Empty slot in, applications out
Describe the night once — date, budget, genres, what kit you provide — and gig-ready artists apply to you through GigXchange, full profiles attached. Free with every venue and promoter profile.
Fill the diary, skip the agency
Sign up free, post the slot, pick from the applications.
Last updated: 7 July 2026
How it works
From open date to booked act in four short steps — the artists come to you.
One form, two minutes
Date, times, budget range, genres, house kit. A live preview shows the exact card artists will see; save as draft or publish.
The right acts find it
Your genre tags route the listing into matching artists' gig boards and searches — no boosting, no pay-to-rank.
Applications with receipts
Every application carries the act's full profile — music, videos, verified reviews, rates — and opens a message thread for terms.
Accept and it's handled
Accepting flows into the booking rails: auto-generated contract, deposit terms, protected payment. The board marks the slot filled.
Everything in the listing
Built for programmers with more nights to fill than hours to fill them.
One form, two minutes
Title, date, times, set length, budget range, requirements — the whole listing is one page, with a live preview of the card artists will see.
A listing that looks like a gig
Pick a cover from the library or upload your own — position and zoom it right on the form. Listings with covers pull more applications.
Tagged to the right acts
Tag the genres you want and the listing surfaces to matching artists — with a popularity heat showing which tags are hot right now.
Say what you provide
PA, lights, backline — one toggle each. Acts know before applying whether to bring the van or just the guitars.
Applications, not email chains
Artists apply through the platform: each application lands in your queue with the act’s full profile, and the conversation carries on in Messages.
The emergency switch
Dropout? Flag the gig as urgent and up to 15 matching artists are notified instantly — the fastest route from empty slot to filled stage.
A board, not a spreadsheet
Every listing on one board — open, draft, filled, closed — with application counts and your average budget at a glance. Edit or re-open any time.
From application to contract
Accept an application and the booking flows straight into contracts, deposits and protected payment — no separate paperwork step.
What makes a gig listing that good acts answer
The listing is a pitch too — the habits that pull applications worth having.
A budget beats "negotiable" every time
Serious acts triage listings the way you triage applications, and the first filter is money. A listing with a real bracket — even a wide one — signals a real booking; "fee negotiable" signals an evening of haggling and gets skipped by exactly the professional acts you want. Price the bracket against the UK Gig Rate Calculator and you'll be within the market's expectations before the first application arrives.
Say what's in the room
Half of every advance email chain is kit: is there a PA, are there lights, whose drums are they. The listing settles it up front with one toggle each for PA, lights and backline — so a self-contained function band and a backline-dependent trio both know instantly whether your night works for them. Fewer dead-end applications on your side, no wasted van packing on theirs.
Genre tags are routing, not decoration
Your tags decide whose gig board the listing lands on. Tag the two or three genres you genuinely book — the tag heat on the form shows what's currently in demand — and the applications arrive pre-filtered. Tag everything and you'll drown in near-misses.
Applications you can actually judge
A cold email tells you what an act says about themselves; a GigXchange application shows you what they've done — verified reviews from real bookings, music and videos in the profile, their rate card against your budget. The judging takes minutes because the evidence is attached. And because accepting one flows straight into a contract with deposit terms and protected payment, "yes" is the end of the admin, not the start.
Keep the board honest
Listings live on your gig board with open, draft, filled and closed states and an application count on every card. Fill a slot, mark it filled — acts stop applying, and your open listings keep their pull. When a dropout burns a date, the emergency flag notifies up to 15 matching artists instantly. For the wider venue playbook, see GigXchange for venues.
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Learn moreMore free tools
Post a Gig is one of 17 tools that come with a free profile.
UK Gig Rate Calculator
Live market percentiles for every band size, city and event type — built on the GigXchange Index. Updated nightly.
Tour Poster
Your gig list becomes a tour poster in 1 click — 4 styles, 3 formats, ticket QR codes and an animated video for socials.
Invoice Generator
VAT-ready invoices built from your gig bookings — auto-numbered, branded PDF, tracked from unpaid to paid.
Stage Plot
Drag-and-drop stage canvas, channel input list and monitor mixes — exported as an engineer-ready A4 PDF.
Flyer Builder
Striking gig flyers from 5 designed styles in 15 templates — prefilled from your booking, with a ticket QR and high-res PNG export.
Booking Manager
Your live availability embedded on your own website — visitors see free dates and book you direct. One snippet, zero upkeep.
EPK Builder
A press kit that updates itself — 18 drag-and-drop blocks, live players, verified reviews and availability at one link.
Fans & Mailing List
An audience you own — fans join from your profile, you send branded email updates with your flyers and posters attached.
AI Matches
Pick a free date, set a 60-second brief, get ranked best-fit venues — and pitch them with real booking invites.
GX Gig Rescue
Act dropped out? Broadcast an urgent booking invite to up to 25 available acts — first to accept is booked.
Licensing Checker
Ten questions decode your venue’s music licensing — permission, copyright and cost, with official sources.
Compliance Checklist
Eight questions build your venue’s compliance board — law first, ten areas, every item linked to its official source.
Martyn's Law Readiness
The 2025 Act reaches every 200+ venue from ~2027 — six questions give your tier, your duties and a first-draft procedures PDF.
Events Poster
Your upcoming programme becomes a designed what’s-on poster in one click — ticket QRs, status badges, your branding.
Find an Artist
Pick the empty date, set a 60-second brief, and invite up to 5 ranked best-fit acts with real booking invites.
Booking Contract Generator
UK-compliant live music performance agreement. 8 clauses, deposits, dual e-signatures, instant PDF.
Setlist Builder
Drag-reorder songs, auto-calc set duration, design a poster-ready setlist in under a minute. Share by link or export PNG / PDF.
GX Index
The UK’s open, free rate dataset for live music. Search by city, genre and use case. Submit your own anonymous rates.
UK Musician Earnings 2026
Data-backed report on what UK musicians actually earn — the £8bn paradox, the income ladder, the 50% rule. Free, CC BY 4.0.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers to the usual queries.
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