Touring artists have dark nights — off-days between shows when they're in a city with nothing scheduled. Privatus turns that dead space into an 8–20 person private dinner with their most passionate fans. The fans pay for the seat. The artist gets an honorarium and a warm room full of people who know every lyric. The restaurant gets an unforgettable night and a loyal alumnus.

It isn't a meet-and-greet, and it isn't a concert. It's a dinner — with all of the hospitality conventions of a fine-dining evening — where the artist sits at the table instead of on a stage. The Fan Score makes sure the seats go to the right people; the local host keeps the room vibrant; the menu and setting make it feel like the most generous night of the fan's year.

Start with an artist's confirmed tour schedule. Flag every city where there's a night between shows — a day off in a place where the artist is physically present. Use the Restaurant Finder to see which of those cities have venues matching the artist's vibe and price tier. Cross-check the Fan Database for historical superfan density in that city (if you've run dinners before, you already know where your best audience lives).

Dashboard tools: Restaurant Finder (filter by city + capacity + price) · Fan Database (historical signups by city) · Campaigns page (existing bookings to avoid collisions).

Open the Restaurant Finder, click into a candidate venue, and tap Pitch via Email. The composer pre-fills a tailored message — artist, date, seats, and a paragraph on why this specific room is the right fit (their private dining capacity, vibe, cuisine). Send it to the events contact.

When the venue says yes, confirm F&B minimum, any private-room fees, dietary flexibility, and house rules. Save the final venue name + address into the campaign. If a pitch goes nowhere — no reply, venue declines, wrong fit — hit ✕ Remove on the restaurant card with a reason; it doesn't vanish, it just moves to the Removed list so you don't re-pitch it next tour.

Hosts are not employees. They're sourced per city — a music writer, hospitality veteran, producer, or cultural person who can emcee the evening and keep conversation flowing between strangers. Good hosts are the difference between a quiet dinner and a legendary one.

Enter their first name, last name, email, phone, and a one-line bio into the Host Assignment section of the campaign editor. That contact flows through every winner chat: when you send Send Details, guests see who's meeting them at the door and how to reach them day-of if something goes sideways.

Go to Campaigns & Forms, create the campaign, and set the basics: artist, tour, city, date, seats (8–20), price. Write the hero copy — one sentence a fan will see when they land on the form. Then customize the submission questions with the Form Builder.

The default form already has three sections — About You, Your Fandom, The Dinner. Start there and add artist-specific questions from the 76-field library: "Which album do you play most?" · "Have you ever made a cover?" · "What's your favorite lyric?" These are the questions that separate superfans from casual fans; they feed the Fan Score.

Copy the share link and hand it to the artist's team. They drop it on socials, in newsletters, on Discord servers, in fan-club emails. Applications start rolling in within hours.

Every submission lands in Fan Submissions with a Fan Score (0–100) — a weighted read on form completeness, years as a fan, shows attended, fan-club membership, and the detail and passion of their voluntary write-ins. Sort by score, filter by the fan's home city, or search for specific story keywords.

The score is a starting point, not a verdict. Click View on any submission to read their full story, the song that matters most to them, and what they'd want to say at the table. You're curating the chemistry of the room — a 95-score fan who is all-facts may be less valuable than an 82-score fan with a story that breaks your heart. Promote the ones you want (they move to Winners); decline the ones you don't (they move to Declined — still there, not deleted).

Every winner gets their own thread in Winners & Chat. You never leave the dashboard. The quick-send buttons do most of the work:

• Send Details — auto-fills date, venue, full address, Google Maps link, restaurant website, arrival window, dinner time, dress code, host name + phone, and the house rules.
• Share Restaurant — sends the restaurant's name, neighborhood, vibe paragraph, and why it's a fit, straight from the Restaurant Finder record.
• Share Host — introduces the local host by name and gives the guest a direct line for day-of logistics.
• Ask Dietary — confirms any allergies or restrictions so the kitchen can adjust.
• Send Reminder — a 48-hour nudge with the critical logistics re-stated.

Night-of: host arrives 30 min early. Guests arrive in the arrival window. Artist joins after course 2 (per our standard rules). No photography of the artist unless they initiate. One group photo at the end. The host moderates the conversation; you can be in the room or not.

Next morning, head to Financials (P&L). Pick the campaign. Enter actual seats sold × price, the venue's F&B minimum, host fee, any artist honorarium, gifts, and photography. Three lines calculate themselves: Company take (Privatus) — 20% of gross, Restaurant service & gratuity — 20% of F&B, and Payment processing — 3% of gross. Gross / Expenses / Net / Margin update live as you type.

Click ✓ Finalize & Close Campaign. This locks the P&L, marks the campaign ended, archives every fan submission permanently to the Fan Database, and moves winner chats to the Archived folder. The database record is permanent — those fans are yours forever, searchable by city, outcome, or score, whether or not the campaign still exists. That's the compounding asset of the business.

Send a thank-you message from the archived chat to each winner within 48 hours. The night isn't over until they feel seen.

Every dinner is its own small business. The P&L is structured so three lines calculate automatically from the gross and the F&B minimum — everything else is event-specific and entered by hand.

The long-term compounding asset isn't the margin on any one night — it's the Fan Database. Every dinner grows a catalogue of verified superfans. Over time, future campaigns cross-reference this database to find returning names, reward repeat attendance, and build pre-vetted lists.

• The artist feels served, not worked. They're paid a real honorarium, fed real food, not photographed to death, and given room to be a person off-stage.
• Fans feel chosen. The value prop is that they earned the seat. The Fan Score, the curation, the personal intro message — that's why the experience commands its price.
• The room is small enough for intimacy. Never more than 20. Twelve to fourteen is the sweet spot — everyone can hear everyone.
• The host carries the room, not you. You handle logistics and the P&L. The host handles conversation, pacing, and making sure the quiet person gets a moment to speak.
• Discretion is the whole product. No photography of the artist unless they initiate. No social posts about the night until 48 hours after. Word-of-mouth sells the next dinner; spoilers kill it.
• The restaurant leaves happy. They hit their F&B minimum, they get a world-class guest list for one night, and you leave a glowing thank-you. They'll remember the next time you call.