How House of Culture Can Make Money

Everyone understands that cultural houses are financed from the local budget. Often these funds are not enough to ensure that the cultural institution has a decent look and could attract as many visitors as possible. The question naturally arises: how can the House of Culture earn?

Rental of assembly, sports, concert and other halls

The most common form of income for the House of Culture is the rental of premises. Having a concert venue, the House of Culture can lease it to visiting theaters, circus, variety performers, receiving a percentage of the tickets sold. The percentage is negotiated individually with each tenant.

In addition to this, corporate events, conferences, seminars are possible in the walls of the House of Culture.

Hire of musical instruments, costumes, sound and lighting equipment, props, decorations

It is possible to lease not only a room, but also equipment, props, decorations, musical instruments. Moreover, the rental can be complex. For example, a visiting theater can rent from the House of Culture a room, decorations, and equipment.

Provision of musical services

Such services include recording of phonograms, arrangement of musical works. It is possible both a one-time execution of the order, and the conclusion of an agreement for ongoing cooperation with a team or organization.

Organization and holding of fairs, lotteries, auctions, trade shows

It can be both independent mass events, and the so-called "event in the event." That is, a fair or a lottery in the framework of the festival, seminar, conference, etc. Independent events can be both short-term (1-7 days), and long-term (from 1 month or more). Only an employee of the House of Culture can participate in such an event, or you can invite masters from all over the village, then invited masters will pay rent for the space provided.

Copy services

These include photocopying, scanning, printing documents and photographs. Such services are especially relevant in district cultural houses, where there are no copy centers, but there are educational institutions. This type of service involves the availability of special equipment.

Ticket Distribution Services

Cooperation between the House of Culture and local cultural institutions, such as: philharmonic society, museums, theaters, exhibition halls and others, will be beneficial.

Cultural and leisure activities for legal entities and individuals

Such events include the holding of cooperatives, anniversaries, holidays, weddings and other events.

Of course, this is not the whole list of possible types of activities with which the House of Culture can earn.

The choice of a suitable type of activity for each House of Culture is individual, it is necessary to take into account the resource base of the institution.