Brown's Mart Community Arts has long seen the usefulness of a tool such as this. With so many independent producers around, including community groups staging events, musicians putting on gigs and young people getting the ‘producing bug’, this guide is a handy tool providing both detailed information and handy checklists.

This guide has been designed for individuals and groups who wish to produce their own events, but don’t necessarily know everything there is to know about doing this. It should make the job of producing easier and provide a better result with less headaches!

This is not a definitive guide, but a series of documents to get you going. We have endeavoured to create an informal document with lots of checklists, guides and tips, rather than loads of text. There are also examples included that can be copied for your event.

The guide is not artform-specific although some information is peculiar to a type of event. Most of the information is applicable to a large range of scenarios and production types.

Since it is available online, feedback can be incorporated in updated versions, so please let us know if you find a gap or think something is erroneous. Feedback on how useful The Guide is for you would be welcomed too.

Finally, Brown’s Mart wishes to acknowledge the valuable contribution of Jane Tonkin and Beryl Brugman, without whom, The Guide would never have been produced.