Case Study: Rogue Island Comedy Festival doubles profits and boosts advance sales with Vendini

Rogue Island Comedy Festival Doubles Profits in their Second Year

Rogue Island Comedy Festival is a small but fast-growing four-day festival in Newport, Rhode Island, founded in 2015 and showcasing 50+ comics across intimate downtown venues. In its second year the lean team struggled with a ticketing system that couldn’t handle multiple events, venues and reporting needs, created long lines and a fragmented buying experience, and threatened the festival’s ability to scale.

The team switched to Vendini to integrate ticketing with their website, simplify backend administration and improve reporting. By promoting advance online sales and using Vendini’s tools they cut door-line issues, streamlined entry and inventory tracking, sold more pre-festival tickets than the prior year, and nearly doubled profits—positioning the festival for continued, measured growth.

Rogue Island Comedy Festival

Katie Latimer

Marketing Director