Event management
One lead, planning to pack-down.
Booked.Advanced.Delivered.
From first call to curfew.
We run events and book the acts for councils, conferences, companies and festivals around New Zealand. You tell us what you need. We handle the artists, the site and the night itself.
Dunedin City Council, Live Nation and the Highlanders have hired us.
What we do
Hire us for the whole event or just the part you're stuck on.
Running the event
Site management
Site plans, build, suppliers and crew.
Production management
Stage, sound, lighting, changeovers.
Keeping it safe and on budget
Health & safety
Plans, inductions, incident response.
Risk & compliance
Risk registers, permits and licensing.
Budget management
Budgets, contracts and settlements.
The people
Talent booking & programming
One act or a full festival bill.
Artist liaison
Riders, travel and green rooms.
Stakeholder management
Council, police, venue and community.
Who we've worked with
- Dunedin City Council
- Live Nation
- Endeavour Live
- All Blacks
- Highlanders
- NZSki · Mt Hutt
- Electric Avenue
- Lincoln University Students' Association
- University of Canterbury Students' Association
- Baseline Festival
- Dunedin Venues Management
- & more
Just need an act for your event or conference?
Bands, DJs, comedians, acoustic solo acts, covers bands, headline New Zealand artists and more. Tell us your budget and the crowd. We'll come back with acts that fit, sort the contract, and look after them on the night so you don't have to.
Recent booking: All Blacks match day entertainment, 2025. DJs for 200+ people.
- Tell us the date and the crowd
- Pick from a shortlist
- We look after everything on the night
Golden Lights, Christchurch, 6 January 2023 · Event operations, site management & production management for Endeavour Live · Photo: K Frost Photography
We'll travel
Here's where we've worked so far.
22+National tours & events
9Towns & cities
2017Common People founded
Tap a town
Dunedin
FIFA Women's World Cup Fan Festival (6,000+) · Baseline Festival · All Blacks · Highlanders awards · Dunedin Venues Management · Common People concerts
A show day, start to finish
You see doors to curfew. We're there from 7am load-in, after weeks of planning you never had to think about.
- Load-in
- Line check
- Artist arrival
- Soundcheck
- Doors
- Support
- Headline
- Curfew
- Load-out
Some recent work
FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 Fan Festival
- We did
- Line-up
- Bic Runga, Ladi6, Ladyhawke, Topp Twins, Foley, Georgia Lines, Paige, Riiki Reid, Emily Alice, Mads Harrop, Melissa Partridge, The Mitchell Twins and Tina Turntables.
- Dates
- 20, 22–23 and 28–30 July 2023
Fatboy Slim & Golden Lights Festival
- Shows
- Golden Lights, Fri 6 Jan · Fatboy Slim, Fri 27 Jan · QEII Park
- Crowd
- 5,000+ at each show
- We did
Mt Hutt 50th Celebration
- We did
Planning something similar?
Get in touchWe run our own shows too
Common People puts on concerts in Ōtepoti Dunedin, and Strung Out Touring, our touring brand, takes international and local acts around the country. It keeps us close to the agents and artists you'll want to book.
Common PeopleStrung Out Touring
Acts and tours we've promoted include:
- Bright Eyes
- Home Brew
- Skegss
- The VANNS
- The Dreggs
- Vegyn
- The Rubens
- Andy C
- Lee Mvtthews
- Frank Booker
- Hospital Records
- Tiny Ruins
- C.W. Stoneking
- YT
- Unknown T
- The Pharcyde
- Little Fritter
- & more
Who you'll deal with
There are two of us. For bigger jobs we bring in production crews and specialists we've worked with for years.
Jason Schroeder
Jason has been booking and running live events since 2010, from club nights to national tours. He started Common People so event teams could get straight to the people who make shows happen.
He's also Festival Director of the Dunedin Craft Beer & Food Festival and the Auckland Craft Beer Festival, and has spent more than a decade in student events.
David Craig
Partner
Dave is an experienced production manager working across international touring, live concerts and major festivals. He currently works with artists including Crowded House and Split Enz, alongside festival production for Snow Machine in New Zealand and Japan, and promoter representative roles for Live Nation and other leading promoters.
Christchurch, 2023 · Photo: Endeavour Live
Tell us about your event
A few lines is plenty. We'll get back to you within two working days with some options that fit your budget.
Working with a council or large organisation? We'll send our insurance and health and safety documentation on request.