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diff --git a/content/posts/2026/liquor-licensing-for-event-promoters/index.md b/content/posts/2026/liquor-licensing-for-event-promoters/index.md index d39690f..24cac54 100644 --- a/content/posts/2026/liquor-licensing-for-event-promoters/index.md +++ b/content/posts/2026/liquor-licensing-for-event-promoters/index.md @@ -1,17 +1,16 @@ --- title: "Liquor licensing for event promoters" -slug: liquor-licensing-for-event-promoters pubDate: 2026-04-05T20:05:11.000Z updatedDate: 2026-04-05T20:05:11.000Z draft: false excerpt: "Selling alcohol at raves without a liquor license is the single biggest legal exposure for event promoters. Every workaround has been explored, pressure-tested, and mostly rejected. Here’s the honest landscape … Read more" categories: - - { name: Guides, slug: guides } + - Guides tags: - - { name: format-guide, slug: format-guide } - - { name: legal, slug: legal } - - { name: tone-instructional, slug: tone-instructional } - - { name: venues, slug: venues } + - format-guide + - legal + - tone-instructional + - venues featured: src: https://cdn.slist.net/posts/liquor-licensing-for-event-promoters/cover.png alt: "Abstract dark glass with amber liquid on black surface"content: rewrite image URLs from slist.net/wp-content to cdn.slist.net/posts/<slug>/
diff --git a/content/posts/2026/liquor-licensing-for-event-promoters/index.md b/content/posts/2026/liquor-licensing-for-event-promoters/index.md index 302cdf0..d39690f 100644 --- a/content/posts/2026/liquor-licensing-for-event-promoters/index.md +++ b/content/posts/2026/liquor-licensing-for-event-promoters/index.md @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ tags: - { name: tone-instructional, slug: tone-instructional } - { name: venues, slug: venues } featured: - src: https://slist.net/wp-content/uploads/ai_69d2ab9bd46755.14599524.png + src: https://cdn.slist.net/posts/liquor-licensing-for-event-promoters/cover.png alt: "Abstract dark glass with amber liquid on black surface" legacy_wp_id: 16036 ---fix(web): point upload URLs at slist.net (cdn.slist.net not wired up yet)
diff --git a/content/posts/2026/liquor-licensing-for-event-promoters/index.md b/content/posts/2026/liquor-licensing-for-event-promoters/index.md index 59c3dec..302cdf0 100644 --- a/content/posts/2026/liquor-licensing-for-event-promoters/index.md +++ b/content/posts/2026/liquor-licensing-for-event-promoters/index.md @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ tags: - { name: tone-instructional, slug: tone-instructional } - { name: venues, slug: venues } featured: - src: https://cdn.slist.net/ai_69d2ab9bd46755.14599524.png + src: https://slist.net/wp-content/uploads/ai_69d2ab9bd46755.14599524.png alt: "Abstract dark glass with amber liquid on black surface" legacy_wp_id: 16036 ---feat(web): visually mirror slist.net blog (index + single post)
diff --git a/content/posts/2026/liquor-licensing-for-event-promoters/index.md b/content/posts/2026/liquor-licensing-for-event-promoters/index.md index 06de26e..59c3dec 100644 --- a/content/posts/2026/liquor-licensing-for-event-promoters/index.md +++ b/content/posts/2026/liquor-licensing-for-event-promoters/index.md @@ -4,6 +4,17 @@ slug: liquor-licensing-for-event-promoters pubDate: 2026-04-05T20:05:11.000Z updatedDate: 2026-04-05T20:05:11.000Z draft: false +excerpt: "Selling alcohol at raves without a liquor license is the single biggest legal exposure for event promoters. Every workaround has been explored, pressure-tested, and mostly rejected. Here’s the honest landscape … Read more" +categories: + - { name: Guides, slug: guides } +tags: + - { name: format-guide, slug: format-guide } + - { name: legal, slug: legal } + - { name: tone-instructional, slug: tone-instructional } + - { name: venues, slug: venues } +featured: + src: https://cdn.slist.net/ai_69d2ab9bd46755.14599524.png + alt: "Abstract dark glass with amber liquid on black surface" legacy_wp_id: 16036 --- Selling alcohol at raves without a liquor license is the single biggest legal exposure for event promoters. Every workaround has been explored, pressure-tested, and mostly rejected. Here’s the honest landscape of what works, what doesn’t, and what the actual path forward looks like.feat(web): full posts+pages sync, browseable UI, curated pages allowlist
diff --git a/content/posts/2026/liquor-licensing-for-event-promoters/index.md b/content/posts/2026/liquor-licensing-for-event-promoters/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..06de26e --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/2026/liquor-licensing-for-event-promoters/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,63 @@ +--- +title: "Liquor licensing for event promoters" +slug: liquor-licensing-for-event-promoters +pubDate: 2026-04-05T20:05:11.000Z +updatedDate: 2026-04-05T20:05:11.000Z +draft: false +legacy_wp_id: 16036 +--- +Selling alcohol at raves without a liquor license is the single biggest legal exposure for event promoters. Every workaround has been explored, pressure-tested, and mostly rejected. Here’s the honest landscape of what works, what doesn’t, and what the actual path forward looks like. + +## The core problem + +Alcohol sales at events require a liquor license. Period. Buying from Costco and selling to “friends” still counts as retail alcohol sales and requires a license. There is no informal workaround that eliminates the legal exposure if cash changes hands for drinks. + +The consequences of getting caught are real. One operation had its Square account disabled when the payment processor caught on to the drink sales — $3,300 frozen until resolution, assuming it even gets released. That’s a survivable crisis only because half the funds were withdrawn early as a hedge. + +## Option 1: partner with licensed venues + +The cleanest option and the recommended default. If the venue already has a liquor license, the bar operation runs under their license. You negotiate a bar minimum (the floor of bar revenue the venue expects) and potentially a bar split (your percentage of revenue above that minimum). + +Common structures: $4,000 bar minimum with no split (Eris). $4,000 minimum plus 20% commission on bar revenue above $6,000 (Jolene). $7,500 minimum with 10% of bar after minimum (H0l0 weekends). Venue keeps bar, promoter keeps door (Silo, Bushwick Public House). + +The downside: bar minimums you can’t hit become liabilities. At Eris with 290+ guests, the bar barely cleared $4,000 at $14.35 per head. That’s cutting it close. The venue gets their money either way — you eat the difference. +Diff truncated (70 lines total). View full commit on GitHub →
