A tour of the band dashboard

Sign in to NextSet with a band account and you land on the performer dashboard — your home base for gigs, your public profile, your merch store, and everything in between. This article walks through each section so you know where to find things and what each one does.

Home

The first thing you see is a summary of where things stand: upcoming gigs, past shows, members in your roster, merch sales, and follower count. There's also a "Your Band Profile" card with a one-click button to copy your public profile link, so you can drop it in your bio, on posters, or anywhere fans might find you.

Below the stats is a live list of your next few upcoming gigs. Each one links straight to the event page so you can check times, see the lineup, and share the link with your audience.

Gigs

The GIGS section in the sidebar has three pages.

Upcoming lists every confirmed booking — date, venue, and set time. When a venue adds your band to an event rundown, it shows up here automatically.

Past Shows is your performance history. Once a show date passes it moves here, along with any stats attached to it.

Analytics gives you a broader view of your performance over time: followers, show frequency, and audience reach.

Performer section (Profile, Members, Media, Links)

The PERFORMER section in the sidebar covers your public identity.

Profile

This is your public-facing page. Add your band name, a bio, your genre, and a profile photo. Everything here is visible to anyone who finds your page on NextSet — so treat it like your artist card. A complete profile with a photo and bio makes it much easier for venues and fans to find and book you.

Members

Add your bandmates here so they can access the dashboard too. Each member logs in with their own NextSet account — you just link them to the band. Managing members keeps your roster up to date on your public page and controls who can make changes.

Photos & Media

Upload band photos and videos. This is your EPK (electronic press kit) content — the images venues see when they're considering booking you, and the gallery fans browse on your profile.

Links

Connect your streaming platforms: Spotify, YouTube, Apple Music, or wherever your music lives. These links appear on your public profile so fans can follow you, and venues can listen before booking.

Tours

The TOURS section — Plan a Tour — lets you group upcoming gigs into a tour. If you're playing a run of dates, organising them as a tour keeps them together and gives you a cleaner way to promote the whole run at once.

Merch

The MERCH section has two pages.

Products is where you set up items for sale — t-shirts, vinyl, whatever you want to offer. Merch on NextSet is backed by print-on-demand, so you don't need to carry inventory yourself.

Sales shows your merch sales history and total revenue.

Settings

Notifications lets you choose which alerts you receive and how — for example, when you're added to an event or when a show is coming up.

Settings is the general account configuration for your band profile.

How the sidebar is organised

The sidebar groups pages into labelled sections — PERFORMER, GIGS, TOURS, MERCH, SETTINGS — that you can collapse or expand. Your current page is highlighted in the list. On mobile, tap the menu icon at the top to open the sidebar.

Common problems

I don't see a band dashboard — I see the fan dashboard instead. Your account is signed in with the fan role. The band dashboard is only available to accounts that have a band profile attached. If you signed up as a fan and need performer access, contact support at support@nextset.ca to have the band role added to your account.

My upcoming gigs list is empty even though I know I've been booked. Gigs appear here when the venue adds your band to an event's rundown on their side. If you've confirmed a booking verbally but don't see it yet, ask the venue to add you to the event in their dashboard.

I can't find where to add streaming links. Go to Performer → Links in the sidebar. That's separate from your profile bio — it's its own page specifically for platform links like Spotify and YouTube.

My profile link doesn't seem to lead anywhere. Your public profile goes live once you've filled in at least a band name and saved your profile. If it's still not showing, make sure you've saved changes in Performer → Profile.