Book live music.
Direct.
A UK peer-to-peer marketplace where artists, venues, agents, promoters and organisers deal with each other. No agency in the middle.
The middleman takes a cut.
What agencies charge
UK booking agencies typically charge 15–20% commission, some up to 25%, on every booking, for the introduction.
What that costs a year
At 20% a full-time gigging artist works until 14 March for the agency. We call it Commission Freedom Day.
What it does to small rooms
A median pub gig pays £338 take-home. Add a markup and the pub is priced out, so the night goes to a playlist.
The booking was never the hard part. The maths was.
Most people have no middleman. Or a network.
The act with nobody to call
Great on stage, no agent, no promoter's number, no idea which pub in the next town books bands.
The room with nobody to book
A landlord who wants a Friday act and gets six Facebook groups, a cousin's mate and hope.
The organiser starting from zero
A wedding, a launch, a fortieth. Never booked a band, no one to ask, no way to compare.
A marketplace is a network you did not have to build. Every member is one message away, from day one.
The villain is the middleman. The bigger problem is having no one at all.
One marketplace. Five roles.
Artists
Profiles with audio, video and verified reviews. Bands run theirs as a team.
Venues
Post gigs, browse acts, run more than one room with team invites.
Agents
Rosters, pitching, per-artist commission tracking.
Promoters
Multi-act line-ups, events, tickets with QR scanning.
Organisers
Anyone booking music for their own event: weddings, parties, corporate.
Find each other in seconds.
Search every role.
Artists, venues, agents and promoters by genre, city, budget and availability. Compare up to four profiles side by side.
See who is near you.
One interactive UK map that runs across Explore, the gig directory and every venue, open-mic and profile page.
Or let it find you.
Recommendations of the best-fit artists or venues for what you need, or post a gig and let matching acts apply.
Seven steps. Zero paperwork you write.
Request
Date, fee, deposit and any special terms. Sent from the chat.
Negotiate
Accept, counter or decline. Everything in one thread.
Contract
Generated from the agreed terms. Both sides e-sign.
Deposit
Held by the platform, not the other party. Visible as secured.
Perform
Both sides confirm completion in the app.
Payout
Released automatically. Lands in 2 to 3 working days.
Review
Two-way, verified, on both profiles.
A real contract, not a DM.
Eight standard UK clauses: date, fee, deposit, cancellation, equipment, set times. Binding under the Electronic Communications Act 2000.
The deposit sits with Stripe.
PCI DSS Level 1. The artist sees it is secured before load-in. The venue knows the act is committed.
Reputation that follows you.
Reviews after every gig, on both sides. Import the ones you already earned off-platform.
Every booking is a conversation.
Share audio, agree the set, negotiate the fee. The person you are talking to is the person you are booking.
Free to use. 5% for protection.
| Join, build a profile, browse, message | Free |
| Contracts, invoices, reviews | Free |
| Subscriptions, listing fees | None |
| GigXchange takes | 0% of the artist’s booking fee |
The fee is optional and the artist sets the price. Venues see real market rates before they ask.
Priced by evidence.
Every fee on the platform sits next to the UK market rate: real take-home figures by city, band size and event type, refreshed monthly and published free under CC BY 4.0.
Nobody has to guess what a Saturday in Leeds is worth.
Everything around the gig.
Song Bank to stage.
Import your repertoire, drag a setlist together, print it or export a poster.
Drawn, not described.
A 3D stage plot with its input list and monitor mixes, sent to the venue and the engineer.
A press kit with a URL.
Music, photos, reviews and rate card on a public page you can send anywhere.
Line-ups and tickets.
Multi-act events, QR ticket scanning, one-tap push to Eventbrite where the venue sells there.
Find each other, not just gigs.
Musicians wanted and available. Every ad states the pay, rehearsals, commitment.
One profile, every member.
Each member gets a login and a role. Nobody shares a password.
Every room, one account.
Operators with more than one venue invite their team and manage them together.
Pitch and track.
Manage a roster, pitch venues, see commission per artist. One act or a hundred.
What GIGXCHANGE is not.
It is
- A direct line to every artist, venue and organiser on it
- A contract, a held deposit and a review on every booking
- Open to anyone, with no audition and no waiting list
- A published rate index anyone can quote
It is not
- An agency. Nobody books on your behalf
- Exclusive. Use it alongside anything else
- A production company. Gear and crew are between you
- A gatekeeper. Reviews and market competition decide, not us
Your fee, your terms, your relationship. The platform holds the deposit and the paperwork, and stays out of the way.
Every device a musician uses.
App Store
Native app, iOS 15 and up. Push notifications for offers, messages and payouts.
Google Play
Same account, same bookings, same chat.
gigxchange.app/app
The full platform on the web, installable to your home screen.
Works offline.
Messages and actions queue when you lose signal and sync when you are back.
Book direct.
Free to join. A fee only on confirmed bookings, and only if you want the protection. Your profile is live in five minutes.