Welcome!
It's been such a tough two years, but hopefully "normality" is slowly returning.
Shows for Schools brings you a new audience. It's the only national database of events for schools. Sophisticated searching brings marketing to schools into the 21st Century.
Teachers booked more than 139,000 students into our events, in 20. Bookings were booming in 2020 - over 46,500 were booked in by March and, after a drought of 3 months, we're now up to over 70,000 . We hope they'll all get to those events somehow this year, whether in person or digitally. Let us know of any updates to your listings.
We also know alot of teachers click through to your websites, too. So the number of bookings through us is actually much greater!
Get your events on so our teachers can find you and book.
SFS strongly markets your shows to schools. Our success is your success!
You can also advertise with us
"We were very happy with the outcomes – brilliant reviews and loads of ecstatic feedback from the audience members. Several school groups attended the performances at the Cremorne Theatre QPAC and a few at the regional centres. They all loved the show. Many thanks for your help with promoting Cribbie to schools " Gary Thorpe OAM, on Cribbie
" The SFS website is impressive and a one stop shop for teachers wanting quality arts education experiences. It is allowing us to connect with new markets, in particularly now that we are delivering a national digital program." Bridgette Van Leuven, Head of Children, Families & Education, Sydney Opera House. SFS Presenter
How Does it Work?
For venues (ie excursions)
Listing is on a per event basis for events each year.Choose which best suits you:
Basic Membership
$20 plus gst for each event uploaded
Advanced Membership
Take a Presenter Profile - $195. Have the advantage of explaining who you are, what you do and have all your events displayed together. The upload charge is waived if you take a Presenter Profile.
Enquiries are passed onto you. There is no fee for this service Read more
Venue comment on SFS "My team are really impressed with your site.. so impressed that they’re putting reciprocal links up on our event pages". Community Relations and Education Coordinator, Riverside Venues, Parramatta
Company comment on SFS: "I always put schools bookings through SFS - they do a great job and also find new markets for our productions" Garry Ginivan, Garry Ginivan Attractions
For incursions into schools
Incursion company comment on SFS:
"Your website is by far the best and we get more online bookings from SFS than our own website!" Trevor Atkinson, Jollybops Science Shows (NSW, Vic, ACT, Qld) SFS Presenter since 2012
Find new markets I stumbled upon your fantastic website and believe it would be an excellent resource for me as we engage many children, young people and work in collaboration with schools and other relevant community groups.I look forward to using your site again K Hansen, Yarra Plenty Regional Library
Companies offering incursions can upload their events free of charge Upload your show
Why choose this option?
It is direct marketing to every teacher in Australia. Each enquiry is from a teacher who is interested in your event. You keep all the contact information to add to your own data base.
How does it work?
The enquiry field asks teachers to fill in the information you need to successfully confirm a booking. SFS sends it to you and asks you acknowledge receipt of the lead and action it promptly.
When is is an SFS lead?
Any enquiry received on the same day directly from a teacher and also through SFS is deemed to be an SFS lead.
What does it cost?
You are charged 10% of the value of each booking which translates into a performance. There is no charge for bookings that do not result in a performance. Presenters are invoiced monthly for completed events.
