So you want my arts job: Touring Manager

If you have an affinity for logistics and a love of live music, working as an artist touring manager may be the career for you.

Dom Miller is an artist manager, event programmer and touring manager at Sunroom alongside his business partner, Ruby-Jean McCabe. Miller and McCabe currently co-manage Asha Jefferies, Bugs, Flamingo Blonde, Hope D, Melaleuca, VOIID and Zheani. They also program the BIGSOUND showcase festival, QAGOMA Up Late, the 1400-capacity venue Kingscliff Beach Hotel on the northern NSW coast, and previously Valley Fiesta and Big Summer Block Party.

Since 2010 Miller has become a major contributor to the exponential growth of Brisbane’s music scene. He joined New World Artists as an agent in 2015, making him the first Brisbane-based agent working at a national level to be appointed by a major agency. He has previously programmed events such as BIG Festival in Geelong, Story Bridge 75 and venues such as The Zoo, Black Bear Lodge and more. Miller was also formerly QMusic’s Director Of Programming.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts