Built for orchestras, opera houses, festivals & conservatories
Sell tickets like
the curtain just rose.
7% + $0.99 per order, all-in. Subscribers pay 5%. Your org keeps 100% of every ticket price the buyer pays — the fee is added on top, never taken out.
3,832
indexed music orgs
140
org countries
634
indexed events
$0
setup fee
5-minute setup
Claim your org, post an event, add ticket types, share the link. The first sale covers the time you didn't spend.
Built for music
Performers, programs, multi-day festivals, masterclasses. Eventbrite treats your symphony like a stand-up comedy club. We don't.
Your earnings, settled to you
Payments are processed through Airwallex with no marketplace withholding. Cadenza settles your net earnings to your organization.
Run your numbers
See exactly what you'd earn.
Drag the sliders to your real-world numbers. The pricing math runs live — same calculation that fires when an actual buyer hits checkout.
Your projected earnings
20
1100
150
102,000
$35
$5$150
On Cadenza Free
$105,000
your annual revenue, your full price
Buyer service fees$10,320
Rate7% + $0.99
With subscription
Same revenue, lower buyer fees
$105,000
unchanged — fees come off the buyer side
Buyer service fees$8,220
Rate5% + $0.99
Subscriber discount on buyer fees
−$2,100per year
Your buyers pay $2,100 less in service fees when you subscribe — at zero cost to your organization. Founding Pass costs $900/yr.
Transparent pricing
Two rates. Both honest.
Subscribe to any paid Cadenza tier and you cut your buyers' service fee by 2 percentage points on every ticket. The math: an org doing $50K/yr in tickets saves $1,000/yr — the Founding Pass pays for itself.
FREE / unclaimed orgs
7%+ $0.99
per order, all-in
- Unlimited events & ticket types
- Free events are completely free to host
- Airwallex payment processing included
- Calendar feeds + Google Events indexing
Save 2% on every ticket
Active paid tier
5%+ $0.99
per order, for every paid tier
- Everything in the free tier
- Option to feature events on /events ($49 per event, 14 days)
- Claimed/verified profile signal where applicable
- Full analytics — sell-through per ticket type
Cadenza vs Eventbrite
Total fee charged to the buyer at checkout. Lower is better.
| Ticket price | Cadenza fee | Eventbrite fee | You save |
|---|---|---|---|
| $10.00 | $1.69 | $2.45 | −$0.76 |
| $25.00 | $2.74 | $3.44 | −$0.70 |
| $50.00 | $4.49 | $5.09 | −$0.60 |
| $100.00 | $7.99 | $8.39 | −$0.40 |
| $200.00 | $14.99 | $14.99 | +$0.00 |
Eventbrite Professional all-in: 3.7% + $1.79 service fee + 2.9% payment processing. Cadenza is all-in — payment processing is inside the 7% + $0.99 (or 5% + $0.99 for subscribers).
What's included
Built for music, not generic events.
Eventbrite treats your symphony like a stand-up comedy club. Cadenza understands programs, performers, and the music audience already discovering public listings, events, and reporting.
Multi-day events
Festivals, residencies, summer intensives — all supported. Each ticket type can have its own sales window.
Calendar feeds & Google Events
Every event auto-publishes JSON-LD for Google indexing and ships an iCal feed buyers can subscribe to.
Multiple ticket types
General, VIP, Student, Donor, Member-only. Each with its own quantity, price, and sales window.
Sold-count analytics
See your sell-through rate per ticket type in real-time. Feature any event on /events for $49 per 14 days.
Earnings settled to you
Cadenza processes payments through Airwallex with no marketplace withholding, then settles your net earnings to your organization.
Audience already on-platform
Cadenza indexes 3,832 music organizations across 140 countries, with public listings, events, and reporting surfaces discoverable from day one.
Donations at checkout
Optional — let buyers add a donation to their ticket purchase. You receive 100% minus 5% processing. Most donors give $10–25.
Subscription series (NEW)
Bundle 4–10 events into a season package. Sell “All 8 Friday concerts for $480” in one transaction. Classical-music wedge feature — see the org dashboard's Subscription Series tab.
Live in three steps.
- 1
Claim your free profile
Your organization page goes live in minutes — no card, no setup fee.
- 2
Build the event
Add ticket types (reserved seats or GA), set prices, add promo codes, comps, and donations.
- 3
Sell and scan
Share the link, take payments, and check guests in at the door from any phone. Net proceeds settle to you.
Frequently asked
- Who pays the service fee?
- The buyer, on top of your ticket price. Your organization keeps 100% of the price you list — the fee is added on top, never taken out.
- When do I get paid?
- Your earnings are tracked in your dashboard, and Cadenza settles your net proceeds to your organization through Airwallex. We set up your payout details with you.
- Do you support free events?
- Yes. Free events are completely free to host on Cadenza — no service fee applies. Use the same RSVP flow with a $0 ticket type.
- Can I keep using my existing box office?
- Yes. Every event has a single “External ticket URL” field — set it to your existing box office and the public page links there instead. Use Cadenza for some events, your existing system for others.
- What about refunds?
- You can issue refunds from the order-management dashboard. Both the ticket price and the buyer’s service fee are refunded — Cadenza absorbs the payment-processing cost on a refund, same as every other ticketing platform.
- Can I see this in action before signing up?
- Browse the public events page — every event you see is hosted on the same infrastructure you’d use.
Your next concert pays for itself in 30 seconds.
Set up an event, add ticket types, share the link. The first sale covers the setup time you didn't spend.