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On GigPig for venue gigs? Here is what GigTag adds
In a bar on a Friday, nobody knows who you are until you give them a way to find out. GigTag is a tag on your mic stand that lets the room request songs, save your next date and book you directly, from one scan. If you came here looking at GigPig for venue gigs, this is what helps each of those gigs do more.
- No app for your audience
- Free to start
- One code that never changes
Why GigTag
Why acts with GigPig gigs still need GigTag
GigPig is built for the venue's side of live music: finding and booking you. GigTag is built for the audience's side. Once you are playing, one printed code handles requests, your next date, your links and private enquiries, and GigTag takes no commission on the bookings that follow.
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The room learns your name
Most of a bar crowd did not come for you. One scan of the tag opens your page in their browser, with no app or account, and puts your name, socials and music links in their hand. A venue marketplace introduces you to the booker. GigTag introduces you to everyone else in the building.
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Private bookings come straight to you
Parties and weddings get booked by people who saw an act they liked. Your page has a booking enquiry form on the free plan, and whatever a guest sends reaches you in the GigTag app. GigTag takes no commission. GigPig's marketplace is built for venues, so private work like this is where GigTag adds something new.
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Requests land on your phone
On Pro, the audience picks from your song list, or asks for anything if you open requests, and each request joins a live queue on your phone. You see what the room wants while there is still time to play it. A booking platform does its work before the gig. This one works during the set.
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Regulars keep your residency
When a venue gig becomes a weekly slot, add it to your page as a residency. Regulars save it to their calendars and know when you are back. The booking still lives in GigPig's calendar for you and the venue. GigTag is where the audience keeps it.
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Free to start, one tag everywhere
The free plan includes the tag design and print file, your page, links, every gig and residency, the enquiry form and one act. Print it yourself and it costs nothing to try. The code never changes, so the same tag works in every venue a booking platform sends you to.
In short
GigPig and GigTag, in four lines
- GigPig is a UK marketplace where bars, pubs, hotels and other venues find and book live acts.
- GigTag is for the audience at those gigs: requests, your next date and your links from one scan.
- Private enquiries come straight to you, with no commission taken by GigTag and no app for the guest.
- Our advice: take venue gigs wherever you find them, and put a GigTag on the stand at each one.
Side by side
GigTag vs GigPig, topic by topic
Setting up
A tag and page you set up yourself
You create your act, design the tag and add your links, songs and gigs from the website or the GigTag app. Then the tag goes on your mic stand.
GigPigYou create an artist profile with videos and a set list, which venues watch and read before they book. Its site says every act is monitored and reviewed.
Getting booked
Keep GigPig for venue gigs, add GigTag for private enquiries
GigTag does not find gigs. People at the gig can send a booking enquiry from your page, and it reaches you in the app or on the website.
GigPigVenues search by genre, location and type of act and book through the platform. Artists can set the minimum they will play for.
The diary
Every gig and residency, shown to your audience
You add every gig and weekly residency yourself, wherever it was booked. The audience sees your next date and can add it to their own calendar.
GigPigBookings made through the platform are kept in a gig calendar, which its site lists among the main tools for artists.
Invoices
Invoices in your own design for any booking
On Pro you send invoices in your own design for any booking, such as a private party, and the client pays online.
GigPigIts site says GigPig automatically creates an invoice for each artist, based on the confirmed details of the gig booked through it.
Telling people about it
One scan tells the room who you are
The tag tells the people already in the room. One scan shows them your socials, music links and next gig, with no app or account.
GigPigVenues can link their What's On page to GigPig, so the gigs they have booked appear there automatically for their customers to see.
The quick view
| GigTag | GigPig | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Yes |
| 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 GigPig, not that it is missing: see what GigPig offers above, or ask on its site.
GigPig or GigTag
Where GigTag is different from GigPig
Venue bookers versus the audience
GigPig faces the venue. The person looking at your profile is an entertainment manager filling a Friday slot. GigTag faces the audience. The person scanning the tag on your mic stand is at a table ten feet away, halfway through a pint, wondering what you are called. Their phone opens your page in the browser, with no app or account, and shows your links, your next gig and a way to enquire.
Requests during a pub set
A bar gig runs on what the room wants to hear. With GigTag on Pro, people scan the code and request a song from your list, or anything at all if you open requests. Each one appears in a live queue on your phone while you play, so you can work them into the set. That is a job for the hours you are on stage, after the booking platform has done its part.
Private bookings from a public gig
Someone in that pub is organising a fortieth or a wedding. GigPig's marketplace is built for venues booking acts. GigTag's enquiry form is for anyone in the room: they scan, fill in the details, and it reaches you directly in the GigTag app or on the website. On Pro you can then send an invoice in your own design that the client pays online. GigTag takes no commission on the booking.
A night with GigTag
A solo singer's Friday night bar gig
It is Friday, eight o'clock, and you are set up in the window of a busy city bar with a guitar and a small PA. The gig came through a booking platform. The crowd did not: they are here for a drink after work. Your tag is on the mic stand. Three songs in, someone at the nearest table scans it, and your page opens in their phone's browser. You are on Pro, so they can see your song list. A request drops into the live queue on your phone. You play it next.
By the second set the queue has grown, and you work through the ones that suit the room. Between songs you mention that you are back here next month and that the date is on the page. A regular at the bar adds it to her calendar. A couple by the door scan on their way out and send a booking enquiry about an engagement party. You read it in the GigTag app on the train home. The tag goes back in your gig bag for tomorrow's pub, because one code does every venue.
About GigPig
What is GigPig?
GigPig is a UK booking platform that connects artists with venues: bars, pubs, hotels and larger sites. Its site calls it the UK's largest live music marketplace and says venues can reach more than 20,000 verified artists through it. Acts of every size are on it, from solo singers and duos to full bands, DJs and tribute acts. It lists London, Manchester, Birmingham, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Leeds, Sheffield and York as its locations.
You build a profile with videos and your set list. Venues search by genre, location and type of act, then book through the platform. Your bookings sit in a gig calendar, an invoice is created automatically from the confirmed gig details, and you can set the minimum you will play for. There are GigPig apps for iPhone and Android, and venues can show their booked gigs on a What's On page.
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Website
- gigpig.uk
How GigPig works
- 1
Create your artist profile. You sign up as an artist and build a profile with videos and your set list, so that a venue can watch and listen before it books.
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Venues search and book. Venues filter acts by genre, location and type of performer, keep lists of favourites, and book through the platform. They can post several gigs at once from templates.
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The gig joins your calendar. Confirmed bookings sit in your gig calendar, so the diary stays in one place. GigPig has apps for iPhone and Android for artists on the move.
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An invoice is created. Once the gig details are confirmed, GigPig creates the invoice for that booking automatically, so neither side has to write one or chase it by hand.
Who GigPig is for
Pubs and live music bars. Its site speaks first to venues: a local pub or live music bar that wants a steady supply of acts. They browse verified artists, watch videos, save their favourites and fill their nights from one place.
Hotels and venue groups. There are pages for hotels, for stadiums and arenas, and for operators running several sites, including entertainment managers who book for a whole group. Posting many gigs at once from a template is aimed at them.
Acts who want venue work. For artists, the pitch is access to venues across its listed UK cities. Solo singers, duos, DJs, full bands and tribute acts are all named, along with tools for the calendar and the invoicing that follow a booking.
The verdict
GigTag or GigPig: which should you choose?
The bottom line
If you play venues, use GigTag at every one of them. The strongest reason is that the audience is the part of the gig a booking platform is not aimed at, and one scan lets that audience request, follow, save your next date and enquire directly. GigTag does not find gigs, so keep GigPig if you want UK venues to book you through its marketplace. Most working acts would run both, and GigTag has a free plan to start on.
Use both. GigPig fills the diary with venue work. GigTag makes each of those nights do more: the residency you landed shows on your page as a weekly date, regulars add it to their calendars, and a guest who wants you for a party enquires on the spot. Add every gig to GigTag wherever it was booked. The free plan includes every gig and residency.
- Step 1
Take the booking on GigPig
Keep your GigPig profile, videos and set list in good order and accept the venue gigs that suit you. The calendar and invoice for those are handled there.
- Step 2
Mirror the dates on GigTag
Add each confirmed gig, and any weekly residency, to your GigTag page. Gigs are on the free plan, so there is no cost to keeping both in step.
- Step 3
Put the tag up
At the venue, put the tag on your mic stand before the first song. Requests, follows and private enquiries then come from the room while you play.
Choose GigTag if
You already have the gigs and want the crowd at each one to request songs, follow you and book you directly.
Start freeGigPig may still suit you if
You want UK venues to find your profile and offer you gigs through a booking platform, with the calendar and invoicing handled there.
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.
Why add GigTag if GigPig already gets me gigs?
Because getting the gig and getting something from the room are different jobs. GigTag lets the audience request songs on Pro, follow your socials, save your next date and send private booking enquiries directly to you, all from one scan with no app. GigPig handles the venue booking, the calendar and the invoice for it. GigTag handles everyone else in the bar.
Is GigTag or GigPig better for a solo singer?
For finding venue gigs in its UK cities, GigPig is the tool made for that. For the gig itself, GigTag is the one built for a performer on a stage: a permanent code on your mic stand, requests in a live queue on Pro, your gigs and links, and a booking form on the free plan. A solo singer who plays regularly would sensibly have both.
What is GigPig used for?
GigPig is a UK platform where venues book live acts. Artists create a profile with videos and set lists, venues search and book through it, and the platform keeps a gig calendar and creates invoices. Its site lists eight UK locations, including London, Manchester and Edinburgh. For what it charges, see its site.
Is GigTag a GigPig alternative?
For finding gigs, no. GigTag does not find venues or gigs for you. It is a permanent QR code on a custom tag for your mic stand, opening a page where the audience can request songs, see your next gig, follow your links and send a booking enquiry. Many acts would run it next to a booking platform.
Can I list gigs booked through GigPig on my GigTag page?
Yes. Add any gig or weekly residency to GigTag yourself, wherever it was booked. Fans who scan your tag see the next date and can add it to their calendar. Gigs and residencies are part of the free plan, along with the page, your links and the booking enquiry form.
Do people at a GigPig gig need an app to scan a GigTag?
No. They point their phone camera at the code on your stand and your page opens in the browser. There is no app to download and no account to create. The code is permanent, so the same tag works at every venue, and if you rename the act the old links still work.
Which cities does GigPig cover?
Its site lists London, Manchester, Birmingham, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Leeds, Sheffield and York as its locations. Venues in those cities use it to find and book acts, from solo singers and duos to DJs and full bands. For the latest list of areas, and for anything about joining, check its site.
Does GigPig have an app for artists?
Yes. GigPig has apps for iPhone and Android, linked from its site. Its artist pages list a gig calendar, automatic invoicing and the option to set the minimum you will play for. GigTag is separate: you run it from the GigTag website or the GigTag phone app, and the audience needs no app at all.
Can a pub crowd request songs from their phones?
Yes, with GigTag on Pro. People scan the QR code on your mic stand, your page opens in the browser, and they choose from your song list. If you open requests, they can ask for anything. Each request shows in a live queue on your phone, so you decide what to play and when.
How much does a GigTag cost in the UK?
The free plan costs nothing and includes the tag design and print file, your page, links, every gig and residency, the booking enquiry form and one act. Pro is £11.99 a month or £119.99 a year and adds song requests, invoices and more than one act. A printed tag is £24.99 with free UK delivery.
Looking for GigPig itself?
This page is GigTag's. GigPig's sign-in, prices, reviews and support are on its own site.
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GigPig is the name of its owner's product; GigTag is not connected with it. What is said about GigPig 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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