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Tips for Musicians at the MN State Fair

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Tim Zhorne
5 years ago

Musicians should absolutely hv every opportunity to just make a living.

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Ashley Austin
5 years ago

Let them have tips!!!

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DJ LeDuc
5 years ago

I hope this helps

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Adam Schaberg
5 years ago Featured

Gig workers work for tips. Pay them more or allow them to collect tips. They are a huge part of the state fair institution and drive patrons to these locations, which helps drive sales at the bars. Keeping the musicians happy will allow for better performances which drives sales. Everyone wins

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Mallory Morrison
5 years ago

Doesnt affect me! Just don't tip if you don't want to

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Dan Flynn
5 years ago

Absolutely the musicians should be allowed to have a tip jar. Let’s be real; they are providing free entertainment that is high value, period.

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Andy McClure
5 years ago

Not really seeing a down side here.

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Tim Anderson
5 years ago

Let the singers and players get the money they deserve!

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Dan Ristrom
5 years ago

It’s fair for people in the service industry to have a tip jar to accept gratuity from patrons, and it should be the same for musicians, who are also in the Service Industry, to be able to receive and accept gratuity!

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Brad Garrity
5 years ago

It is abhorrent to use musicians and other talented people to make money while preventing them from doing the same for themselves. This is a deliberate scam to siphon more money into the fair coffers at the expense of the people doing the work. No one is being coerced into giving anything by the presence of a tip jar, and fairgoers should be able to support musicians as they wish for the valuable service they provide. Perhaps if musicians were 'on a stick' they would be worthy?

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Randi Friedl
5 years ago Featured

Being that COVID-19 hit musicians extremely hard, I feel as if this is necessary for us musicians to keep doing what we are doing. Music equipment, microphones, guitars, drums, strings, etc. do not come free.

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Jana
5 years ago

Help musicians/artists make a living! People WANT to tip!

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Jennifer Parker
5 years ago

This is a no brainer! Let's support our local artists!

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Moe DeLL
5 years ago

Support Local Musicians!

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Lucia Sarmiento
5 years ago

Hell yea

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Chris Clark
5 years ago

It's literally the least they could do to allow musicians to bring their own tip jar.

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Anonymous
5 years ago Featured

As musicians, we work hard to load in, perform in all kinds of weather, and load out. Even if the state fair wants to up the guaranteed pay, it doesn’t make sense in any scenario to disallow tip jars. People will ask us where it is. Let the patrons tip.

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Jason Swanson
5 years ago

If tips aren’t accepted, MN state fair needs to compensate those monies to artists through significant gig pay increases.

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Michael B Johnson
5 years ago

Please tip musicians. Wages haven’t changed since 70/80s.

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Javier Trejo
5 years ago

State fair, do the right thing.