A booking agreement for bands, DJs, solo artists, speakers and entertainers – performance details, fee and deposit, technical rider and hospitality, arrival and sound check, cancellation and illness, recording and streaming, merchandise, insurance, safeguarding and force majeure.
Events & festivals
Performer and Artist Booking Agreement
About this document
Booking performers on a handshake can lead to disputes about fees, set times, equipment and what happens if someone cancels. A clear booking agreement protects both the organiser and the artist. It covers the practical details (rider, timings, parking) as well as the legal ones (cancellation, recording rights, insurance).
The document is laid out in the sections below. Each one comes with a plain-English guidance note explaining what it does and what to change.
Our templates are professionally structured starting points for UK businesses, not legal advice. For anything complex, unusual or high-value, have your final version checked by a solicitor.
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