Written by Derek Manns, Co-founder & CEO, Stagehand The time is right to make real and lasting change for the...
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Backstage with Sonia Deleo
One day, when she was 11 years old, Sonia Deleo woke up with a song in her head. She scribbled a set of lyrics onto a...
Backstage with Sylvia Johnston
As the Owner/Operator of Cornerstone Music Cafe, Sylvia Johnston is never bored. Built on a strong belief in the magic...
Clean Hands, Clear Heads, Open Hearts: The Playlist
Listen on Spotify Listen on Apple Music Watch on Facebook Plans → Pandemic → Pivot If there’s one thing that we’ve learned from the recent events, it’s that the unexpected presents new opportunities. Pre-pandemic, Stagehand was in the midst of collaborating on a...
Village Voices! Week 3 – Meet the Artists
Salutations everyone! Thanks to the immensely talented Ken Stead for hosting such a beautiful round with Megan Dawson and Sonia Deleo. It was a great crowd that seemed to have grown from our first week! Again thank you to our partners and sponsors Village Brewery and...
Stay safe, we will get through this!
What a difference a few days make! A week and a half ago I left for New Orleans for a mix of business and pleasure and this week my wife and I are back in Calgary in self-isolation (we feel fine). Everyone I know has been impacted by this both...
Finding Business Value in the Arts
The idea for Stagehand initially came from the potential I saw in my three talented artist daughters and a sense of frustration that there wasn’t a better “use case” for their passion and skills. The arts are typically about beauty, expression, creativity and...
Make it easy for venues to say, “Yes!”
Part of simplifying the selection process comes from the artist. You make it easier for venues when: You have video content to watch from your profile. You have samples of your music on your profile. Your profile exudes professionalism. When it comes to venues...
Stagehand Purpose Statement
We often get the question “What does Stagehand do, exactly?” so we decided to clearly articulate our "purpose" statement and commit it to paper so it can be read, shared and best of all, understood. "Stagehand helps Organizations improve Business Results by working...
New features for venues to gather data – May 2019
We are excited to announce that on May 4th, 2019 Stagehand will deliver new functionality which will enable venues to start to track data about their events. None of this data will be available to the general public, some of it will be shared between venues and the...
You never know who you will bump into at the Calgary Airport!
Stagehand is excited to be working with the Calgary Airport and talented local artists like Devin Cooper. The YYC music program is providing earning opportunities and unique experiences like this!...
Stagehand on the Gyst Life Podcast
Derek was recently interviewed by David and Vern on the Gyst Life. It was an interesting discussion you can listen to it here! https://thegyst.podbean.com/e/48-what-is-real-community/