Advancing

Also: show advancing, tour advancing, artist advancing

Advancing is the production process of confirming every operational detail with each stakeholder — artists, vendors, venues, crew — before load-in. It covers technical riders, hospitality riders, stage plots, input lists, ground transport, hotel blocks, insurance certificates, credentials, and any per-stop variances. Strong advancing reduces show-day surprise; weak advancing creates day-of fires that cost real money. In modern stacks, advancing is tracked as typed deliverables with status, owner, due date, and history — not as PDF chains in email.