Talent buying
We buy for our own promotions, so we know what a fee should be before we ask. That is the difference between a quote and a negotiation.
- Real market fees, not list prices
- Holds and first refusals
- Counter-offer handling
One team, offer sheet to encore
The right act, the right room, the right night.
Kingofkings matches artists to audiences and then makes the show happen. Availability and fees come back fast, contracts are ours to chase, and on the day our production team is in the building — not on the phone.
- Shows delivered
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- Countries
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- Artists represented
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- Avg. quote turnaround
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Services
Everything between the brief and the encore
Take the whole service or just the part you are missing. Both are normal here.
Festival programming
Line-ups built as a curve, not a list — headline weight where the money is, discovery where the room can take it, and a budget that still balances.
- Stage-by-stage curation
- Budget modelling per slot
- Clash and curfew planning
Show production
Technical delivery under one manager. Riders read line by line, suppliers tendered, and a schedule the crew can actually work to.
- Rider reconciliation
- Site and stage planning
- Crew and supplier management
Sponsor activation
Sponsorship that survives contact with the artist. Rights, usage and on-site presence agreed at contract stage, not on the day.
- Rights packages
- Artist approvals
- On-site brand delivery
International routing
Dates that make geographic and financial sense, with the visas, carnets and freight booked around them rather than after them.
- Route and cost modelling
- Immigration paperwork
- Freight and backline
Contracting & settlement
Deal memos, riders, insurance and the night's settlement, all in writing. No handshake deals, no surprises at the end of the show.
- Deal memos and contracts
- Insurance and permits
- Same-week settlement
The list
Acts we can put in front of you
Tell us the room, the crowd and the budget, and three names that fit come back the same day. The rest of the list stays out of your inbox.
DJ & electronic
Electronic & hybrid live
From warm-up to headline, including live hybrid sets with hardware and vocals.
Music
Pop & commercial
Chart-familiar acts and covers ensembles for audiences who want to sing along.
Music
Jazz, soul & funk
Dinner-length sets through to late dance floors, with horn sections on request.
Stage & circus
World & cultural ensembles
Regional groups and dancers for cultural programmes and national days.
Hosts & speakers
Comedy & compères
Stand-up, improvised hosting and awards compères who keep a running order on time.
Stage & circus
Visual & immersive
Projection artists, dancers and installations for brand spaces and after-parties.
Selected work
Recent productions
Three nights that show the range: an outdoor festival, a routed tour and a black-tie room.
Festival · two stages
Harbour Lights Festival
Programmed both stages, booked the headliner eleven weeks out after the first choice pulled, and rebuilt the running order without moving the curfew.
- 12,000Attendance
- 18Acts booked
- 0Slots dropped
Tour · nine cities
Nightform Tour
Routed nine dates across five countries, carried the carnet and the freight, and settled every venue inside the same week the tour ended.
- 9Cities
- 5Countries
- 94%Average sold
Private · black tie
Anniversary Gala, 1,400 guests
Orchestra, a headline vocalist and three speciality acts across one evening, under NDA, with a stage change that took four minutes.
- 1,400Guests
- 4Acts
- 4 minChangeover
Process
From brief to encore in four steps
The same four steps whether it is one DJ or a three-day festival.
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Brief & budget
Date, room, capacity, audience and the number you can actually spend. Fifteen minutes on a call saves three weeks of quoting the wrong acts.
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Shortlist & holds
Three to five names with real fees and real availability, and a hold on the ones you like so nobody else takes the date while you decide.
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Contract & advance
Deal memo, rider, insurance and the advance schedule. Everything the artist needs is agreed in writing weeks before anyone loads in.
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Show day
Our production manager is on site from truck call to strike, and the settlement lands in your inbox the same week.
Our side of it
Thirty years of show nights between us
The people behind Kingofkings have promoted, toured and produced. Between them, more than 1,503 shows and enough cancelled headliners to have a plan for it rather than a panic.
We work from Amsterdam and travel to the shows. An agency that never leaves the office learns nothing about the rooms it is selling.
- We attend the shows we book
- Contracts in plain language, not boilerplate
- Settlement within the same week, always
References
What promoters say
Good to know
Answers to the awkward questions
Still unsure? Email [email protected] — we answer every enquiry, including the ones we cannot take.
Why use an agency at all?
Because a published fee is not a real fee, a rider is not a suggestion, and a cancellation at short notice needs somebody with relationships. If none of that worries you, book direct.
How do you pick the shortlist?
Room size, audience, budget and what the night has to achieve. We deliberately include one name you have not thought of — that is usually the one that gets booked.
What if we do not like any of them?
We go again, at no cost. Getting the first shortlist wrong is our problem, not yours.
Do you work with new artists?
Yes, and we price them honestly. Booking someone on the way up before the market notices is one of the few real bargains left in this business.
Who is on site on the day?
A named production manager from truck call to strike, plus the booker who sold you the show. Not a runner with a clipboard.
How do payments and settlement work?
Written schedule at contract stage, funds held where the deal requires it, and a full settlement sent within the same week as the show.
Contact
Tell us the date and the room
The more you can give us now — capacity, audience, budget range — the faster the shortlist comes back.
We answer every enquiry within one working day. If your date is inside two weeks, write “URGENT” in the message and we will call instead.