Describe your open mic, available slots, and house rules. Makeform creates a sign-up form for performer contacts, act details, set length, equipment needs, and time preferences.
Send sign-ups to Slack, Google Sheets, and Zapier.
Sample prompts for the builder
Choose a prompt, adapt it to your stage, or send it to the builder. Edit every example before publishing.
Audience
Singers, poets, comics, and storytellers
Format
Short form with preferred slot and act details
Prompt size
253 chars
Example form structure
Short form with preferred slot and act details
Performer name and contact details
What kind of act will you perform?
Describe your act and set length
Choose first and second slot preferences
Equipment or backing-track needs
Suggested routing tags
Confirmed slots
Waitlist
Tech check needed
Ask for act length and changeover needs separately. A short song can still require time to place equipment or connect a track.
Step 1
Apply
performer, act, length, and contact
Step 2
Schedule
preferred slot checked against availability
Step 3
Prepare
tech needs and arrival details shared
Step 4
Perform
running order ready for the host
Why use a sign-up form
Comments collect names but miss set lengths, slot conflicts, and equipment needs. A structured form gives the host one usable roster.
Require act type, duration, lineup size, and a description so the host can schedule and introduce each performer.
Collect two choices plus waitlist availability so the host can resolve clashes.
Microphones, inputs, instruments, accessibility requests, and backing tracks stay attached to each performer's submission.
Made for the room
Choose a format, then customize slots, limits, equipment, and instructions.
Route music, comedy, poetry, and dance through tailored questions.
Collect set choices, a host introduction, and content notes.
Ask about lineup, instruments, inputs, microphones, amps, and tracks.
Use conditional guardian, accessibility, group-size, and arrival fields.
Open mic workflow
Turn stage constraints into a form and keep scheduling details together.
Provide the date, venue, act types, slots, set length, and available equipment.
Add real time choices, rules, tech checklists, and conditional questions.
Publish the link and send responses to the host or shared roster.
Resolve choices, flag complex setups, assign times, and organize the waitlist.
Form vs messages vs paper
Informal methods scatter show details. A generated form makes every request consistent.
Field guide
Capture what schedules an act, prepares the stage, and reaches the performer.
Performer identity
Separate contact details from the stage name. For groups, collect a lead and lineup size.
Act profile
Act details help balance the show. A submitted introduction gives the host accurate wording.
Timing
Capture set and changeover length with two slot preferences to resolve conflicts.
Technical setup
List equipment the venue supports, allow unusual setup notes, and request a playable backing-track link.
Access and logistics
Collect practical access requests. State call time, check-in point, loading guidance, and a show-day contact.
Rules and confirmation
Show set limits, conduct rules, recording notices, and cancellation instructions before acknowledgment.
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Open toolFAQ
Practical answers for hosts turning performer interest into a timed running order.
It is an intake form performers use to request a lineup spot. It captures contact, stage name, act type, duration, slot preferences, technical needs, and event-rule acknowledgment in consistent records.
Include performer and stage name, contact, act category, description, set length, two slot preferences, lineup size, and equipment needs. Add backing tracks, access requests, waitlist choice, or guardian details when relevant.
Offer real slots and ask for first and second choices plus waitlist availability. Review requests before confirming them; a preference field alone does not prevent duplicate choices.
Yes. Use conditional sections. Musicians can answer equipment and backing-track questions; comics or poets can receive set-length, introduction, and content-note prompts. Shared contact and scheduling fields stay visible to everyone.
Reserve part of the running order for walk-ins. Collect waitlist consent and contact details. If someone cancels, the host already has a replacement act's length, needs, and availability.
Yes. Makeform is unlimited free for creating, editing, publishing, and collecting responses. The paid tier removes the Makeform badge; it does not unlock a response allowance that the free plan lacks.
Yes. Request a shareable track link and let performers select supported microphones, inputs, stands, or amps. Provide a notes field for unusual setups, and clarify that requests require host confirmation.
Responses arrive in the Makeform inbox and can route to Google Sheets, Slack, or Zapier. Keep each submission connected to its assigned slot so the team can find contact and setup notes.
Turn interest into a running order.
