Guidance for Comperes

Created by Esperance, who aim to promote gender quality in the English folk scene, these documents provide guidance for compering in an inclusive and friendly manner.

“Esperance has received reports from artists and audience members about comperes using inappropriate and discriminatory language, which has been off-putting and unsettling for both performer and audience.”

Esperance have kindly allowed us to share with you the four documents they created for event organisers, performers, and comperes to make use of:

• Guidance for comperes (inclusive introductions)

• Performers (template of information to provide to organisers)

• Guidance for event organisers (on selecting and briefing comperes)

• Checklist for comperes and organisers

If you have any feedback or suggestions relating to the guidance, please email esperancefolk@gmail.com.

With thanks to Esperance for allowing us to promote this guidance, and for their ongoing collaboration and solidarity of the BIT Collective.