Those not curating or providing unique experiences often times are the only ones making profit. The music industry is very hard to turn profit because the artist is one of the last to take a cut after venue/mgmt/promoter fees.
Ya this doesnt end until ur like a $10k+ act i feel like
just wait til the % hits on gross frm agency/mgmt
not to mention losing money out of pocket on headline stuff lmao, your fav artist has _definitely_ gone into debt just trying to do smth Cool for a show