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Performer Contract Guidance

Procurement Services provides performer contracts.

Use the Performer without Equipment Contract when performers will use the following types of equipment during events:

  • Laptops
  • Small speakers / amplifiers and lights that sit on the ground
  • Keyboards
  • Guitars, violins, flutes, trumpets, trombones, or similar instruments

Use the Performer with Equipment Contract when performers will use the following types of equipment during events:

  • Large speakers / amplifiers and lights that sit on the ground
  • Any speakers / amplifiers and lights that are suspended above a stage or the crowd
  • Fog machines
  • Strobe lights
  • Pyrotechnics
  • Large pianos, drum sets or similar instruments

Performer Minimum Insurance Requirements

General Liability Insurance, subject to at least limits of $1,000,000 each occurrence and $2,000,000 aggregate. Coverage must be provided for Bodily Injury Liability, Broad Form Property Damage Liability, Contractual Liability and Products and Completed Operations coverage. The coverage must be primary, non-contributory, and include Cornell University as additional insured.