Can I run ticketing for my venue from my phone?

Everything before the show, yes — the native iOS app covers taking the booking request, confirming the date, advancing the show with the band, and publishing and managing the ticket page. It stops at the door: no scanning, no on-site box office. Eventbrite's organizer app is strong for exactly that door-side work, but it does not model booking or advancing at all, so that half happens elsewhere. On Android or a desktop, BANDANA is a full web app with the same features minus offline reading.

What is the cheapest way to sell tickets for a small show?

Keep the platform's cut flat rather than a percentage. BANDANA tix charges a flat 25 cents per ticket plus Stripe's processing rate, so a five-dollar ticket does not lose a percentage cut on top.

Do I need my own Stripe account?

Yes. Venues connect their own Stripe account and receive ticket revenue directly. You don't need your platform to be a middle man.

Can I use BANDANA tix now?

Yes — any venue can activate BANDANA tix, connect Stripe, and start selling.

Comparison

BANDANA tix vs Eventbrite for small venues

Reviewed August 2026

BANDANA tix is available to any venue today. Booking, advancing, and the rest of BANDANA are free and open too.

Want help getting set up?

Eventbrite is a general-purpose event ticketing platform used across every kind of event, and it charges service fees per ticket — check their current fee schedule for exact rates. BANDANA tix is built specifically for independent music rooms. It charges a flat 25 cents per ticket to BANDANA plus Stripe's standard processing rate, with funds landing directly in the venue's own Stripe account. The ticket page is assembled from the bios and photos the bands already submitted during the advance. Their mobile apps point at different halves of the job. Eventbrite's organizer app starts at the door on show night, for check-in and door sales. BANDANA's native iOS app covers everything in the months before it: the booking request, the confirmation, the advance with the band, and the ticket page. BANDANA stops where they start: no door scanning, no on-site box office. On Android and desktop, BANDANA runs as a full web app that does everything the iOS app does except offline reading.

BANDANA dashboard on a phone listing a band and a venue the same person runs — One dashboard for every band you play in and every room you run.

A BANDANA gig advance page showing set times, backline and band details — One advance page the venue and every band on the bill share.

A venue booking calendar in BANDANA with open and closed dates marked — One shared calendar with the dates you are actually taking requests on.

Incoming band booking requests listed for a venue in BANDANA — Requests arrive in one queue instead of five inboxes.

A venue's public BANDANA booking form embedded on a website — The request form, embedded on your own site and styled like your room.

A venue's upcoming shows calendar embedded on its own website — Your upcoming shows on your site, dropping off after the show's day ends.

Recurring open mic and jam sessions listed for a venue in BANDANA — Recurring open mic and jam nights generate themselves week to week.

Editing a BANDANA tix ticket page with a hero image and rich text description — Build the ticket page visually, using what bands already submitted.

A live public BANDANA tix ticket page styled with a venue's colors — The public page carries your venue's colors and fonts.

A fan buying a ticket in BANDANA tix with pricing and fees shown — Checkout shows the price and fees plainly before anyone pays.

A venue's upcoming ticketed shows with sales counts in BANDANA — Upcoming and past ticketed shows with sales counts in one list.

Public page styling card in a venue's Info tab with background, accent, and font choices — Pick the background, accent color, and fonts your public pages and embeds use.

What Eventbrite focuses on

A general event ticketing marketplace serving every event category at scale, with an organizer app focused on event-day operations.

BANDANA and Eventbrite, side by side

Competitor details below are from their own public pages, checked August 2026. Pricing changes — confirm on their site before you decide. Eventbrite pricing

Running it from a phone: BANDANANative iOS app for everything before the show: take the request, confirm the date, advance with the band, publish the ticket page. Not the door — no scanning or box office.; EventbriteOrganizer app for check-in, ticket scanning, and live sales; booking and advancing are not part of the product
Android and desktop: BANDANAFull web app, everything the iOS app does except offline reading; EventbriteOrganizer app on iOS and Android, plus the full organizer site in any browser
BANDANA's platform fee: BANDANA25 cents flat per ticket; EventbriteA service fee plus payment processing per paid ticket; free events carry no ticketing fee
Payment processing: BANDANAStripe's standard rate, charged by Stripe; EventbritePayment processing is bundled into their ticketing fee
Where the money lands: BANDANAYour own connected Stripe account; EventbritePayout method is not stated on their pricing page
Who absorbs fees: BANDANAYour choice per ticket — absorb or pass to the buyer; EventbriteSame choice: absorb the fee or pass it to attendees
Building the page: BANDANAVisual editor pre-filled from the gig advance; EventbriteEvent builder, filled in by you; no band-side advance to draw from
On your website: BANDANAEmbeddable single-ticket and full event calendar widgets; EventbriteEmbeddable checkout and event widgets
Availability: BANDANAGenerally available — any venue can activate ticketing, and booking and advancing are free; EventbriteGenerally available, self-serve for anyone today

What you get	BANDANA	Eventbrite
Running it from a phone	Native iOS app for everything before the show: take the request, confirm the date, advance with the band, publish the ticket page. Not the door — no scanning or box office.	Organizer app for check-in, ticket scanning, and live sales; booking and advancing are not part of the product
Android and desktop	Full web app, everything the iOS app does except offline reading	Organizer app on iOS and Android, plus the full organizer site in any browser
BANDANA's platform fee	25 cents flat per ticket	A service fee plus payment processing per paid ticket; free events carry no ticketing fee
Payment processing	Stripe's standard rate, charged by Stripe	Payment processing is bundled into their ticketing fee
Where the money lands	Your own connected Stripe account	Payout method is not stated on their pricing page
Who absorbs fees	Your choice per ticket — absorb or pass to the buyer	Same choice: absorb the fee or pass it to attendees
Building the page	Visual editor pre-filled from the gig advance	Event builder, filled in by you; no band-side advance to draw from
On your website	Embeddable single-ticket and full event calendar widgets	Embeddable checkout and event widgets
Availability	Generally available — any venue can activate ticketing, and booking and advancing are free	Generally available, self-serve for anyone today

Choose Eventbrite if

You want a public marketplace putting your event in front of a broad audience
You run many non-music events and need one platform across all of them

Choose BANDANA if

Your ticket prices are low enough that percentage fees hurt
You already run your booking and advances in BANDANA
You want the show page to look like your room, embedded on your own site
You want to confirm a date and build the ticket page from your phone, not just scan at the door

Common questions

Can I run ticketing for my venue from my phone?: Everything before the show, yes — the native iOS app covers taking the booking request, confirming the date, advancing the show with the band, and publishing and managing the ticket page. It stops at the door: no scanning, no on-site box office. Eventbrite's organizer app is strong for exactly that door-side work, but it does not model booking or advancing at all, so that half happens elsewhere. On Android or a desktop, BANDANA is a full web app with the same features minus offline reading.
What is the cheapest way to sell tickets for a small show?: Keep the platform's cut flat rather than a percentage. BANDANA tix charges a flat 25 cents per ticket plus Stripe's processing rate, so a five-dollar ticket does not lose a percentage cut on top.
Do I need my own Stripe account?: Yes. Venues connect their own Stripe account and receive ticket revenue directly. You don't need your platform to be a middle man.
Can I use BANDANA tix now?: Yes — any venue can activate BANDANA tix, connect Stripe, and start selling.

TWENTY-FIVE CENTS A TICKET. THAT'S THE FEE.

Against a percentage fee the flat 25 cents is the easy half to compare, and the workflow behind it is the other half.

No contract, no sales call, and one number you can agree on before you sell a ticket.