Tour Manager

Duties and responsibilities:

They are responsible for organizing events for artists or musical groups. The tour manager handles financial. They give information on the cost of tickets, and they are responsible for calculating the cost of lights, cameras, sound, and other equipment that will be needed. To add on, it is their job to contact promoters to be able to give out the correct information out. A daily thing that they have to do is buy food for the after show, make sure to book hotel rooms, travel with the artist on tour, making sure that they venue where the performance will be at is ready to go, and they need to make sure that they order supplies that may be needed such as drums, guitars, and guitar strings. Some of the skills that you need to have are good listening skills, problem solving skills, communication skills, and they must have creativity. As you can see, these are just some of the things that a tour manager has to do on the daily, but there are many more things that they need to do.  

Salary: $55,199

Education: It is recommended to have a bachelor’s degree. To add on, you must have experience.

Demand or need for this career: Growing 9% from 2014-2024.

Reflection: Do you think you would like to be one? Why? Why not?

I would like to be a tour manager. The reason why is because it is something that i would really enjoy to do. I would enjoy being able to travel, and going many places. To add on, i would love to be able to organize concerts and events. This is why I would like to be a tour manager.