-100, but they have been steadily growing with some events with great promotors reaching 250+ for a ticketed show.
HOUSE CONCERT:
The best advantage of a house concert is the intimate packed living room creates a beautiful sense of connection and community. It's not required to have a large space. Just enough for the two of us, a small sound system, and the community you want to invite into your home. The average House Concert attendance is 30-40 people but we've done smaller before (and bigger) :) Some hosts prefer a private concert for friends, and others prefer to open it to the "public" so our fans in the area can attend as well.
The host of the house concert provides lodging with either a spare room + bathroom in their own home or a local hotel depending on costs and available space.
SHOW FINANCES:
For an acoustic duo house concert, we aim to make a minimum of $1000 plus any unique travel costs (e.g. lodging, routing). Some hosts pay the full rate outright, but others request donations or "tickets" from attendees to offset the cost. In that case, we ask for the host to guarantee at least $1000, and then the tickets/suggested donations work against that guarantee. Usually, the donations earn more than the guarantee for small house concerts meaning the host only had to invest their time and no costs.
CHURCH CONCERT
Churches love our decades-long connection with Getty Music. Though we don’t play an evangelistic-style show, the churches that have hosted us have said our show is a "wonderful choice for a church to host a community or congregational family night where laughs, stories, and music allow them to share some relaxing fun as one body."
TALK & PLAY
Zach & Maggie are regularly asked to talk and play music for high school and college students of all types. The talks have ranged from an overview of Nashville session musician life to techniques in folk-style blending and instrument-specific workshops. Christian schools enjoy drawing from our experience in worship-leading and hymn-arranging concepts as well. For schools that have a chapel service, we often assist in the music for that event. After the day’s events, we finish with an evening concert for the students.