Venues, labels, festivals and gig promoters

Hosting a live music event is a pretty great opportunity to drive even more business to your establishment. Whether you’re a regular nightspot for the clubbers and ravers, a local pub with a basement going spare or even the owner of an open country landscape, it’s worth considering how a live music event could really capture imaginations.
In the summer time the buzz surrounding music festivals is huge and in the winter time people want to be entertained out of the cold. On top of that, Christmas, Halloween and New Year are prime calendar dates to pull in punters. The public’s craving for live music is so vast that virtually anywhere and any time can be suitable for an event.

Making a good return on your ticket sales is crucial if you want your event to be a success and grow year on year. You have to be sure that you’ve promoted the event effectively and billed an impressive selection of musicians. Banded can solve both of these problems…

Banded is a brand new resource developed to work alongside event organisers to help promote live music performances. It’s a community that fuses creative design with contemporary music, generating original design material to get music events effectively publicised.

Banded also helps other sectors of the music industry with their promotional needs, such as record labels, gig promoters and agencies.

Banded significantly improves the visual impact you make on your audience using conceptual designs, illustration and artwork tailored to your specifications. You could soon have your very own merchandise logos, poster and flyer campaigns, banner and signage designs, interactive websites and media, plus a shed load more.

Venue FAQ

(For Band and music FAQ click here)

So, I still don't get it, what do you do?
Banded is a unique design service dedicated to generating promotional material for venues, live music events and industry professionals. You can use the service to get logos, websites, posters and much much more designed for you and your venue.

How does it work?
If you click here you will find the Banded Community entry form. Submit your details, including which products you want Banded to design and you’ll be contacted shortly after by a Banded representative – an artist or designer collaborating with Banded.
You’ll speak with the rep yourselves, work out all the design notes, costing details and basically how the project is going to be arranged, and before you know it, your band will have its very own original Banded products.

How do I get my venue on your website?
Good question.
To get your venue on the On Tour listing you need to join the Banded Community. To join the community, you have to use the Banded service. As soon as you’ve completed a design project with a Banded representative, you’ll automatically be offered a FREE space on the listing, which gives you much greater online exposure. Read our service Terms and Conditions for more info.

Why can't I find prices on your website?
Banded products are all priced differently because the creative process to generate them is so varied. In order to ensure your products communicate the exact message of your venue and premises-image, your rep will be design them from scratch, using many new and unique design methods. The price of your product will depend on exactly what your design entails. You can clear this up with your rep before you get started.

Got another question?
If you want to contact Banded about designing a product for you, you need to visit the Sign Up pages. But if you have a question that's not been answered above, try asking it here: mail@banded.co.uk