Gig, band and website tools
Using BandMGT? Here is what GigTag does on gig night
A cover band lives on two things: a crowd that gets the songs it wants, and a diary that keeps filling. GigTag gives the people in front of you one code to scan for requests, your next gig and a booking enquiry form. If you came here looking at BandMGT to organise the band, this is the half that organises the audience.
- No app for your audience
- Free to start
- One code that never changes
Why GigTag
Why a BandMGT band still needs GigTag
BandMGT is built for the five of you: who is free, what is in the set, who is owed what. It is a tool for the band's side of the stage. GigTag is the part the pub sees, on the mic stand, and it is how tonight's crowd asks for a song, finds your next gig and books you.
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The crowd picks, you decide
On Pro, the audience scans the tag and chooses from your song list, and each request lands in a live queue on a phone on stage. You see what this pub wants tonight while you can still act on it. BandMGT is built to plan and review the set. GigTag feeds the room into it as you play.
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Tonight's crowd at next week's gig
Your gigs and weekly residencies sit on your page, and anyone who scans can add one to their own calendar. That is how a good Saturday in one pub can become a few more faces in the next. BandMGT's calendar is built for the members. GigTag's dates are built for the people you want to turn up.
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Party bookings from the bar
Pub crowds are full of people with a birthday, a wedding or a works do coming. The booking enquiry form is on your page on the free plan, GigTag takes no commission on bookings, and the enquiry reaches you while the band is still packing down. Check the date in BandMGT and reply.
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One code that never changes
You print the tag once. The code on it stays the same at every venue and keeps working if the band changes its name, so there is no reprinting and old links still work. It goes in the lead bag with everything else and comes out at each gig.
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No app for anyone
The audience points a camera at the tag and the page opens in their browser. No download and no account, which matters in a pub where people have a pint in one hand and a minute of patience. The band runs it all from the website or the GigTag phone app.
In short
BandMGT and GigTag, in four lines
- BandMGT is band management software: a shared calendar, availability, set lists, venue notes and money for the members.
- GigTag gives your crowd one code for requests, your next gig and your links, opened in the browser.
- The printed code never changes, so one tag serves every pub, club and party you play.
- Our recommendation: organise the band however you like, but do not play a gig without a tag on the stand.
Side by side
GigTag vs BandMGT, topic by topic
Who uses it
A page made for your audience to use
The audience uses the page by scanning the tag. The band manages it from the GigTag website or the GigTag phone app.
BandMGTIts site describes it as the band's single source of truth, used by the members themselves for gigs, set lists, payments and availability.
The set list
Live requests to shape the set. Keep BandMGT for planning.
GigTag holds a song list for the audience to request from. It is not a set list app and sets no running order.
BandMGTA drag-and-drop editor builds the set, exports it as a PDF, and stores key, tempo, duration and notes with each song.
The calendar
Public gigs and residencies fans can save
Your public gigs and weekly residencies appear on your page, and anyone who scans the tag can add one to their own calendar.
BandMGTGigs, rehearsals and meetings go on a shared calendar for members, with blackout dates and a feed that can sync to other calendars.
The money
Invoices on Pro, no commission on bookings
On Pro you can invoice a client in your own design and be paid online. Fans can tip, and GigTag takes 0%.
BandMGTIts site describes tracking each event's income and expenses and managing what each member is paid, with a dashboard of income over time.
Knowing the venue
A live queue showing what tonight's room wants
GigTag keeps no venue notes. The same printed code works in every room, and the request queue tells you what tonight's audience wants.
BandMGTThe band stores contacts and history for each venue, and its site describes venue insights on atmosphere, audience and what to play there.
The quick view
| GigTag | BandMGT | |
|---|---|---|
| A QR code your audience scans | Yes, one that never changes | – |
| Song requests from the crowd | Yes, on Pro | – |
| Tips by card or Apple Pay | Yes, on Pro, into your own Ziina or Stripe. GigTag takes 0% | – |
| Booking enquiries | Yes, on the free plan | – |
| Your gigs and weekly residencies | Yes, on the free plan | – |
| Invoices for bookings | Yes, on Pro | – |
| A printed tag for your mic stand | Yes, in your own design | – |
| Works without an app for the audience | Yes, it opens in the browser | – |
A dash means we did not confirm it for BandMGT, not that it is missing: see what BandMGT offers above, or ask on its site.
BandMGT or GigTag
Where GigTag is different from BandMGT
Inside the band, outside the band
BandMGT is used by the people on stage. It tells the drummer which night, which venue and which set. GigTag is used by the people in front of the stage. They scan the tag on your mic stand and your page opens in their browser, where they can request a song, see your next gig or follow you. One keeps the band organised, the other gives the crowd a way in.
A planned set meets live requests
You can plan a strong set in BandMGT before you leave the house. Then the room has its own ideas. With GigTag on the Pro plan, people request from your song list, or anything if you open requests, and you see them in a live queue during the set. You can stick to the plan, bend it, or leave the requests for the last set.
Your dates, shown to the public
A band calendar in BandMGT is working information for the members. GigTag shows the public side of the same dates. Add your gigs and weekly residencies and anyone who scans your tag sees where you play next and can add it to their own calendar. For a pub band, that is how tonight's crowd finds its way to the next venue.
A night with GigTag
A five-piece cover band's pub Saturday
Load in is at seven. Once the PA is up, the singer clips the tag to the mic stand, where it stays for both sets. After the second song you mention it: scan the code if there is something you want to hear. Phones come out at the tables near the bar. Your page opens in each browser, showing the band's song list. On Pro, the requests drop into a live queue on the guitarist's phone, and you agree with a nod which ones go into the second set.
At the break, a few people scan the tag to see where you are playing next. Your gigs and the weekly residency you hold across town are on the page, and they add a date to their calendars. Someone organising a fortieth sends a booking enquiry before last orders. You see it in the GigTag app while the van is being packed. The tag comes off the stand and goes in the lead bag. Next week it does the same job in a different pub.
About BandMGT
What is BandMGT?
BandMGT is band management software built by a working musician for gigging bands, cover bands in particular. Its site calls it a single source of truth for gigs, set lists, payments and availability. The aim is to replace the mix of messaging threads, spreadsheets and shared folders that most bands rely on, so every member knows what is happening and when, and nobody turns up with last month's set list.
Day to day, members mark the dates they cannot do, gigs and rehearsals go on a shared calendar, and set lists are built by dragging songs into order and exported as a PDF. Songs can be found through Spotify and carry key, tempo and notes. The band can keep contacts and history for each venue, and track fees, expenses and what each member is owed for an event.
- Where
- Worldwide
- Website
- bandmgt.com
How BandMGT works
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Bring the band in. Every member joins the band's account, so gigs, rehearsals and set lists are seen by all. Its site presents this as the replacement for scattered message threads, spreadsheets and shared folders.
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Mark availability, add dates. Members enter blackout dates for the days they are not free to play. Gigs, rehearsals and meetings then go on the shared calendar, which can also feed into an external calendar.
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Build the set list. Songs are added to the band's library, with Spotify search to find them, and carry key, tempo, duration and notes. You drag them into order and export the set list as a PDF.
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Record the venue and money. After the gig, the band keeps contacts and history for the venue, and logs what the gig paid, the expenses and each member's payment. A dashboard shows gig history and income.
Who BandMGT is for
Working cover bands. The band its site has most clearly in mind: several members, regular pub, club and party gigs, and a set list that changes from venue to venue. It was built by a musician who drums in a covers band and wanted one place for all of it.
Bands with busy members. Groups where members play in other projects or work shifts. Blackout dates show who is free before a gig is accepted, which its site presents as the way to stop missed gigs and double bookings.
Bands refining their set. Bands that want to learn from each night. Its site describes an AI Setlist Coach that looks at how songs have performed and points to the ones that need attention, along with tempo, key and genre details for each song.
The verdict
GigTag or BandMGT: which should you choose?
The bottom line
For any band that plays in front of people, GigTag is the tool to add first, because it is the part of your setup made for the audience: one scan for requests, your next date and a booking form. BandMGT is still the right kind of tool for keeping members, set lists and money in order, and the two never overlap. Run the band with one and work the room with the other.
They fit together cleanly because they never touch the same job. Keep the band's dates, availability, set lists and money in BandMGT. Put a GigTag on the mic stand for the audience: requests, next gigs, links and booking enquiries. When an enquiry comes in through GigTag and you accept it, it becomes another date for the band calendar.
- Step 1
Plan the gig in BandMGT
Confirm who is available, put the date on the shared calendar and build the set list there, exactly as the band does for every other gig.
- Step 2
Mirror the public parts
Add the gigs you want the public to see to your GigTag page, and keep its song list close to the songs the band can actually play.
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Feed enquiries back
When a booking enquiry arrives through the tag, check the band's availability in BandMGT before you reply, then add the confirmed date to the calendar.
Choose GigTag if
You want the crowd at your gigs to request songs, find your next date and enquire about booking you, from one code that stays on your stand.
Start freeBandMGT may still suit you if
You need every member looking at the same calendar, the same set list and the same numbers.
GigTag FreeYour page, your tag design, every gig and residency, a booking form. One act.
GigTag ProSong requests, tips, invoices, more than one act. AED 30, £11.99 or $15.99 a month.
GigTag Printed tagFrom AED 100 in the UAE, £24.99 in the UK or €28.99 in the EU, delivered free, with a large size for more; $32.99 elsewhere, plus postage from the UK. Or print your own, anywhere, for free.
Should a cover band choose GigTag or BandMGT first?
Ask where you are losing out. If gigs are being missed and set lists lost, start with an organiser such as BandMGT. If the band runs fine but each gig ends with nothing to show beyond the night's pay, start with GigTag: its free plan gives you a tag, a page, your gigs and a booking enquiry form, so every crowd can follow and book you.
Why would a band that already uses BandMGT add GigTag?
Because the audience is the one group BandMGT is not built for. GigTag gives them a code on the mic stand: requests in a live queue on Pro, your next gig to save, your links and a booking form. It needs no app on anyone's phone. The members keep their calendar, and the crowd gets a way in.
What is BandMGT used for?
BandMGT is band management software for gigging bands. Its site describes a shared calendar for gigs and rehearsals, member availability, a set list editor with PDF export, venue records and tracking of fees, expenses and member payments. It was built by a musician who plays in a covers band. See its site for plans and prices.
Does GigTag do what BandMGT does?
No, and it is not meant to. GigTag does not manage member availability or build set lists. It gives your act one permanent QR code on a tag for the mic stand. Fans scan it to request songs, see your gigs, follow your links and send booking enquiries. BandMGT is for the band, GigTag is for the audience.
Can the whole band use GigTag alongside BandMGT?
Yes. GigTag lets band members join the band, and on Pro one account can hold more than one act. That sits comfortably next to BandMGT, which the same members use for the calendar, set lists and payments. Each tool keeps to its own side of the gig, so nothing has to be entered twice for the same purpose.
We are a cover band on BandMGT. Does GigTag take a cut of tips?
GigTag takes 0% of tips. Tips go into the performer's own Stripe account, or Ziina account in the UAE. Tips, song requests, gigs, links, booking enquiries and invoices work in every country.
How can a pub audience request songs from a cover band?
Give them one code to scan. With GigTag on the Pro plan, the audience scans the tag on your mic stand, sees your song list in their browser and picks a song, or asks for anything if you have opened requests. The band sees each request in a live queue on the website or the app.
Do we need to print a new QR code for every venue?
No. A GigTag carries one permanent code for the act. It works in every venue and never changes, even if the band is renamed. You can order a printed tag, at £24.99 in the UK or AED 100 in the UAE, or use the print file and print your own for free, anywhere.
Does BandMGT show our gigs to fans?
Its site describes a shared calendar for the band's members, with a feed that syncs to other calendars. See its site for what it offers beyond the band. On GigTag, the gigs and weekly residencies you add are shown on the page your audience opens from the tag, and they can save a date to their calendar.
Can one account cover our band and my solo gigs?
On GigTag, yes, with Pro. The free plan covers one act. Pro adds more than one act on one account, so the band and your solo set can sit together. Band members can join the band as well. Pro costs £11.99 a month in the UK, AED 30 in the UAE and $15.99 elsewhere.
Looking for BandMGT itself?
This page is GigTag's. BandMGT's sign-in, prices, reviews and support are on its own site.
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BandMGT is the name of its owner's product; GigTag is not connected with it. What is said about BandMGT here comes from its own public website, checked on 7 October 2026. Products change: if something here is out of date, tell us and we will correct it.
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