Teen Tix exists to provide Seattle-area teenagers with access to the highest-quality arts experiences. A Teen Tix Participating Organization must therefore meet the following criteria:
- The organization must be engaged in the presentation of visual art, dance, theatre, music, literary art, film, or performance art as its primary function.
- The organization must be professional arts organization, defined as an organization that employs and pays professional artists.
- The organization must have a dedicated performance space with a capacity of at least 100.
- The organization must have a dedicated admissions office. Ticketing cannot be conducted through a third party.
- The organization must have been in existence for a minimum of three years.
- The organization must produce programming on a minimum of 50 dates per calendar year.
- The organization must not be primarily educational in focus, with the exception of college/university-level professional training programs.
- The organization must be recognized in its field for providing high-quality artistic programming.
EXCEPTIONS
Exceptions to these criteria may be made at the discretion of the Teen Tix Program Managers, especially in cases where organizations expand the cultural or artistic diversity of Teen Tix’s participating organizations, or represent unique or exceptional achievement in a particular field. Festivals, and other periodic arts-based activities that do not fit the above criteria may also be acceptable for similar reasons.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
I would like Teen Tix's help in promoting a single event. Do you do that? We generally do not promote one-off events at venues that are not Teen Tix participating organizations, with one exception: if your organization is not a Teen Tix participating organization, but you are presenting at a venue that
is one, we can most likely promote your event, provided it meets some basic criteria. Please
contact us for more information.
If we want to offer Teen Tix tickets, can't we just add a $5 ticket price to our ticketing site and call it "Teen Tix"? No. We think it's great that you want to welcome teens to your event, and, of course, your organization is at its leisure to offer whatever ticket prices you like, but please DO NOT call your youth ticket "Teen Tix" unless you have signed a formal agreement with us to become a Teen Tix participating organization. If we become aware that your organization is selling tickets using the Teen Tix brand, we'll have to ask you to stop, and then our lawyers will have to ask you to stop, and nobody wants that.
I would like Teen Tix's help promoting a non-professional arts event (such as a student musical at a high school). Do you do that? Although we know that many of our members are involved in the arts, and we would love to be able to help you promote your work, we simply don't have the resources or space to help promote all of the events that would come our way if we started doing this. As we continue to improve our online presence, we may be able to add some functionality to our website wherein Teen Tix members could submit and promote their own events.
I represent a Seattle-area organization that is not a professional arts-presenting organization, but that does work with youth. Can we form some sort of partnership? Yes! Our Community Partners are organizations that share our values and support our mission of making art accessible to young people. Please
contact us for more information about becoming a Community Partner.
I represent an organization or community outside of the Seattle area that is interested in creating something similar to Teen Tix. Can you help us get started? Absolutely. We would be glad to talk to you about what we do and how we do it. We can also offer opportunities to partner with us in a more formal consulting and/or licensing arrangement. Please
contact us for more information. Please do note that the Teen Tix brand is proprietary, and any entity using it without authorization will be formally asked to stop doing so.