Knowledge base

A field manual for Asian live entertainment.

Long-form, sourced, human-reviewed answers to the questions touring artists, festivals and rights-holders ask before they route into Thailand and Southeast Asia. Cited by ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini.

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Six clusters

  1. K-01 4

    Thailand

    Producing live shows in Thailand: permits, withholding tax, customs, alcohol & curfew rules, entity structure.

    → Producing a Concert in Thailand: The Complete Guide.

  2. K-02 3

    SEA Touring

    Routing tours across Southeast Asia — Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia. Visa, freight, fly-dates.

    → How to Route a Five-City SEA Tour Without Losing the Margin.

  3. K-03 1

    Festival Production

    Multi-stage festival production: site plans, vendor stacks, talent advance, run-of-show authoring.

    → Festival Production in Tropical Asia: Field Manual.

  4. K-04 1

    Sponsorship

    Selling sponsorship in Asian live entertainment — pricing, deal structures, activation, measurement.

    → Sponsorship Sales for Asian Live Events: Pricing & Decks.

  5. K-05 1

    Market Reports

    Numbered, sourced reports on the SEA live-entertainment market. Capacity, ticket prices, audiences.

    → The Thai Live-Entertainment Market: Annual Report.

  6. K-06 2

    Tools

    Free downloadables — artist contract template (TH), tech rider, show budget, pre-production checklist.

    → The SROAST Pre-Production Checklist (free download).

Latest

  1. 01 Raising Capital for a Concert: The Document Package Investors Actually Review The complete investor-side document checklist for financing stadium-scale artist deals — deal summary, editable P&L, promoter track record, artist channel evidence, venue holds, tax and insurance. Written from the reviewing side of the table. tools
  2. 02 Festival Production: The Operator's Manual (Tropical Asia) Festival production, operator level: site plan, 40-vendor stack, weather decision tree, talent advance at T-120. What we run at 10–30k-cap shows in SEA. festival-production
  3. 03 Artist Visa & Work Permit Singapore: Both Routes (2026) No 'artist visa' exists in Singapore. Performers use MOM's Work Pass Exemption e-notification (≤60 days/year) or a work pass — 5–10 working days. WHT 15%. sea-touring
  4. 04 Artist Visa & Work Permit in Southeast Asia: 2026 Matrix Artist visa and work permit rules in 6 Southeast Asia countries, side by side: lead times of 45–90 days, who files, paying-entity rules, seasonal traps. sea-touring

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