Booking sites and agencies
Last Minute Musicians lists your act. GigTag sits on your stand.
You want the person who loved the second set to be able to contact you before the feeling wears off. GigTag gives your act a permanent QR code on the mic stand: one scan and they have your booking form, your next gig and your links in their browser. If you were looking at Last Minute Musicians, this brings the same direct contact into the room.
- No app for your audience
- Free to start
- One code that never changes
Why GigTag
What GigTag adds to a Last Minute Musicians listing
A directory listing is there for clients who search. A GigTag goes to every gig with you. It gives the people already listening a direct line to the act, plus your dates, your links and song requests on Pro, and GigTag takes no commission on the bookings that follow.
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Direct contact, from the dance floor
Both send the client straight to the act. The difference is who is asking. With GigTag it is someone who has just watched you fill a floor, using the booking enquiry form on your page. A directory is built for clients browsing profiles, so GigTag adds the people in the room.
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More than an enquiry form
The same scan shows your next gig and weekly residencies for people to add to their calendar, and links to your socials, website and music. On Pro it also takes song requests in a live queue. One code covers the gig from first song to follow-up.
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Invoices in your own design
When an enquiry turns into a booking, Pro lets you send an invoice in your own design that the client pays online. GigTag takes no commission. You handle enquiries, gigs and invoices from the website or the GigTag phone app.
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One tag for every gig
The code is permanent, so the tag you print once works at the social club, the wedding and the pub. Rename the band and old links still work. In the UK you can print your own for free or order a printed one with free UK delivery.
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Solo set and band, one account
The free plan covers one act. Pro lets one account hold more than one, so the band and your solo set each have a page, and band members can join the band. That keeps every line-up you play in under the same roof.
In short
Last Minute Musicians and GigTag, in four lines
- Last Minute Musicians is a UK directory where clients browse act profiles and enquire directly with the act.
- GigTag brings that direct enquiry into the room, from people who have just heard you play.
- One permanent code also covers your next gig, links, song requests on Pro and invoices, with no commission taken by GigTag.
- Our recommendation: hang a GigTag on your stand at every gig, and keep the directory listing for clients who search.
Side by side
GigTag vs Last Minute Musicians, topic by topic
The listing
A page made for the gig itself
Your page carries your next gig, weekly residencies, socials, website and music links, and a booking enquiry form, all opened by scanning the tag.
Last Minute MusiciansA profile on the directory carries photos, audio, video and reviews from previous clients, and its tour page says acts can embed video demos.
First contact
Enquiries from people who heard you live
The audience sends a booking enquiry from your page. It comes to you on the website or in the GigTag app.
Last Minute MusiciansCustomers send enquiries directly from the act's public listing, and the act deals with the client itself from there, according to its site.
Finding the act
Keep Last Minute Musicians for clients who search
Nobody browses. The only act on the page is the one they are watching, reached through the tag on the mic stand.
Last Minute MusiciansClients browse by category, such as bands, solo musicians and DJs, and by location, then open the profiles that look right for their event.
Help for musicians
Everything managed from the website or the app
You manage everything from the website or the GigTag phone app: gigs, residencies, enquiries, and on Pro requests and invoices.
Last Minute MusiciansIts site offers musicians online help, email support and live chat, mentions free tools for musicians and publishes a guide on how to get gigs.
After the booking
Invoices on Pro, no commission taken by GigTag
On Pro you send the client an invoice in your own design and they pay it online. GigTag takes no commission on the booking.
Last Minute MusiciansSee its site for how it handles this.
The quick view
| GigTag | Last Minute Musicians | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Last Minute Musicians, not that it is missing: see what Last Minute Musicians offers above, or ask on its site.
Last Minute Musicians or GigTag
Where GigTag is different from Last Minute Musicians
Both direct, different starting points
On Last Minute Musicians, the enquiry comes from someone browsing profiles. On GigTag it comes from someone at your gig. Your QR code is on a small tag on the mic stand: they scan it, your page opens in the browser, and the booking enquiry form is there. In both cases the client talks to you. With GigTag, they have heard you live first.
A page people use during the set
A directory profile is there for someone choosing an act for an event. A GigTag page is opened mid-gig, so it is built for that. People can see your next gig and weekly residencies and add them to their calendar, and follow your socials, website and music links. On Pro they can request a song from your list, and you see it arrive in a live queue.
After the yes
When an enquiry becomes a booking, GigTag stays useful. You keep track of enquiries on the website or in the GigTag app, alongside your gigs and residencies. On Pro you can send the client an invoice in your own design and they pay it online. Pro also lets you run more than one act from one account, such as a solo set and a band.
A night with GigTag
Saturday at the social club for a covers band
The four of you are on the low stage at a social club, with the dance floor already half full by the second song. The tag hangs on the lead vocal stand at the front. In the gap before the raffle, a few people come up to look, scan it with their phones and go back to their tables with your page open in the browser. One of them follows your socials. Another sees your next gig is in the next town and adds it to her calendar.
On Pro, requests from your song list drop into the live queue in the GigTag app, and you call the next one out between songs. After the last set, a committee member sends a booking enquiry for their Christmas do from the form on your page. You answer it on Sunday, agree the date, and send an invoice in the band's own design that the club pays online. On Monday the tag is back in the cable bag, ready for the next one.
About Last Minute Musicians
What is Last Minute Musicians?
Last Minute Musicians is a UK directory of live bands, musicians, DJs and entertainers for hire. Its site says it has more than 3,500 acts and has been running since 2003. It is aimed at people booking music for weddings, parties, corporate events and other occasions, who browse by type of act and by location. Musicians register and build a listing, and its site also mentions free tools for musicians.
A client browses the directory and opens the profiles that interest them. Each one carries photos, audio, video and reviews from earlier clients, so acts can be compared side by side. The client then sends an enquiry from the act's public listing and deals with the act directly, with nobody negotiating in between. See its site for prices and how to register.
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Website
- lastminutemusicians.com
How Last Minute Musicians works
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The client browses. Someone planning an event looks through the directory by type of act, such as bands, solo musicians or DJs, and by where in the UK they need them.
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They compare profiles. Each listing gives the client photos, audio, video and reviews from previous clients. Its tour page says acts can embed video demos and show their ratings.
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They enquire directly. The client sends an enquiry from the public listing. It goes to the act, and from that point the act and the client are talking to each other.
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The act agrees the booking. The musician and the client settle the details between themselves. Its site also points musicians to help pages, email support and a guide to getting gigs.
Who Last Minute Musicians is for
Weddings and parties. Couples and party hosts looking for a band, a musician or a DJ. Its site is written first for them, with categories and locations to browse and profiles designed to be compared before anyone gets in touch.
Corporate and other occasions. Organisers of corporate events, and people arranging music for occasions such as memorial services. Its site names a broad range of occasions for which someone might want live music or entertainment, well beyond the usual party.
Acts wanting a listing. Bands, solo musicians, DJs and entertainers who want a public profile in a UK directory. Musicians register, build the listing with their media and reviews, and then receive enquiries from clients who have found it.
The verdict
GigTag or Last Minute Musicians: which should you choose?
The bottom line
If you gig in the UK, we recommend a GigTag on your stand. It brings the direct enquiry you value from a directory into the room itself, from people who have just heard you, and adds your dates, links, song requests and invoices behind one permanent code, with no commission taken by GigTag. Last Minute Musicians still serves clients who search a directory for an act, and since both send enquiries straight to you, they fit together well.
They pair naturally. Keep your Last Minute Musicians listing for clients searching the directory, and put a GigTag on the stand for the people who are already listening. Both send the enquiry straight to you. Between them you cover the person planning a wedding from home and the one who decides on the spot that you are the band.
- Step 1
Keep the directory listing
Leave your Last Minute Musicians profile live with up-to-date media and reviews, so clients searching the directory can find you and send you an enquiry directly.
- Step 2
Add a GigTag for the room
Create your GigTag page on the free plan, add your gigs and links, and print the tag. Hang it on the mic stand at every gig.
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Handle both the same way
Both kinds of enquiry come straight to you. Reply to each yourself, and on Pro follow a confirmed booking with an invoice the client pays online.
Choose GigTag if
You want that same direct enquiry from the people at your gigs, plus your dates, links and song requests behind one printed code.
Start freeLast Minute Musicians may still suit you if
You want a listing in a long-running UK directory where clients browse profiles and enquire with you directly.
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.
Questions
Last Minute Musicians and GigTag: what people ask
Something else? Ask us. A person reads every message.
Is GigTag better than Last Minute Musicians for a covers band?
For the nights you are playing, GigTag is the one built for the job: next gig and residencies, links, a booking enquiry form, and on Pro song requests and invoices, from one scan with no app. It does not list you for clients who are searching, which is what Last Minute Musicians is for. A covers band gets the most from running both.
Why would I use GigTag if clients can already contact me through Last Minute Musicians?
Because the people at your gigs are not searching a directory. They are standing in front of you with a phone. GigTag lets them send a booking enquiry there and then, save your next date and follow you. It is free to start, the code is permanent, and GigTag takes no commission on bookings.
What is Last Minute Musicians?
Last Minute Musicians is a UK directory of live bands, musicians, DJs and entertainers. Its site says it lists more than 3,500 acts and was set up in 2003. Clients browse profiles with photos, audio, video and reviews, then send an enquiry to the act directly. See its site for prices and how to register.
Is GigTag a directory like Last Minute Musicians?
No. GigTag does not list acts for clients to browse, and it does not find clients for you. It gives each act a permanent QR code on a tag for the mic stand. The audience at your gig scans it and your page opens in the browser, where they can send a booking enquiry or see where you play next.
Should a solo act, duo or band choose Last Minute Musicians or GigTag?
You do not have to choose. A directory listing helps clients who are searching online find you. A GigTag helps the people watching you get in touch. GigTag works for solo acts, duos and bands, and band members can join a band. The free plan covers one act; Pro adds more acts, song requests and invoices.
Do Last Minute Musicians and GigTag both work across the UK?
Last Minute Musicians describes itself as a UK directory, with acts for hire across the country. GigTag works in the UK too: Pro is £11.99 a month, and a printed tag is £24.99 with free UK delivery, or you can print your own. Tips work there too, into your own Stripe account, with 0% taken by GigTag.
What goes on a Last Minute Musicians profile?
According to its site, a profile shows photos, audio, video and reviews from previous clients, and its tour page mentions embedded video demos and a ratings display. Clients use it to compare acts and then enquire. A GigTag page is built differently: next gig, residencies, links and an enquiry form for people at the show.
Do I need a different QR code for each gig?
No. A GigTag is one permanent code for the act. It is printed once, it never changes, and it works at every gig, so the same tag goes from the social club to the wedding to the pub. Your directory listing with Last Minute Musicians stays where it is online, doing its own job.
Can I run a solo act and a band from one account?
On GigTag Pro, yes. One account can hold more than one act, so a solo set and a band each have their own page, and band members can join the band. The free plan covers a single act. For how separate acts are listed on Last Minute Musicians, see its site.
How do people follow my band after a gig?
On your GigTag page they can follow your socials, website and music links, and add your next gig or weekly residency to their calendar, all from one scan during the set. That keeps tonight's audience in touch with you, while your Last Minute Musicians listing waits for clients who are searching the directory.
Looking for Last Minute Musicians itself?
This page is GigTag's. Last Minute Musicians's sign-in, prices, reviews and support are on its own site.
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Last Minute Musicians is the name of its owner's product; GigTag is not connected with it. What is said about Last Minute Musicians 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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