Overview
Basker is a CMS and website builder for arts organisations that run on Tessitura. It connects the website to Tessitura, the operational system of record for ticketing, CRM, fundraising, and customer data. Teams can publish pages that use Tessitura events, performances, availability, modes of sale, and on-sale times without manual exports or custom middleware.
Made Media has built Tessitura websites for arts organisations for well over a decade. Basker brings that experience into a SaaS CMS and website builder, giving teams a faster way to publish rich editorial pages and accurate event listings while Tessitura continues to handle the ticketing work.
Tessitura's role
Tessitura is a unified ticketing, CRM, and fundraising platform used by theatres, opera companies, museums, and performing arts venues worldwide. It manages events, performances, seasons, packages, subscriptions, modes of sale, memberships, donations, and patron records. For many arts organisations, it is where the operational data lives.
Basker's role
Basker is a content management system and website builder for organisations that put on live events: theatres, performing arts venues, museums, and cultural institutions. Basker is not a ticketing system. It gives marketing, ticketing, and digital teams a place to build pages, publish content, and present Tessitura event data on the public website.
How does the Tessitura integration work?
Basker connects to your Tessitura account and turns selected Tessitura data into structured website content. Events, performances, dates, availability, modes of sale, and on-sale times become content you can list, filter, and theme, so the website stays aligned with the box office.
Multi-performance events can show availability and booking details in public listings, not just a flat title and date. Modes of sale and on-sale times come through too, so each listing can show what is bookable and when.
Why Basker is the right CMS for your Tessitura site
Basker handles two website problems that matter for Tessitura teams: accurate event data and high-traffic on-sales. There are no waiting rooms and no degraded performance, so patrons reach your pages and buy at the moment demand is highest.
It pairs that with a visual, block-based editor and live preview on any device. Teams can edit themes in code or directly in the browser, which supports bespoke designs without slowing down day-to-day publishing. Basker is delivered as SaaS on a single shared codebase with continuous updates, so there is nothing to install and no version to fall behind on.
TNEW template support
For organisations that use TNEW, the Tessitura Network Express Web purchase flow, Basker can generate purchase-flow templates from Basker-managed CMS content and settings. That keeps the website and checkout aligned without maintaining the same values in two places.
Built on more than a decade of Tessitura work
Basker comes from Made Media, a digital agency that has built and integrated Tessitura websites for respected arts organisations for well over a decade. The Tessitura experience is not bolted on: it is the reason Basker exists.
The Cleveland Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, The New Victory Theater, and Writers Theatre run Tessitura-powered websites on Basker. These live sites show Basker in use at major arts organisations, not only in demos. For organisations without a specialist ticketing system, an Events API and a Stripe payments path are available too.
Features
- Tessitura event and performance data, including availability, modes of sale, and on-sale times.
- Multi-performance event listings with availability and booking details.
- TNEW purchase-flow template support for organisations that use TNEW.
- Structured event data with no manual exports or custom middleware.
- Visual, block-based editor with live preview, and theming you can edit in code or the browser.
- Built to scale through on-sales, with no waiting rooms and no degraded performance.
