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“Draft” in Soundcheck refers to the event-level Draft state: the whole gig is still being prepared and has not gone live. This page covers draft gigs and how crew invitations fit once a gig is active.

Draft gigs

A draft gig isn’t live yet. Because a draft doesn’t send invitations or notifications on its own, it’s the safe place to work while details are still moving. Use a draft when:
  • Date, time, or venue aren’t confirmed
  • You created the gig from a template and want to review what copied over
  • Crew, pay, tasks, or setlists aren’t ready
  • You don’t want anything reaching the team yet
The create-gig form makes an Active gig. Draft gigs come primarily from templates and from plans built from a brief. Using a template creates a new draft for you to review before publishing. A draft created from a plan also lists the decisions you left open, on its Overview, until you resolve or dismiss them.

Publish a gig

1

Open the draft

Review its details, team, tasks, and payments.
2

Set it to Active

From the status pill in the gig header, choose Set to Active.
3

Confirm

Publishing sends invites and notifies your team, so Soundcheck confirms first. It’s a one-way step. An active gig can’t return to Draft.
After publishing, the full set of active-gig workflows (invitations, notifications, and the rest) become available.
Publishing is irreversible: a gig can’t go back to Draft once it’s Active. Make sure the lineup and details are right before you set it live.

Staffing an active gig

Once a gig is Active, staff it from the Team section: Build team → Manage Team → add people and positions → Continue → Review & send invites → Save & Send. Full detail is in building teams.
Publishing a draft gig to Active does not, by itself, send every possible notification. Use Save & Send from Manage Team when you are ready for crew to receive invitations.

Event lifecycle

Draft, Active, and every other state.

Templates and duplication

Where most draft gigs come from.

Building teams

Manage Team flow and sending invitations.