Associate Booker & Touring Coordinator

Comedy Bar - Toronto, ON

Role Overview The Associate Booker & Touring Coordinator will develop and execute touring opportunities for Comedy Bar talent and productions. The role combines programming tour planning, logistics, budgeting, and marketing coordination.

Key Responsibilities

Touring & Live Events

- Source and coordinate venues for touring acts across Canada
- Develop and maintain relationships with venues, promoters, and other industry partners
- Build tour budgets and assess the financial viability of potential dates and tours
- Coordinate routing and scheduling of touring dates
- Coordinate talent travel, accommodations, ground transportation, and other logistical requirements
- Coordinate support acts and local talent where required
- Communicate with venues and talent throughout the planning and execution of each engagement
- Track ticket sales and performance of touring dates
- Work with the marketing team to develop targeted marketing strategies for individual markets and shows
- Travel to touring engagements when required
- Assist with show-day coordination and troubleshooting as necessary

Booking & Talent Development

- Identify comedians, shows, and concepts with the potential to grow beyond the local market
- Help identify successful touring programming
- Maintain awareness of emerging comedy talent and programming trends
- Build and maintain relationships with comedians, agents, managers, producers, and other industry contacts
- Assist senior programming staff with booking and programming decisions

Planning & Administration

- Prepare and maintain tour budgets,



schedules, itineraries, and related documentation
- Track expenses and financial performance of touring engagements
- Maintain accurate booking and talent information
- Coordinate internally with programming, marketing, operations, and finance
- Assist with post-tour/show reporting and performance analysis

Qualifications & Skills

- Strong organizational and project-management skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Comfortable managing multiple shows, talent relationships, deadlines, and logistics simultaneously
- Strong budgeting and basic financial-analysis skills

Good understanding of live entertainment and the Canadian & International comedy markets
- Ability to identify talent and programming with commercial potential
- Comfortable working evenings and weekends when required
- Willing and able to travel for shows when necessary
- Valid driver's license and access to a vehicle is an asset
- Previous experience in comedy, live entertainment, booking, touring, talent management, or event production is an asset

Compensation

- Salary: 55,000 CAD
- Bonus: based on revenue goal targets.
- Vacation: 2 Weeks PTO

Employment Details

- Full-time
- Toronto-based
- Hybrid/in-office expectations: Variable
- Evening/weekend work and travel required periodically
- Reports to: CCO

Pay: $55,000.00 per year

Advantages

- Casual dress
- Flexible schedule
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- Work from home

Education:
- Secondary School (required)

Language:
- English (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Toronto, ON (Toronto District)

📌 Associate Booker & Touring Coordinator (Toronto)
🏢 Comedy Bar
📍 Toronto