Stage & Crowd

Privacy

Last updated November 8, 2026

Stage and Crowd lets bands and venues list shows and lets audiences vote on what a band plays next. This page explains what we collect, why, and the choices you have. We don't sell your information, and we don't show ads.

Voting without an account

When you open a show's vote page we set a cookie called SC_VOTER. It holds a random code, not your name, so one phone can't vote twice for the same song. It lasts up to a year. With each vote we store that code, the song, the show, the time and your IP address (used to stop vote stuffing). If you send a song request, we store the song name and artist you typed in the same way. Only the band sees requests.

Accounts

If you create an account we store your name, email address and a scrambled (hashed) copy of your password - never the password itself. We email you a link to confirm the address is yours, and record when you confirmed it. If you add a photo, city, role or bio for your member card, we store those too. Votes you cast while signed in are linked to your account so they count on your member card and in "My shows". Your member card is public unless you turn that off in Settings, and you can separately choose whether other people see your photo (if not, they see your initials). You can set a display name to show on your card instead of your real name. If you add your city, state and favorite genres, we use them to show you shows nearby and bands you might like; your city appears on your card, your state and genres are not shown to anyone else.

You choose which alerts you get (new shows, going live), and whether new-show emails come right away, as one weekly summary, or not at all.

Confirmed-fans-only shows

A band can ask for "one person, one vote" at a show. Then only signed-in members with a confirmed email can vote or request there, and their votes are tied to their account instead of a browser cookie. The band still sees only totals, not who voted.

Band mailing lists

We never give your email to a band unless you choose to. If you tap "Join their mailing list" (on a band's page, when following them, or at one of their shows), we share your name and email address with that band and record when you agreed. Only confirmed emails are shared. You can leave any band's list at any time in Settings; after that we stop sharing it. The band handles its own emails - use the unsubscribe link in them to stop emails they've already started sending you.

Bands and venues

Band and venue pages, photos, song lists, playlists, cast lists and show dates are public. Band and venue managers can see crowd numbers and vote totals for their shows, but not who voted.

Email and notifications

We send email only for your account (confirmation links, password resets, team invitations) and, once your email is confirmed, for bands you choose to follow. Every follow email has a one-click unfollow link. If you turn on phone notifications, your browser gives us a delivery address for them, which we delete when you turn them off.

Tips

Tip buttons link to the band's own page on services like Venmo, Cash App or PayPal. Stage and Crowd doesn't take, handle or track payments, and we don't record who clicks those links. That service's own privacy policy applies once you leave our site.

Other services

How long we keep things

Votes and requests are kept so show recaps, charts and stats stay accurate. Password reset links expire after an hour, confirmation links after 48 hours.

Deleting your account: in Settings, choose "Delete my account". We erase your name, email, photo and profile, end your follows, alerts and mailing-list opt-ins, and unlink your votes and requests from you (they stay in show totals without your name). A copy of a band's mailing list they already downloaded is theirs to manage - use the unsubscribe link in their emails. You can also change your email address in Settings; the new address must be confirmed first.

Contact

Questions or requests: mailadmin@stageandcrowd.com.