Help & Guides

Getting started with ArtistHQ

What ArtistHQ does and the first few things to set up.

Search & keyboard shortcuts

How to use the command palette and the / shortcut to search and jump around ArtistHQ fast.

Plan a tour, from first hold to settlement

A step-by-step playbook for running a whole tour in ArtistHQ — from adding shows and grouping them, through advancing, crew, budget, and settlement, to exporting your dates to a calendar.

Settlement night: a quick checklist

A repeatable end-of-night routine for settling a show: confirm the deal, count merch, log the gross, enter deductions, record your net, and pay the crew.

Prep a release rollout

A step-by-step playbook for taking a release from idea to out — tracklist, splits, rollout timeline, and the royalty CSV your PRO needs.

Managing your shows

The show pipeline, advancing, day sheets, setlists, and tours.

Tracking income & expenses

Logging money, settlements, multi-currency, and reports.

Merch & inventory

How to track merch products, manage stock, sell at shows, and read your sales analytics.

Releases & royalty export

How releases track a project from writing to released, where to record songwriter splits, and how to export your performed setlists as a royalty CSV for PRO reporting.

Contacts & crew

How Contacts keeps the people around your band one click away, and how Crew tracks who works your shows and what they're paid.

Gear & packing lists

Keep an inventory of your equipment and build packing lists so nothing gets left behind.

Documents & sharing

How to store and organise files, generate documents from your show data, and share them with a secure link.

Staying on top of tasks

How to use the Tasks board to track band admin, with statuses, priorities, due dates, and links to related shows or releases.

Calendar & timezones

How the Calendar pulls everything into one view, how venue timezones work, and how to export an .ics file to Google or Apple Calendar.

Plans, billing & cancellation

Tiers, how billing works, changing plans, and cancelling.

Plan limits & storage

What each plan lets you store, the Free tier caps, and where to check your usage.

Inviting your band & roles

How to invite people to your workspace, what each role can do, and why being on the team isn't the same as being a band member.

Exporting & deleting your data

How to export your data as CSV and how account deletion works.

Common issues

Quick fixes for sign-in trouble, rejected uploads, "couldn't save" errors, and past-due payments.