Built by a working gigging musician
You played the show.
Now chase the money.
ShowLedger takes over the moment a gig is confirmed: guarantees and door splits tracked per show, expenses logged from the van, and a tour P&L that tells you — before the last load-out — whether this run actually made money.
Midwest run · 11 shows
1 in 4
gigs paid late or short
Independent artists routinely report door deals and guarantees that arrive weeks after the show — or not at all.
6 hrs
of admin per tour week
Spreadsheets, texts with promoters, receipt photos and Venmo splits eat an entire day off every run.
$1,900
average leakage per 12-show run
Unclaimed guarantees, untracked fuel and merch cash are the difference between breaking even and going home up.
How it works
Three steps between load-in and getting paid
Drop in the confirmed dates
Add the show, the venue, the promoter and the deal — guarantee, door split, or versus. Two minutes per date, or paste a whole routing at once.
Track the money as the run happens
Deposits land, receipts pile up, merch sells. Mark it off from your phone in the van; ShowLedger keeps the running balance for every show.
Settle and pay out without the argument
Chase the outstanding payments in one list, split the net by member share, and close the tour with a P&L you can hand to an accountant.
The whole run, handled
Booking apps stop when the contract is signed. That's where the work starts.
ShowLedger is the operations layer for everything after "you're confirmed" — money, paperwork, logistics and merch, in the order a touring act actually needs them.
Every show, one advance sheet
Load-in, soundcheck, set time, venue contact, promoter, deal type. No more scrolling four months of DMs at 4pm on show day.
Know exactly who still owes you
Expected, received and outstanding per show. Deposits, door splits and bonus thresholds tracked so nothing quietly disappears.
Log the van receipt in 10 seconds
Fuel, motels, gear rental, strings, tolls. Snap it, tag it to a show, and it lands in the tour books automatically.
A P&L you'll actually read
Per show and per tour: income in, costs out, net per member. Decide mid-run whether that Tuesday in Fargo is worth the drive.
Riders that don't get lost
Build your tech spec and hospitality rider once, send a live link to any promoter, and update it without re-emailing a PDF.
Contracts filed where you'll find them
Signed offers, invoices and W-9s stored per show — pull up the agreed guarantee while you're standing in the office.
Payments reconcile themselves
Connect your bank or Stripe and incoming payouts match to the right show automatically. Stop cross-referencing statements.
Split the night, not the friendship
Set member shares, deduct shared costs first, and pay everyone out with a record that ends the after-show maths argument.
Routing that respects the drive
Mileage and drive time between dates, flagged when a routing gap is going to cost more in fuel than the gig pays.
Merch counted in and out
Opening counts, nightly sales, cash vs card, restocks. The most profitable table on tour finally has real numbers.
From the van
Acts that stopped guessing what a tour made
"Two promoters owed us $1,400 from a spring run and we genuinely didn't notice until we opened ShowLedger. Both invoices went out that night, both paid inside a week."
Alex Moreno
Bassist & tour manager, four-piece indie rock band (18-date regional runs)
"I used to do tour maths on a napkin at 2am. Now I know the net per member before we've left the parking lot, and nobody has to trust my memory."
Sarah Keane
Solo folk artist, 60+ DIY shows a year
"We cut two dates from a routing because ShowLedger showed the fuel and motel cost more than the guarantee. That decision alone paid for the year."
Jordan Reyes
Guitarist, three-piece punk act touring the Southeast
Pricing
Less than one tank of gas a month
14 days free, no card up front. If it doesn't find you more than $20 on your next run, cancel it.
Starter
Solo artists and duos who just need the money straight.
$15 /month
- Show/gig list with key dates, venue, promoter
- Payment tracking (expected, received, outstanding) per show
- Basic expense tracking (travel, accommodation, gear rental)
- Simple P&L report for a single tour or timeframe
Pro
Bands of 2–6 running 5–25 date regional tours.
$20 /month
- Show/gig list with key dates, venue, promoter
- Payment tracking (expected, received, outstanding) per show
- Basic expense tracking (travel, accommodation, gear rental)
- Simple P&L report for a single tour or timeframe
- Digital rider / technical spec sheet management
- Document storage (contracts, invoices)
- Bank account / Stripe integration for automatic reconciliation
- Split payments and member payouts
- Route optimization (basic mileage tracking)
- Merch inventory and sales tracking
Straight answers
The objections we hear at load-in
Your next run can be the first one you actually understand.
Set up your tour in an afternoon. Know where every dollar went by the last load-out.