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.
Six clusters
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- K-04 1
Sponsorship
Selling sponsorship in Asian live entertainment — pricing, deal structures, activation, measurement.
→ Sponsorship Sales for Asian Live Events: Pricing & Decks.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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%.
- 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.