The Platform
The UK live music platform that gets you found, booked & paid
GigXchange is one UK live music platform: a website that finds you, an app that books and pays you, and the GX Index of UK gig fees.
It lists 3,309 grassroots venues and 10,211 upcoming gigs, with 5,606 UK gig fee observations collected for the GX Index.
Updated 1 November 2026
How the platform fits together
The website brings people to you, the app turns them into confirmed and paid bookings, and the GX Index shows what UK gigs are observed and advertised to pay. It is free to join; the only booking charge is an optional 5% booker fee on protected payments.
| Get foundThe WebsitePeople discover you here | |
| Get bookedThe App — MainstageYou connect, book & get paid | |
| Price with confidenceData & ToolsYou price & pitch with real data |
| Your profileArtists, venues, agents and promoters get a public profile and press kit that search engines and AI assistants can find. Organiser accounts stay private. |
| A confirmed bookingYou can choose to publish it as a public event. Published events with a recognised directory location show in the Gig Directory. Organiser bookings are never published. |
| What gigs paidFees reported through the gig pay survey are reviewed, then join the GX Index. |
| Bookings on GigXchangeQualifying confirmed bookings are wired into the GX Index as a capped source. They are not yet arriving in volume, so today the Index leans on published rate cards, profile rates and the survey (methodology). |
| The GX IndexPowers the free Rate Calculator and the monthly GX Index reports (7 published). |
| The directoriesArtists contact a venue from its directory page; members message each other in the app. |
| For AI assistantsThe AI connector lets Claude, ChatGPT and Codex read the directories and the GX Index live. |
Website, app and GX Index
The website is free to browse without an account, the app holds 53 features for finding, booking, paying, running and promoting gigs and managing your account, and the GX Index publishes UK gig fees every month.
The public side anyone can browse without signing up — a discovery engine for the UK live scene plus a suite of free tools, engineered to be found by people and by AI assistants. Every page is a doorway.
| Discovery EngineSearch profiles, gigs, venues & open mics across the UK from one place. | |
| Free ToolsRate Calculator, Setlist Builder & Contract Generator — free, no login. | |
| Member ProfilesArtist, venue, agent & promoter shop windows. | |
| Gig Directory10,211 UK live music listings by city, date & genre. | |
| Open Mic & Venue Finders1,466 open mics + 3,309 grassroots venues, mapped. | |
| Blog & GuidesDeeply-researched reads on the UK live scene. |
Every profile, listing and article is a doorway — turning searches (and the answers AI assistants give) into sign-ups for the app.
The members-only app where the work gets done — network access to the right people, bookings, protected payments, and promotional tools to fill the room.
| Network AccessSmart Match + messaging connect you to the right artists, venues, agents & promoters. | In the app |
| BookingsOffer, negotiate and confirm a gig in one thread. | In the app |
| Secure PaymentsDeposit held safely until the gig is done, then released to the performer. | In the app |
| Promotional ToolsEPK, flyers, tour & setlist posters — gig-ready promo to fill the room. | In the app |
| Events & TicketingPromote a confirmed booking into a public, ticketed event. | In the app |
| Reviews & ReputationTwo-way reviews and a booking history that build trust. | In the app |
| Every feature, by jobThe full list of what the app does, grouped by the job it does. |
Your public profile and press kit live on the website, and a confirmed booking can be published as a public event that shows in the gig directory - so what you do in the app helps more people discover you.
Real UK fee data and free tools that help you price every gig and pitch with confidence - published monthly, with the method in full.
| GX IndexA transparent benchmark of real UK gig fees by city & act type. | |
| Reports & DatasetsDated, citable references the wider industry links to. | |
| Rate CalculatorKnow what to charge before you negotiate. | |
| Market StatisticsThe state of UK live music, in numbers. | |
| Rate SurveyAdd what you were paid, anonymously — it sharpens the benchmark. | |
| MethodologyHow the Index is built, source by source. |
Fees reported through the gig pay survey are reviewed and join the Index, with qualifying bookings wired in as they arrive - and the monthly reports it powers bring more people to the scene (and to you).
What it does for each role
GigXchange gives each of its 5 roles - artists, venues, agents, promoters and event organisers - the same three parts, used for a different job.
People find you on the public website, and your profile doubles as your press kit. In the app you agree the date and fee in one thread, get paid through protected payments with 0% taken from your booking fee, and check your fee against the GX Index before you quote.
| Profiles and EPKA public profile that doubles as an electronic press kit: music, video, photos, fees, free dates and reviews, kept up to date by itself. | |
| Availability calendarOne calendar of free and booked dates, shown on the profile so every offer starts from a date that works. | |
| MessagesChat with offer cards, files and availability in the thread, so the deal stays where the booking lives. | |
| Protected paymentsPay through GigXchange and Stripe holds the money, then releases it to the performer 5 days after the gig. | |
| Gig pay surveySay what a gig paid and see at once where it sits against real UK fees. Answers feed the GX Index. |
| More for artists |
Your free directory page brings artists to you; claim it to keep it right. In the app you shortlist acts with Smart Match, book and pay in one place, and fill a dropped slot with Gig Rescue.
| Claim your venue pageVenues take over their free public directory and open mic pages and keep them accurate from the app. | |
| Smart MatchSay the date, city and budget and get a ranked shortlist of who can actually play, then act on several at once. | |
| Gigs, bookings and eventsPost an open gig, agree a booking with offers and counter-offers, and publish the public event, each kept separate. | |
| Gig RescueAct dropped out? Alert free local artists in one tap and share a public urgent-gig page with your own network. | |
| Auto-made postersA venue's upcoming-events poster and flyers fill themselves from its confirmed gigs and stay current. |
| More for venues |
Your roster's profiles are found on the public website. In the app a signed roster agreement lets you book for the artists you represent, keep their diaries in step with calendar sync, and agree each deal in one thread.
| Agent rosterA two-party agreement that proves an agent represents an artist, so the agent can keep the roster together and show it publicly. | |
| Profiles and EPKA public profile that doubles as an electronic press kit: music, video, photos, fees, free dates and reviews, kept up to date by itself. | |
| ExploreBrowse and filter artists, venues, agents, promoters and open gigs across the UK by city, genre, fee and date. | |
| MessagesChat with offer cards, files and availability in the thread, so the deal stays where the booking lives. | |
| Calendar syncTwo-way sync with Google, Apple and Outlook calendars so a real diary and GigXchange never double-book. |
| More for agents |
Find acts and venues from one search, agree and pay in the app, then turn the booking into a ticketed event and send it to Eventbrite.
| ExploreBrowse and filter artists, venues, agents, promoters and open gigs across the UK by city, genre, fee and date. | |
| Smart MatchSay the date, city and budget and get a ranked shortlist of who can actually play, then act on several at once. | |
| Protected paymentsPay through GigXchange and Stripe holds the money, then releases it to the performer 5 days after the gig. | |
| TicketingSell tickets with tiers for your event, deliver them by email and scan them at the door. | |
| Eventbrite publishingSend an event to Eventbrite in one tap and keep later edits in step automatically. |
| More for promoters |
Booking an act for a wedding, birthday or office party: search by date, city and budget, agree it in chat and pay safely, with refund rules shown before you pay. Your account stays private.
| Smart MatchSay the date, city and budget and get a ranked shortlist of who can actually play, then act on several at once. | |
| MessagesChat with offer cards, files and availability in the thread, so the deal stays where the booking lives. | |
| Protected paymentsPay through GigXchange and Stripe holds the money, then releases it to the performer 5 days after the gig. | |
| Fair cancellation tiersDeposit refunds scale with how close to the gig a booking is cancelled, shown before anyone pays. | |
| ReviewsTwo-way reviews after a completed booking, with replies, so both sides build a track record. |
| More for organisers |
See the app in action
A look inside GigXchange Mainstage - the members app where artists, venues, agents and promoters manage bookings, messaging, events and payments, and event organisers book acts for one-off events.
- 01 / 06
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 / 06
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 / 06
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 / 06
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.
- 05 / 06
Your profile & EPK
Your shop window to the whole UK scene — a profile and electronic press kit that does the selling for you, on the public web and inside the app.
- Built to be foundYour profile is a public page engineered for search and AI discovery — so people find you without you chasing them.
- A press kit that travelsMusic, photos, stats and past gigs in one shareable EPK that makes booking you an easy yes.
- Always currentUpdate once and it's live everywhere — no stale links, no outdated one-sheets.
- 06 / 06
Setlists
Build a polished setlist in minutes and share it with the room — songs, keys and running order, ready for the night.
- Drag-and-drop running orderReorder songs in a tap and see the whole set take shape, page by page.
- Share it anywhereSend a clean, branded setlist to the band, the venue or the sound engineer in one tap.
- Reuse and adaptSave sets per act or venue and tweak the running order for the next gig without starting over.
- 01 / 06
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 / 06
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 / 06
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 / 06
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.
- 05 / 06
Your profile & EPK
Your shop window to the whole UK scene — a profile and electronic press kit that does the selling for you, on the public web and inside the app.
- Built to be foundYour profile is a public page engineered for search and AI discovery — so people find you without you chasing them.
- A press kit that travelsMusic, photos, stats and past gigs in one shareable EPK that makes booking you an easy yes.
- Always currentUpdate once and it's live everywhere — no stale links, no outdated one-sheets.
- 06 / 06
Setlists
Build a polished setlist in minutes and share it with the room — songs, keys and running order, ready for the night.
- Drag-and-drop running orderReorder songs in a tap and see the whole set take shape, page by page.
- Share it anywhereSend a clean, branded setlist to the band, the venue or the sound engineer in one tap.
- Reuse and adaptSave sets per act or venue and tweak the running order for the next gig without starting over.
Better as one platform
Finding an act, agreeing the deal, paying safely and promoting the night often means separate tools; on GigXchange it is one profile, one thread and one booking record.
| DiscoveryMore ways to be foundYour profile, listings, press kit and the guides around them each earn their own discovery — so you turn up in more places, not just one. |
| MomentumYour wins travelWhat you do in the app — your press kit, and the confirmed gigs you choose to publish — becomes public pages that help more people discover you. |
| DataSmarter pricing, for everyoneFees reported in the gig pay survey, and qualifying bookings as they arrive, feed the GX Index — so you, and the whole scene, price and pitch with real numbers instead of guesswork. |
| Find an act or venueSearch by city, genre, fee and free date; Smart Match shortlists who can playSocial media, word of mouth, a directory |
| Agree the bookingOne thread with offer cards and counter-offersEmail, texts and calls |
| Put it in writingA booking agreement both sides can seeA contract template, or nothing |
| Pay and get paidProtected payments: Stripe holds the money until 5 days after the gigBank transfer and trust |
| Promote the nightFlyers, posters and ticketing built from the bookingA design tool and a ticket site |
| Know the going rateThe GX Index and the free Rate CalculatorSeparate rate sources and guesswork |
06 — Platform FAQ8 answersPlatform questions
Keep exploring
How It WorksGuide
The whole journey — search, book, sign, get paid. One real booking walked end to end, in plain English.
Where the money sits at every step
Contracts signed in-app
Deposits held safely until the gig is done
Free to use — 5% only on protected payments
| How It Works | |
| Vs Agencies | |
| User Guides | |
| Help Centre | |
| Find out more | |
| Create free account |
Gig DirectoryDaily
Live UK gig listings by city, date and genre. The UK circuit, refreshed continuously — free to browse, no login.
Grassroots filter for small venues and indie stages
Every gig links its venue
Open mic and venue directories alongside
List your own gig free
| Gig Directory | |
| Open Mic Finder | |
| Venue Directory | |
| All Cities | |
| Find out more | |
| Create free account |
GX IndexLive
Real UK gig-fee benchmarks — price with confidence. What UK gigs are observed and advertised to pay, city by city - a benchmark, with the method in full.
Fee ranges by city and act type
Net and gross split out, commission separated
Free rate calculator
Dated reports and open datasets
| GX Index | |
| Rate Calculator | |
| Reports | |
| Market Stats | |
| Find out more | |
| Create free account |
Profiles1,164
Artists, venues, agents and promoters each have a public shop window. Artists, venues, agents and promoters - found by people and AI assistants. Organiser accounts stay private.
Media, fees, genres and reviews
Compare up to 4 acts side by side
Your gigs and press kits feed your public pages
Free forever
| Browse Profiles | |
| For Artists | |
| For Venues | |
| Compare Acts | |
| Find out more | |
| Create free account |
Get the AppFree
Free on iPhone and Android. Everything on GigXchange — search, chat, bookings, contracts and protected payments — in your pocket.
Free on Google Play and the App Store
Push notifications for messages and bookings
Installs on any phone as a web app too
One account — everything syncs everywhere
| Open the Web App | |
| How It Works | |
| Help Centre | |
| Release Notes | |
| Find out more | |
| Create free account |
| For artists | |
| For venues | |
| For agents | |
| For promoters | |
| For organisers |
The UK live music platform that gets you found, booked & paid
GigXchange is one UK live music platform in three connected parts: a public website where people find you, the Mainstage app where you agree bookings and get paid, and the GX Index, which benchmarks what UK gigs are observed and advertised to pay. It lists 3,309 grassroots venues and 10,211 upcoming gigs, with 5,606 UK gig fee observations collected for the GX Index.
Last updated: 1 November 2026
How the GigXchange Platform Fits Together
The website brings people to you, the app turns them into confirmed and paid bookings, and the GX Index shows what UK gigs are observed and advertised to pay. It is free to join; the only booking charge is an optional 5% booker fee on protected payments.
Click a domain to learn more
The Website
People discover you here
Get bookedThe App — Mainstage
You connect, book & get paid
Price with confidenceData & Tools
You price & pitch with real data
What moves between the parts
Artists, venues, agents and promoters get a public profile and press kit that search engines and AI assistants can find. Organiser accounts stay private.
You can choose to publish it as a public event. Published events with a recognised directory location show in the Gig Directory. Organiser bookings are never published.
Fees reported through the gig pay survey are reviewed, then join the GX Index.
Qualifying confirmed bookings are wired into the GX Index as a capped source. They are not yet arriving in volume, so today the Index leans on published rate cards, profile rates and the survey (methodology).
Powers the free Rate Calculator and the monthly GX Index reports (7 published).
Artists contact a venue from its directory page; members message each other in the app.
The AI connector lets Claude, ChatGPT and Codex read the directories and the GX Index live.
What's Inside the GigXchange Website, App and GX Index
The website is free to browse without an account, the app holds 53 features for finding, booking, paying, running and promoting gigs and managing your account, and the GX Index publishes UK gig fees every month.
The Website
The public side anyone can browse without signing up — a discovery engine for the UK live scene plus a suite of free tools, engineered to be found by people and by AI assistants. Every page is a doorway.
What GigXchange Does for Each Role
GigXchange gives each of its 5 roles - artists, venues, agents, promoters and event organisers - the same three parts, used for a different job.
For artists
People find you on the public website, and your profile doubles as your press kit. In the app you agree the date and fee in one thread, get paid through protected payments with 0% taken from your booking fee, and check your fee against the GX Index before you quote.
A public profile that doubles as an electronic press kit: music, video, photos, fees, free dates and reviews, kept up to date by itself.
One calendar of free and booked dates, shown on the profile so every offer starts from a date that works.
Chat with offer cards, files and availability in the thread, so the deal stays where the booking lives.
Pay through GigXchange and Stripe holds the money, then releases it to the performer 5 days after the gig.
Say what a gig paid and see at once where it sits against real UK fees. Answers feed the GX Index.
For venues
Your free directory page brings artists to you; claim it to keep it right. In the app you shortlist acts with Smart Match, book and pay in one place, and fill a dropped slot with Gig Rescue.
Venues take over their free public directory and open mic pages and keep them accurate from the app.
Say the date, city and budget and get a ranked shortlist of who can actually play, then act on several at once.
Post an open gig, agree a booking with offers and counter-offers, and publish the public event, each kept separate.
Act dropped out? Alert free local artists in one tap and share a public urgent-gig page with your own network.
A venue's upcoming-events poster and flyers fill themselves from its confirmed gigs and stay current.
For agents
Your roster's profiles are found on the public website. In the app a signed roster agreement lets you book for the artists you represent, keep their diaries in step with calendar sync, and agree each deal in one thread.
A two-party agreement that proves an agent represents an artist, so the agent can keep the roster together and show it publicly.
A public profile that doubles as an electronic press kit: music, video, photos, fees, free dates and reviews, kept up to date by itself.
Browse and filter artists, venues, agents, promoters and open gigs across the UK by city, genre, fee and date.
Chat with offer cards, files and availability in the thread, so the deal stays where the booking lives.
Two-way sync with Google, Apple and Outlook calendars so a real diary and GigXchange never double-book.
For promoters
Find acts and venues from one search, agree and pay in the app, then turn the booking into a ticketed event and send it to Eventbrite.
Browse and filter artists, venues, agents, promoters and open gigs across the UK by city, genre, fee and date.
Say the date, city and budget and get a ranked shortlist of who can actually play, then act on several at once.
Pay through GigXchange and Stripe holds the money, then releases it to the performer 5 days after the gig.
Sell tickets with tiers for your event, deliver them by email and scan them at the door.
Send an event to Eventbrite in one tap and keep later edits in step automatically.
For organisers
Booking an act for a wedding, birthday or office party: search by date, city and budget, agree it in chat and pay safely, with refund rules shown before you pay. Your account stays private.
Say the date, city and budget and get a ranked shortlist of who can actually play, then act on several at once.
Chat with offer cards, files and availability in the thread, so the deal stays where the booking lives.
Pay through GigXchange and Stripe holds the money, then releases it to the performer 5 days after the gig.
Deposit refunds scale with how close to the gig a booking is cancelled, shown before anyone pays.
Two-way reviews after a completed booking, with replies, so both sides build a track record.
See the GigXchange App in Action
A look inside GigXchange Mainstage - the members app where artists, venues, agents and promoters manage bookings, messaging, events and payments, and event organisers book acts for one-off events.
- 01 / 06
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 / 06
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 / 06
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 / 06
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.
- 05 / 06
Your profile & EPK
Your shop window to the whole UK scene — a profile and electronic press kit that does the selling for you, on the public web and inside the app.
- Built to be foundYour profile is a public page engineered for search and AI discovery — so people find you without you chasing them.
- A press kit that travelsMusic, photos, stats and past gigs in one shareable EPK that makes booking you an easy yes.
- Always currentUpdate once and it's live everywhere — no stale links, no outdated one-sheets.
- 06 / 06
Setlists
Build a polished setlist in minutes and share it with the room — songs, keys and running order, ready for the night.
- Drag-and-drop running orderReorder songs in a tap and see the whole set take shape, page by page.
- Share it anywhereSend a clean, branded setlist to the band, the venue or the sound engineer in one tap.
- Reuse and adaptSave sets per act or venue and tweak the running order for the next gig without starting over.
- 01 / 06
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 / 06
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 / 06
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 / 06
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.
- 05 / 06
Your profile & EPK
Your shop window to the whole UK scene — a profile and electronic press kit that does the selling for you, on the public web and inside the app.
- Built to be foundYour profile is a public page engineered for search and AI discovery — so people find you without you chasing them.
- A press kit that travelsMusic, photos, stats and past gigs in one shareable EPK that makes booking you an easy yes.
- Always currentUpdate once and it's live everywhere — no stale links, no outdated one-sheets.
- 06 / 06
Setlists
Build a polished setlist in minutes and share it with the room — songs, keys and running order, ready for the night.
- Drag-and-drop running orderReorder songs in a tap and see the whole set take shape, page by page.
- Share it anywhereSend a clean, branded setlist to the band, the venue or the sound engineer in one tap.
- Reuse and adaptSave sets per act or venue and tweak the running order for the next gig without starting over.
Why GigXchange Works Better as One Platform
Finding an act, agreeing the deal, paying safely and promoting the night often means separate tools; on GigXchange it is one profile, one thread and one booking record.
More ways to be found
Your profile, listings, press kit and the guides around them each earn their own discovery — so you turn up in more places, not just one.
Your wins travel
What you do in the app — your press kit, and the confirmed gigs you choose to publish — becomes public pages that help more people discover you.
Smarter pricing, for everyone
Fees reported in the gig pay survey, and qualifying bookings as they arrive, feed the GX Index — so you, and the whole scene, price and pitch with real numbers instead of guesswork.
Separate tools vs one platform
| The job | With separate tools | On GigXchange |
|---|---|---|
| Find an act or venue | Social media, word of mouth, a directory | Search by city, genre, fee and free date; Smart Match shortlists who can play |
| Agree the booking | Email, texts and calls | One thread with offer cards and counter-offers |
| Put it in writing | A contract template, or nothing | A booking agreement both sides can see |
| Pay and get paid | Bank transfer and trust | Protected payments: Stripe holds the money until 5 days after the gig |
| Promote the night | A design tool and a ticket site | Flyers, posters and ticketing built from the booking |
| Know the going rate | Separate rate sources and guesswork | The GX Index and the free Rate Calculator |
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