About Mary Broadbent

I have 15+ years experience working on tour in various positions with bands/companies such as My Morning Jacket, Vance Joy, Clairo, Against Me!, Fitz and the Tantrums, Magic Giant, Tegan & Sara, Centerstaging, She Rocks Awards,The Mowglis, The Staves, Plain White T’s, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Girlschool Festival 17' & 18', The Forum, IMG LIVE, and StarVox Entertainment. I am Los Angeles based, very organized, and easy going. I am familiar with wearing multiple hats on tour as well as delegating responsibilities to a crew. I bring an upbeat positive attitude to the table and act as a team player jumping in when and where needed to get the job done! I have a clean passport, global entry/tsa pre-check, am drug-free and Covid-19 vaccinated. Experience Includes: advancing shows/festivals, travel, border crossing, and hotel arrangements (nationally and internationally) experience with club, shed, arena, festival venues arranging hospitality riders & dressing rooms/production office, day sheets, signage, bus stock, tour float, after-show food, catering, buyouts, assisting TM/PM on tour and in advance Advance travel, ground transpo: tour bus, bandwagons, sprinters, truck rentals; booking flights, baggage, seating, point programs, check-in travel group, check-in gear at media rates, cartages, advancing backline rentals for shows, managing artists/crew on-tour, in-office Guitar-Banjo-Bass Tech: maintenance on multiple acoustics/electric guitars/bass, changing & tuning strings, setting up guitar, cleaning, experience with electric, acoustic, bass, banjos, mandolins, violas, violins, cellos, knowledge of wireless packs/receivers and signal-flow, knowledge of preamp/effects processors (Line 6, Fractal Systems, TC Electronic, Boss etc) experience setting up pedal boards, syncing packs, and fixing amp tubes, and general setups/string changes, cleaning etc Backline Tech: set-up drums, bass, keyboard, horns, manage load-ins/outs, drive trucks (12'-26'), manage and delegate local crew, experience setting up and staging risers, calling packs for trucks, cross loads and stage/riser placement, keeping eye to run show on time, and managing tour crew and local crews during changeovers load outs coordinate with artists/management/accounting for production needs including personal errands, daily reports to office, wardrobe assurance/maintenance, runs handling merchandise (sales. selling, and inventory), sound scans, per diems, show settlements, float, ordering new merch, off-tour inventory management at storage unit, daily merch reports to management, maintenance of merch, display setup/breakdown coordinating with venue, day-of-show runners,, guest list, radio, and promoters for artists appearances or meet & greets venue signage, petty cash, expense reports comfortable loading tour buses, merch and gear set-up, managing fly-date merch and gear, and full backline Personal Touring Details: extremely organized and detail oriented computer savvy (Excel, Master Tour, Google Docs, atVenu, Microsoft Word, Expensify, Logic, Square, Open Office) take great direction as well as can work independently, very hands-on with directing local hands/crew experienced in Festivals, Corporate, National, and International Touring Clean Passport w. no border/immigration issues, Global Entry/TSA-Precheck, Drug Free, non-smoker, NOT a white glover, I will help out where needed, when needed am a team player and work with the best of my ability to help put on a great show carry an upbeat attitude to get the job done

Work experience

  • Clairo
  • Sept 2019 - Jan 2020
  • Tour Manager
  • Loote
  • May 2019 - Present
  • Tour Manager
  • Magic Giant
  • Dec 2018 - March 2019
  • Tour Manager
  • Plain White T's
  • May 2018 - Present
  • Drum Tech | Stage Manager (Alt)
  • Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
  • July 2015 - Present
  • Guitar Tech | Stage Manager (Alt)
  • Against Me!
  • Jan 2020 - March 2020
  • Guitar Tech | Stage Manager
  • Khalid
  • April 2018 - May 2018
  • Production Coordinator (Temp)
  • Ocean Park Standoff
  • June 2018 - July 2018
  • Tour Manager
  • Zella Day
  • April 2018
  • Tour Manager (one-off)
  • Betty Who
  • Jan 2018 - March 2018
  • Merch Manager | TM Asst
  • Wrabel
  • Oct 2017 - Nov 2017
  • Tour Manager | FOH Engineer
  • Chris Isaak
  • May 2016 - Sept 2019
  • Merch Manager | VIP Coordinator
  • My Morning Jacket
  • August 2021 - Present
  • Stage Manager
  • Mitski
  • June 2022 - Sept 2022
  • Production Manager
  • Lindsey Sterling
  • Oct 2023 - Jan 2023
  • Guitar/Violin/KeyTech
  • Vance Joy
  • Jan 2023 - Present
  • Guitar Tech

Mary's Skills

Live
  • Audio Tech
  • Backline
  • Production Manager
  • Tour Manager
  • Touring Musician
Venue Type Experience
  • Amphitheatre
  • Arena
  • Club
  • Festival
  • Theatre/PAC
Producing
  • Production Assistant
Songwriting
  • Songwriter

Mary's Genres

  • Alternative Rock
  • Classical
  • Electronic
  • Experimental
  • Folk
  • Indie Rock
  • Jazz
  • Pop
  • Punk
  • R&B
  • Rap

Mary's Experience

Experience Includes: advancing shows/festivals, travel, border crossing, and hotel arrangements (nationally and internationally) experience with club, shed, arena, festival venues arranging hospitality riders & dressing rooms/production office, day sheets, signage, bus stock, tour float, after-show food, catering, buyouts, assisting TM/PM on tour and in advance Advance travel, ground transpo: tour bus, bandwagons, sprinters, truck rentals; booking flights, baggage, seating, point programs, check-in travel group, check-in gear at media rates, cartages, advancing backline rentals for shows, managing artists/crew on-tour, in-office Guitar-Banjo-Bass Tech: maintenance on multiple acoustics/electric guitars/bass, changing & tuning strings, setting up guitar, cleaning, experience with electric, acoustic, bass, banjos, mandolins, violas, violins, cellos, knowledge of wireless packs/receivers and signal-flow, knowledge of preamp/effects processors (Line 6, Fractal Systems, TC Electronic, Boss etc) experience setting up pedal boards, syncing packs, and fixing amp tubes, and general setups/string changes, cleaning etc Backline Tech: set-up drums, bass, keyboard, horns, manage load-ins/outs, drive trucks (12′-26′), manage and delegate local crew, experience setting up and staging risers, calling packs for trucks, cross loads and stage/riser placement, keeping eye to run show on time, and managing tour crew and local crews during changeovers load outs coordinate with artists/management/accounting for production needs including personal errands, daily reports to office, wardrobe assurance/maintenance, runs handling merchandise (sales. selling, and inventory), sound scans, per diems, show settlements, float, ordering new merch, off-tour inventory management at storage unit, daily merch reports to management, maintenance of merch, display setup/breakdown coordinating with venue, day-of-show runners,, guest list, radio, and promoters for artists appearances or meet & greets venue signage, petty cash, expense reports comfortable loading tour buses, merch and gear set-up, managing fly-date merch and gear, and full backline Personal Touring Details: extremely organized and detail oriented computer savvy (Excel, Master Tour, Google Docs, atVenu, Microsoft Word, Expensify, Logic, Square, Open Office) take great direction as well as can work independently, very hands-on with directing local hands/crew experienced in Festivals, Corporate, National, and International Touring Clean Passport w. no border/immigration issues, TSA-Precheck Drug Free, non-smoker, NOT a white glover, I will help out where needed, when needed am a team player and work with the best of my ability to help put on a great show carry an upbeat attitude to get the job done Home Base: Los Angeles, CA