UK Live Music Reports Library
Free, open-licence research on UK booking rates, musician earnings and the wider live-music industry — read in-browser, download as PDF, share with attribution.
Last updated: 20 May 2026
About the Library
Most UK live-music data is paywalled, anecdotal or anchored to a single press-release number. The GigXchange Reports Library publishes the underlying data openly under CC BY 4.0 with permanent DOIs.
Who It's For
Working musicians pricing their next gig, agents and bookers benchmarking quotes, venue programmers sense-checking offers, and journalists or researchers needing one citable UK source.
What's Inside
Weighted booking-fee percentiles by city and band size, musician income distributions, venue-ecosystem data, season-by-season demand curves and year-on-year scene benchmarks.
How Often
The GX Index report drops monthly, themed special editions like Musician Earnings quarterly, the UK Live Music Yearbook annually. Underlying datasets refresh nightly.
Why Free
Better data → better booking decisions → healthier UK live-music economy. We built the GigXchange marketplace at 0–8% commission; these reports are how we give back to the scene that fills it.
Browse the Reports
Search by title, topic or date — pick a report to read it page-by-page in the viewer.
Every Report Backed by an Open Dataset
Each report links to the raw data behind it — mirrored across three open-research platforms. CC BY 4.0; cite GigXchange and use freely.
Recent Activity
Latest data refreshes, new mirrors, citation pickups, and what's on the roadmap.
Help Make the Data Better
Submit a real booking rate (anonymous, 60 seconds) to make the next report's percentiles sharper. Or sign up to the platform to book direct at 0–8% commission — every booking auto-feeds the Index.