Booking Live Entertainment

The Golden Rules When Booking Live Entertainment for Your Event

Tips & Tricks For The Entertainment Buyer

Having worked as a knowledgeable magician and mind reader for the past sixteen years, I even have seen hundreds if not thousands of venues everywhere the planet. From Boston, where I’m based, to Singapore, where I work for a couple of weeks once per annum, and lots of cities and countries in between. A similarity that crosses all borders is that the consistent lack of data the client has when booking live entertainment. this is often true for that of a spread type. (e.g magicians, jugglers, clowns, etc.).

When To Book Live Entertainment

So you would like to rent some entertainment for your party, event, graduation, anniversary, etc. regardless of the case could also be, you would like to spice it up with something live and fun! The very first thing you ought to know is that performers of all varieties whether magicians, fire eaters, or live bands, need time to organize their shows. Most folks specially design our performances around your event, and this does take a while and can enter the worth of the performance.

What Are You trying to find

Hiring entertainment for your event can really enhance your guests’ experience. Whether it is a live band, DJ, caricaturist, or magician, live performances create a very unique experience that your guests will share with their friends and families once they leave. you would like to work out what quite entertainment most accurately fits your particular event.

Determine Your Budget

This is far and away one among the foremost details a soon-to-be entertainment buyer must understand. It should be known that each performer, regardless of what persuasion, charges differently. a fireplace eater will charge differently from a juggler or clown. A mentalist will charge differently from a magician or stilt walker. this is often supported by how they value their time and expertise.

Details, Details, Details

Now you recognize what you would like . subsequent thing to try to do is to get your details together. These include the subsequent so as of importance for the performer to know:

• Date of the Event
• The time you would like The Entertainer To Arrive & to start Performing
• sort of Event (birthday, corporate lunch, fair, etc.)
• What you would like From The Entertainer intimately
• Budget!
• what percentage Guests You’re Expecting
• Description of the Venue (indoors, outdoors, theater-style seating, tables, etc.)
• Will There Be Other Entertainment (what kind, how long, etc.)
• Have All Of Your Info Available (phone number, email, address, etc.)

Having this information ready once you call an entertainer will make your booking process go much, much smoother, and typically end in just one, maybe two phone calls or emails. Missing information does happen.

Know Your Venue

As stated above, the venue is extremely important. To most folks, we will perform practically anywhere (within reason). I’ve worked on moving boats, trains, and even on a personal jet. a number of us who work with dangerous items, like sword swallowers or fire breathers, require very specific environments during which to figure safely for themselves and therefore the guests attending.

Let’s check out a couple of samples of common venue locations for a mentalist or magician:

1. The club
2. The Nightclub
3. Your Residence

The point is to use your venue to its absolute potential. Play out the scenario in your head with the entertainment you’ve got in mind. If it looks like it could work, go for it. the likelihood is that you’re right!