Gig flyers that look commissioned

The photo is the flyer

People stop for images, not information. Lead with your strongest live shot — faces and stage light beat logos and text every time — and let the template's overlay controls keep the details readable on top of it. That's why the builder puts image opacity, tint and overlay darkness on sliders: the same photo can carry all 5 styles depending on how it's treated.

One night, one message

A flyer isn't a poster — it sells a single night. Venue, date, doors, price: four facts, big enough to read at a glance, and nothing that competes with them. Because the builder prefills those from the booking itself, the classic flyer disasters — last year's date, the old venue name — can't happen. (Promoting a whole run of dates? That's the tour poster's job.)

Every format the night needs

The night gets promoted in at least three places: the feed (4:5), the grid (1:1) and stories (9:16) — and each crops differently. All 5 styles come in all 3 formats, so you export the set in one sitting instead of stretching one image into three wrong shapes.

Put a QR on everything printed

A printed flyer without a QR is a dead end — the reader has to remember to search later. Point the QR at the ticket link and the wall becomes a point of sale; point it at your GigXchange profile and a curious punter becomes a follower. Drag it wherever the artwork allows, and it stays scannable at print size.

The whole bill should post it

A night with 3 acts has 3 audiences — but only if everyone posts. Sharing the finished flyer to the other acts on GigXchange puts the same artwork in everyone's My Flyers, with a message attached. Same image, three feeds, one coherent night. For the rest of the promotion playbook — timing, captions, local pages — see the event promotion guide, and price the night right with the UK Gig Rate Calculator.