Live music for holiday parks & resorts
Live music for your holiday park
Season residencies and headline nights - post your dates free, hear the acts, sign each contract.
Book entertainers, bands and tribute acts for holiday parks and resorts direct, no agency: season residencies, headline nights, the licence rules.
Updated 23 October 2026
01 — Live music for holiday parks
Where Holiday Parks Book Live Music
GIGXCHANGE is where UK holiday parks and resorts book entertainers direct, with no agency. 982 artists are on the platform, from bands and singers to tribute acts and family entertainers, alongside 70 venues across 79 cities. A park posts its dates free, hears each act first, agrees the fee in the chat and books each one direct, with a contract on every booking. The booking fee is 5% on top only when you pay through GigXchange – 0% when you settle privately.
A holiday park books a whole season of entertainment at once: residencies through the summer, a headline act on Saturday, family shows in the daytime, a band in the clubhouse. Most parks fill that calendar through an entertainment agency, which means one middle layer for every act and every change.
What a park needs is variety its guests have not seen last year, acts that turn up for every night of the season, and a way to fill a gap fast when one does not.
On GigXchange a park books each act direct - hearing them first, agreeing the dates and the fee in writing, and keeping the whole season in one place. There is no holiday-park fee in the GX Index yet, so we do not quote one, and if an act drops out mid-season GX Gig Rescue sends an urgent invite to available acts nearby.
| 02Book live music in five stepsFrom an empty date to a signed booking | |
| 03Holiday park feesSet a fair budget before you post | |
| 04Venues that host live musicThe venues in our directory | |
| 05Members across the UKThe acts and rooms near you | |
| 06The licence rulesEach with its official source | |
| 07Formats that workFour ways parks and resorts use live music, from a summer residency to a headline Saturday. | |
| 08Choosing the right actWhat to check before you book, so the night goes the way you planned. | |
| 09Free tools for your holiday parkFree with a venue account. | |
| 11QuestionsWhat parks ask before they book | |
| 12Keep exploringThe other guides and the longer reads |
02 — Book an act
5 stepsBook in five steps
| Step 01Post your gig, freeAdd the date, your budget, the genres you want and your house kit in about two minutes. Acts apply to you - or browse and invite them yourself. | |
| Step 02Hear them before you bookAct profiles carry the audio, video and reviews the act has added, so you can judge them before you ask. | |
| Step 03Agree it in the chatMessage the act directly, settle the fee, sets and kit, and the offer lands in the same thread. | |
| Step 04Sign the contractEvery booking makes a digital performance agreement, signed by both of you, with a full audit trail. | |
| Step 05Pay the act5% on top only when you pay through GigXchange – 0% when you settle privately. A protected payment holds the deposit with Stripe and releases it after the gig. | |
| If plans changeIf the act drops outGX Gig Rescue sends an urgent invite to available acts near you. The first to accept is booked. |
03 — Holiday park fees
The price ladder
What does live music cost a holiday park? There is no holiday-park figure in the GX Index yet, so we do not quote one - set a budget for each act and set length with the gig rate calculator, then agree the fee with the act.
There is no GX Index figure for holiday-park bookings yet. We publish one once enough park fees exist - until then, never a pub or party figure in its place.
Use the gig rate calculator to set a budget for each act and set length, see every UK fee table on GX Index rates, and agree the fee with the act in the chat. GigXchange takes 0% of the artist's booking fee.
| Gig rate calculator | |
| GX Index rates |
You pay the act’s fee. 5% on top only when you pay through GigXchange – 0% when you settle privately.
| GuideHow far ahead to bookLead times by event type. | |
| ToolRate calculatorA fair fee for your night. | |
| DataGX IndexThe latest figures are unavailable here right now - the full tables. |
04 — On GigXchange
70 venuesVenues that host live music
70 venues are on GigXchange - rooms across the UK, from a weekly residency to a headline Saturday. Joining is free: list your holiday park, post a gig and message acts at no cost. 5% on top only when you pay through GigXchange – 0% when you settle privately, and every booking comes with a contract you both sign. Where can a holiday park book live music in the UK? On GigXchange, a park posts its dates free - a season residency, a headline night or a family show - hears the acts and books each one direct, with a contract on every booking.
05 — Members across the UK
Tap a cityActs near your holiday park
Scroll to zoom (hold Ctrl / two fingers)· tap a layer to switch · click a pin for details, a cluster for its area.
Booking in a city? London · Birmingham · Leeds · Glasgow · Sheffield · Manchester · Bradford · Edinburgh · Liverpool · Bristol · Leicester · Cardiff · every city guide
06 — The licence rules
Checked 20 October 2026What you need
Does a holiday park need a licence for live music? In England and Wales a clubhouse or bar licensed to sell alcohol needs no entertainment licence for live music between 8am and 11pm for an audience of 500 or fewer (GOV.UK Live Music Act guidance); events outside that need the premises licence to cover them or a temporary events notice, and GOV.UK lists holiday parks among the premises Martyn’s Law covers.
| England and WalesA licensed clubhouse or bar, 8am to 11pmAmplified live music needs no entertainment licence on premises licensed to sell alcohol, between 8am and 11pm, to an audience of 500 or fewer. Unamplified live music needs none in those hours, anywhere. | |
| UKMartyn’s Law names holiday parksGOV.UK’s statutory guidance lists holiday parks with hotels and hostels among the premises types it covers. The Act applies where 200 or more people can be expected on the premises at once - count your largest event space and site. | |
| England and WalesOutdoor and late eventsAn outdoor stage or a show after 11pm needs your premises licence to cover it, or a temporary events notice for a one-off event of fewer than 500 people, served at least 10 clear working days before. | |
| UKYou still need TheMusicLicenceThat is permission to hold the event, not copyright. Playing or performing music in public needs a music licence from PPL PRS. | |
| England and WalesKeep the neighbours on sideYour council can act if noise becomes a statutory nuisance. Agree finish times and volume with the act in the contract. |
| Scotland and NILicensing (Scotland) Act 2005Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own licensing law - check with your council. | |
| ToolLicensing checkerTen questions, a plain-English verdict. |
07 — Formats that work
Pick your format
| Season residenciesThe same act on the same nights through the summer. Post the run of dates once and agree each night, the sets and the finish in the contract. | |
| Headline nightsA tribute act or a party band on top of your own entertainment team - the night guests book their stay around. Hear the act before you book. | |
| Family daytime setsAn acoustic singer by the pool or on the green. Unamplified live music needs no entertainment licence between 8am and 11pm, anywhere. | |
| Clubhouse bandsFunction and covers bands for the clubhouse or the bar. Agree who brings the PA and the stage space before the night. |
08 — Choosing the act
Before you book
| Hear the real thingAudio, video and two-way reviews on profiles, where the act has added them - venues review acts and acts review venues. | |
| Find acts by soundSearch by the sound your guests want - function, covers, pop, dance. | |
| Ask about coverMany venues ask acts for public liability insurance. Musicians’ Union members are covered to £10 million each with their membership. | |
| Agree the kitWho brings the PA, the stage space and the power - written into the contract so nobody guesses on the night. |
| Musicians' UnionNational gig rates | |
| HARPAThe association for the UK parks industry |
09 — Free tools
7 toolsFor your holiday park
| BookingPost a GigArtists apply to you | |
| CoverGX Gig RescueFill a dropout, fast | |
| ComplianceLicensing CheckerMusic licences, decoded | |
| ComplianceCompliance ChecklistEvery duty, one board | |
| ComplianceMartyn's Law ReadinessReady before 2027 | |
| PromotionEvents PosterYour what’s-on, in one click | |
| DiscoveryFind an ArtistRanked acts for your dates |
See it in action
A look inside GigXchange Mainstage — the members app where artists, venues, agents and promoters manage bookings, messaging, events and payments. Scroll: the phone follows you through the app.
- 01 / 04
Your dashboard
The moment you log in, everything that matters is in front of you — what's booked, what you've earned, and what needs you next. No digging through tabs.
- Bookings at a glanceConfirmed, pending and upcoming gigs in one view — so nothing slips through the cracks.
- Earnings, trackedSee deposits held securely and payouts released, with a running total you can trust.
- Live activity feedNew messages, offers and event updates surface the second they happen — you're never the last to know.
- 02 / 04
Explore the scene
Find the right artists, venues and open gigs across the UK from one place — filtered by what actually matters to you: location, genre, date and budget.
- Search that fits youFilter by role, city, genre and availability to surface only the people and gigs worth your time.
- Smart Match suggestionsThe strongest matches rise to the top, so the right connection finds you — not just the loudest.
- Open gigs, liveBrowse gigs that need filling and apply in a tap — no cold outreach, no gatekeepers.
- 03 / 04
Bookings, end to end
Offer, negotiate and confirm a gig in a single thread — every date, fee and deposit agreed in one place and held to.
- One thread, start to finishThe whole deal lives in one conversation — no lost emails, no he-said-she-said.
- Negotiate with clarityCounter-offers, dates and fees are structured and tracked, so both sides always know where they stand.
- Held securelyThe deposit is held safely until the gig is done — performers get paid, bookers get peace of mind.
- 04 / 04
Messaging
Agree the details before you commit. Direct, real-time conversations with venues, artists, agents and promoters — with bookings built right in.
- Talk first, book secondSort the awkward questions — sound, timings, fee — before anything's signed.
- Bookings inside the chatTurn a conversation into a confirmed offer without ever leaving the thread.
- Share availability & filesSend your calendar, riders and posters in-line, so everyone's working from the same page.
- 01 / 04
Your dashboard
The moment you log in, everything that matters is in front of you — what's booked, what you've earned, and what needs you next. No digging through tabs.
- Bookings at a glanceConfirmed, pending and upcoming gigs in one view — so nothing slips through the cracks.
- Earnings, trackedSee deposits held securely and payouts released, with a running total you can trust.
- Live activity feedNew messages, offers and event updates surface the second they happen — you're never the last to know.
- 02 / 04
Explore the scene
Find the right artists, venues and open gigs across the UK from one place — filtered by what actually matters to you: location, genre, date and budget.
- Search that fits youFilter by role, city, genre and availability to surface only the people and gigs worth your time.
- Smart Match suggestionsThe strongest matches rise to the top, so the right connection finds you — not just the loudest.
- Open gigs, liveBrowse gigs that need filling and apply in a tap — no cold outreach, no gatekeepers.
- 03 / 04
Bookings, end to end
Offer, negotiate and confirm a gig in a single thread — every date, fee and deposit agreed in one place and held to.
- One thread, start to finishThe whole deal lives in one conversation — no lost emails, no he-said-she-said.
- Negotiate with clarityCounter-offers, dates and fees are structured and tracked, so both sides always know where they stand.
- Held securelyThe deposit is held safely until the gig is done — performers get paid, bookers get peace of mind.
- 04 / 04
Messaging
Agree the details before you commit. Direct, real-time conversations with venues, artists, agents and promoters — with bookings built right in.
- Talk first, book secondSort the awkward questions — sound, timings, fee — before anything's signed.
- Bookings inside the chatTurn a conversation into a confirmed offer without ever leaving the thread.
- Share availability & filesSend your calendar, riders and posters in-line, so everyone's working from the same page.
11 — Questions8 answersLive music for holiday parks FAQ
12 — Keep exploring
Go deeper
| Live Music for PubsPub fees and the licence rules. | |
| Live Music for HotelsBar, wedding and corporate fees, and the rules. | |
| Live Music for Care HomesDaytime formats and the licence rules. | |
| Live Music for ClubsClub nights and the certificate rules. | |
| Live Music for BoatsSailings, sets and the rules. | |
| Hire a tribute actWhat to ask before you book. | |
| Find an artistRanked acts for your date and budget. | |
| Gig rate calculatorA fair fee for your set length. | |
| Martyn's Law checkDoes the Act cover your site? | |
| GigXchange for venuesEverything a venue account does. |
| How cancellations work | |
| The booking fee | |
| Gig rate calculator | |
| Martyn's Law check |
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Live music for your holiday park
Book entertainers, bands and tribute acts for holiday parks and resorts direct, no agency: season residencies, headline nights, the licence rules.
Last updated: 23 October 2026
Where Holiday Parks Book Live Music
GIGXCHANGE is where UK holiday parks and resorts book entertainers direct, with no agency. 982 artists are on the platform, from bands and singers to tribute acts and family entertainers, alongside 70 venues across 79 cities. A park posts its dates free, hears each act first, agrees the fee in the chat and books each one direct, with a contract on every booking. The booking fee is 5% on top only when you pay through GigXchange – 0% when you settle privately.
A holiday park books a whole season of entertainment at once: residencies through the summer, a headline act on Saturday, family shows in the daytime, a band in the clubhouse. Most parks fill that calendar through an entertainment agency, which means one middle layer for every act and every change.
What a park needs is variety its guests have not seen last year, acts that turn up for every night of the season, and a way to fill a gap fast when one does not.
On GigXchange a park books each act direct - hearing them first, agreeing the dates and the fee in writing, and keeping the whole season in one place. There is no holiday-park fee in the GX Index yet, so we do not quote one, and if an act drops out mid-season GX Gig Rescue sends an urgent invite to available acts nearby.
Book live music in five steps
From an empty date to a signed booking, without an agency. The full walkthrough is the booking journey.
Post your gig, free
Add the date, your budget, the genres you want and your house kit in about two minutes. Acts apply to you - or browse and invite them yourself.
Hear them before you book
Act profiles carry the audio, video and reviews the act has added, so you can judge them before you ask.
Agree it in the chat
Message the act directly, settle the fee, sets and kit, and the offer lands in the same thread.
Sign the contract
Every booking makes a digital performance agreement, signed by both of you, with a full audit trail.
Pay the act
5% on top only when you pay through GigXchange – 0% when you settle privately. A protected payment holds the deposit with Stripe and releases it after the gig.
If the act drops out
GX Gig Rescue sends an urgent invite to available acts near you. The first to accept is booked.
Setting the budget
There is no GX Index figure for holiday-park bookings yet. We publish one once enough park fees exist - until then, never a pub or party figure in its place.
What does live music cost a holiday park? There is no holiday-park figure in the GX Index yet, so we do not quote one - set a budget for each act and set length with the gig rate calculator, then agree the fee with the act.
Use the gig rate calculator to set a budget for each act and set length, see every UK fee table on GX Index rates, and agree the fee with the act in the chat. GigXchange takes 0% of the artist's booking fee.
Gig rate calculator · GX Index rates
You pay the act’s fee. 5% on top only when you pay through GigXchange – 0% when you settle privately. How far ahead to book · Work out a fee for your holiday park · Every GX Index fee table · The Musicians’ Union national gig rates
Venues that host live music
70 venues are on GigXchange - rooms across the UK, from a weekly residency to a headline Saturday. Joining is free: list your holiday park, post a gig and message acts at no cost. 5% on top only when you pay through GigXchange – 0% when you settle privately, and every booking comes with a contract you both sign. Where can a holiday park book live music in the UK? On GigXchange, a park posts its dates free - a season residency, a headline night or a family show - hears the acts and books each one direct, with a contract on every booking.
Browse the UK venue directory · What a venue account does · List your holiday park free
Members across the UK
Artists, venues, agents and promoters on GigXchange, by city - the acts you can book near your holiday park.
Scroll to zoom (hold Ctrl / two fingers)· tap a layer to switch · click a pin for details, a cluster for its area.
Booking live music in a city? London · Birmingham · Leeds · Glasgow · Sheffield · Manchester · Bradford · Edinburgh · Liverpool · Bristol · Leicester · Cardiff · every city guide
The licence rules
The rules a holiday park meets, each with the official page it comes from. Checked 20 October 2026.
Does a holiday park need a licence for live music? In England and Wales a clubhouse or bar licensed to sell alcohol needs no entertainment licence for live music between 8am and 11pm for an audience of 500 or fewer (GOV.UK Live Music Act guidance); events outside that need the premises licence to cover them or a temporary events notice, and GOV.UK lists holiday parks among the premises Martyn’s Law covers.
Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own licensing law - check with your council. Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005. Not sure which applies? Licensing checker · Compliance checklist · Martyn’s Law check
Formats that work
Four ways parks and resorts use live music, from a summer residency to a headline Saturday.
Season residencies
The same act on the same nights through the summer. Post the run of dates once and agree each night, the sets and the finish in the contract.
Headline nights
A tribute act or a party band on top of your own entertainment team - the night guests book their stay around. Hear the act before you book.
Family daytime sets
An acoustic singer by the pool or on the green. Unamplified live music needs no entertainment licence between 8am and 11pm, anywhere.
Clubhouse bands
Function and covers bands for the clubhouse or the bar. Agree who brings the PA and the stage space before the night.
Choosing the right act
What to check before you book, so the night goes the way you planned.
The organisations behind holiday-park music: Musicians' Union · HARPA
Free tools for your holiday park
Free with a venue account.
Post a Gig
List an open slot in two minutes — genres, budget, house kit — and take applications from gig-ready artists with verified reviews attached.
GX Gig Rescue
Broadcast an urgent booking invite to up to 25 available acts near you — last-minute specialists first, first to accept is booked.
Licensing Checker
Ten plain-English questions produce a two-part verdict — permission and copyright — with an indicative cost and official gov.uk / PPL PRS sources.
Compliance Checklist
Eight questions build a checklist of only the duties your venue owes — ten areas, law first, every item linked to its official source, PDF export.
Martyn's Law Readiness
The 2025 Act reaches every 200+ venue from ~2027. Six questions give your tier, your duties as a tickable list, and a first-draft procedures PDF.
Events Poster
Your upcoming programme becomes a designed poster — ticket QRs on every listing, status badges, your branding. Print, post or publish to your profile.
Find an Artist
Pick the empty date, set a 60-second brief, and invite up to 5 ranked best-fit acts — fit scores, fee bands and kit tags attached.
Also free: a booking contract generator · a gig rate calculator · act outreach templates
See it in action
A look inside GigXchange Mainstage, the members app your holiday park books in: find the acts, agree the date and fee in the chat, track every booking. Scroll: the phone follows you through the app.
- 01 / 04
Your dashboard
The moment you log in, everything that matters is in front of you — what's booked, what you've earned, and what needs you next. No digging through tabs.
- Bookings at a glanceConfirmed, pending and upcoming gigs in one view — so nothing slips through the cracks.
- Earnings, trackedSee deposits held securely and payouts released, with a running total you can trust.
- Live activity feedNew messages, offers and event updates surface the second they happen — you're never the last to know.
- 02 / 04
Explore the scene
Find the right artists, venues and open gigs across the UK from one place — filtered by what actually matters to you: location, genre, date and budget.
- Search that fits youFilter by role, city, genre and availability to surface only the people and gigs worth your time.
- Smart Match suggestionsThe strongest matches rise to the top, so the right connection finds you — not just the loudest.
- Open gigs, liveBrowse gigs that need filling and apply in a tap — no cold outreach, no gatekeepers.
- 03 / 04
Bookings, end to end
Offer, negotiate and confirm a gig in a single thread — every date, fee and deposit agreed in one place and held to.
- One thread, start to finishThe whole deal lives in one conversation — no lost emails, no he-said-she-said.
- Negotiate with clarityCounter-offers, dates and fees are structured and tracked, so both sides always know where they stand.
- Held securelyThe deposit is held safely until the gig is done — performers get paid, bookers get peace of mind.
- 04 / 04
Messaging
Agree the details before you commit. Direct, real-time conversations with venues, artists, agents and promoters — with bookings built right in.
- Talk first, book secondSort the awkward questions — sound, timings, fee — before anything's signed.
- Bookings inside the chatTurn a conversation into a confirmed offer without ever leaving the thread.
- Share availability & filesSend your calendar, riders and posters in-line, so everyone's working from the same page.
- 01 / 04
Your dashboard
The moment you log in, everything that matters is in front of you — what's booked, what you've earned, and what needs you next. No digging through tabs.
- Bookings at a glanceConfirmed, pending and upcoming gigs in one view — so nothing slips through the cracks.
- Earnings, trackedSee deposits held securely and payouts released, with a running total you can trust.
- Live activity feedNew messages, offers and event updates surface the second they happen — you're never the last to know.
- 02 / 04
Explore the scene
Find the right artists, venues and open gigs across the UK from one place — filtered by what actually matters to you: location, genre, date and budget.
- Search that fits youFilter by role, city, genre and availability to surface only the people and gigs worth your time.
- Smart Match suggestionsThe strongest matches rise to the top, so the right connection finds you — not just the loudest.
- Open gigs, liveBrowse gigs that need filling and apply in a tap — no cold outreach, no gatekeepers.
- 03 / 04
Bookings, end to end
Offer, negotiate and confirm a gig in a single thread — every date, fee and deposit agreed in one place and held to.
- One thread, start to finishThe whole deal lives in one conversation — no lost emails, no he-said-she-said.
- Negotiate with clarityCounter-offers, dates and fees are structured and tracked, so both sides always know where they stand.
- Held securelyThe deposit is held safely until the gig is done — performers get paid, bookers get peace of mind.
- 04 / 04
Messaging
Agree the details before you commit. Direct, real-time conversations with venues, artists, agents and promoters — with bookings built right in.
- Talk first, book secondSort the awkward questions — sound, timings, fee — before anything's signed.
- Bookings inside the chatTurn a conversation into a confirmed offer without ever leaving the thread.
- Share availability & filesSend your calendar, riders and posters in-line, so everyone's working from the same page.
Live music for holiday parks FAQ
What parks ask before they book.
More answers: How cancellations work · The booking fee · Gig rate calculator · Martyn's Law check
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