Chris Lake

Artist operations and touring

Tour management and artist-side operations across venues, production teams, backline, audio, schedules and travel. The merchandise program connects those show dates to city-specific products and release planning.

RemitTour management + artist operations

Chris Lake performing at PROPER NYE, January 1, 2024, wearing the graphite Black Book Records hoodie. — Chris Lake archive / photography credited to Nate in source folder

Chris Lake ✳ Tour management + artist operationsChris Lake archive / photography credited to Nate in source folder

The assignment

Keep the artist team, venue and production requirements coordinated across the live calendar, with merchandise and release needs aligned to the shows.

Responsibility: Tour management + artist operations
Engagement: OOO engagement
Period: Ongoing artist program
Selected deliverables: Artist-team and schedule coordinationTravel and operational handoffsDay-to-day touring supportVenue and promoter coordination

Inside this partnership

The work, section by section.

Artist operations, schedules and travelArtist-team and schedule coordination / Travel and operational handoffs

Venues, backline and audioVenue and promoter coordination / Production, backline and audio requirements

Brooklyn Storehouse: Chemistry release weekend, 2025Tour-management coordination / Artist and production-team communication

Chemistry 2025: the wider tour calendarTour and artist-calendar coordination / Venue and production requirements

Los Angeles Historic Park, 2026Artist-side touring support / Production and venue coordination

Per-show merchandise and ecommerceCity-specific merchandise coordination / Product, show and release-calendar alignment

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Artist operations, schedules and travel

OOO coordinates the artist-side details around the live calendar: communication with the artist team, schedules, travel and day-to-day operational requirements. The remit supports the artist within each promoter’s and venue’s production.

Responsibilities & deliverables

Artist-team and schedule coordination
Travel and operational handoffs
Day-to-day touring support

Venues, backline and audio

Touring coordination joins venue and promoter communication with production teams, backline and audio requirements. The work makes those requirements explicit before the show and keeps the participating teams aligned through live delivery.

Responsibilities & deliverables

Venue and promoter coordination
Production, backline and audio requirements
Show-schedule and team handoffs

Touring coordination

01Artist
Schedule and team requirements.
02Venue
Promoter and site communication.
03Production
Backline, audio and technical handoffs.
04Show
Coordinate the live schedule and operating details.

OOO / documented operating scope

Brooklyn Storehouse: Chemistry release weekend, 2025

The official full-set film documents the Brooklyn Storehouse show and includes a tour-management credit. This case covers touring operations. Creative direction was Sarah Bassett / OCA; content design and VJ was Visual Artform; stage design was Bending Lite; production was Chris Schroeder Productions.

Responsibilities & deliverables

Tour-management coordination
Artist and production-team communication
Live operating support

**Chris Lake LIVE from Brooklyn Storehouse 2025 / Chemistry Release Weekend**Official Chris Lake film / separate tour, creative, stage and production credits in the sourceOpen source ↗

Chemistry 2025: the wider tour calendar

The official tour poster lists venues from Echostage and Roadrunner to Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, The Concourse Project, History and PNE Forum. It provides the live context for a city-by-city program; the merchandise directory covers the corresponding catalogue releases.

Responsibilities & deliverables

Tour and artist-calendar coordination
Venue and production requirements
Merchandise-calendar alignment

**Chemistry 2025. Official tour poster with city and venue schedule.**Chris Lake / official merchandise presentationOpen source ↗

Los Angeles Historic Park, 2026

The official full set documents the 2026 Los Angeles shows. The related merchandise uses the June 19–20 dates and a Los Angeles skyline. The film illustrates the live setting; stage design, filming and editing belong to their credited teams.

Responsibilities & deliverables

Artist-side touring support
Production and venue coordination
Show and merchandise schedule alignment

**Chris Lake LIVE from Los Angeles Historic Park 2026 / Official Full Set**Chris Lake / official live film; production credits at sourceOpen source ↗

Per-show merchandise and ecommerce

The merchandise remit is larger than a single artist collection. Chemistry city ranges and separate New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Toronto, Nashville and San Jose drops each have their own products. OOO connects creative and production requirements with the show dates, store and fulfillment plan.