On: Why you can't Kickstart a conference

[Tomte]

Unless you're dancers who are famously stingy and usually order one drink a night, often water.

[binarysolo → Tomte]

Are you a social dancer? :D Salsa dancer for over a decade and event (Congress/social) organizer for a few... I know exactly what you're talking about!

PS - the issue is that many social dancers want to dance over being social, and alcohol detracts from it. People have jobs and want to pay to contribute. We ended up settling on a cover charge that comes with food credit so people can booze up if desired, and buy water/snacks if not. Win-win.

[dcminter → Tomte]

I had some success running a dance night in a cafe. Turns out dancers will pay for cake!

[nicbou → Tomte]

Dancers?

[Tomte → nicbou]

Let me be more precise: Swing, Tango Argentina etc.

They all need bars to dance. They all use the same argument. And quite often they are politely asked to find somewhere else after a few months.

[Lacerda69 → Tomte]

Can also be the techno crowd - just pop an ectasy pill and drink water all night. One more reason why techno clubs often have high entry fees.