Booking sites and agencies
Scarlett Entertainment and GigTag: two different jobs
A residency lives on small things: the guest who asks for a song, the regular who comes back, the diner who wants you for a private party and the tip by card. GigTag puts all of those behind one scan of the tag on your mic stand. If you were reading about Scarlett Entertainment for agency work, this is the tool for your own sets.
- No app for your audience
- Free to start
- One code that never changes
Why GigTag
Why residency acts add GigTag to Scarlett Entertainment
Scarlett Entertainment places acts at events for corporate and private clients. GigTag works for you at the sets you play week in, week out. One printed code takes requests, shows your residencies, carries your links and brings enquiries direct, and it takes tips with GigTag keeping 0%.
- 1
Tips in the UAE, GigTag takes 0%
In a hotel lounge, few guests carry cash. On Pro in the UAE, they scan your tag and tip by card or Apple Pay through your own Ziina account, and GigTag takes 0%. Elsewhere, tips go into your own Stripe account. An agency is built around event bookings. This is for the room you are already playing.
- 2
Your residency in regulars' calendars
List each weekly residency on your page and a guest can add it to their phone calendar from the table. Coming back becomes easy. Agency work arrives as briefs for one-off events and contracts. The steady nights you hold yourself are where a GigTag earns its place on the stand.
- 3
Requests from the tables
On Pro, guests choose from your song list on their own phones, or ask for anything if you open requests. Each one appears in a live queue on your phone, so nobody has to cross a quiet lounge to reach the piano. An agency roster page is read by event planners. This is for the people at the tables.
- 4
Private clients enquire directly
The guest planning a villa party or a company dinner can send a booking enquiry from your page while you are still playing. It reaches you in the GigTag app, and GigTag takes no commission. Bookings an agency places stay with the agency. These are the ones that begin in your own audience.
- 5
A solo set and a duo, one account
Performers often work under more than one name: a solo piano set midweek, a duo at the weekend. On Pro, one GigTag account holds more than one act, and band members can join. An agency registers acts for its roster. GigTag keeps your own acts together for you.
In short
Scarlett Entertainment and GigTag, in four lines
- Scarlett Entertainment is a global agency that supplies acts for corporate events, weddings and private parties.
- GigTag is for your own sets: requests, weekly residencies and direct enquiries from one scan.
- In the UAE, guests can tip by card or Apple Pay, and GigTag takes 0% of tips.
- Our advice: if you play residencies or regular sets, put a GigTag on the stand, with or without an agency.
Side by side
GigTag vs Scarlett Entertainment, topic by topic
Joining
Set up yourself on the free plan
Anyone with a live act can start. You create the act, design the tag and build the page yourself, from the website or the GigTag app.
Scarlett EntertainmentActs apply through an online sign-up form with photos, HD video links, set lists and references, and the team reviews each one.
Who the client is
Direct enquiries from your own audience
The people watching you play. Anyone in the room can scan the tag and send a booking enquiry directly to you.
Scarlett EntertainmentIts site describes private and corporate clients, and says it supports them at more than 3,000 international events a year.
Your promotional material
Links you change, on a code that never does
Your page carries your socials, website and music links. You change them whenever you like, and the printed code stays the same.
Scarlett EntertainmentActs send news and their latest promotional material through the Artist Portal, and its site asks them to keep it up to date.
Residencies
Residencies listed and saved to calendars
Your weekly residencies are listed on your page. Guests add them to their calendar and, on Pro, request songs while you play.
Scarlett EntertainmentIts site says it books one-off events and also longer residencies, and asks acts who want a residency to tell the team.
Working abroad
Works in every country, tips included
The page, requests, gigs, enquiries and tips work in every country, with tips going into your own Ziina account in the UAE, or your own Stripe account elsewhere, and 0% taken.
Scarlett EntertainmentIts site says its international business often takes artists abroad, and that it offers them logistical support for those bookings.
The quick view
| GigTag | Scarlett Entertainment | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Scarlett Entertainment, not that it is missing: see what Scarlett Entertainment offers above, or ask on its site.
Scarlett Entertainment or GigTag
Where GigTag is different from Scarlett Entertainment
An agency brief versus a table scan
With Scarlett Entertainment, the client is usually an events team working from a brief, and the agency puts your act forward. With GigTag at your own gigs, the client is whoever is watching you tonight. They scan the tag on your mic stand, your page opens in their browser, and they send a booking enquiry directly to you. It reaches the GigTag app or the website, and GigTag takes no commission on what follows.
Hotel residencies in Dubai
A lot of live music in Dubai is residency work: the same lounge, the same nights, many of the same faces. GigTag lists weekly residencies on your page so guests can add them to their calendar and come back. On Pro they can request songs into a live queue on your phone, and in the UAE they can tip by card or Apple Pay through your own Ziina account. GigTag takes 0% of tips.
A page made for the audience
An agency profile is written for bookers: showreel, set list, logistics. A GigTag page is written for the audience, and it is reached from a printed tag in your own design. A guest at a brunch set scans it between courses and finds your Instagram, your music links and your next gig. Nothing to download, no account to create. The code is permanent, so one tag covers every venue you play.
A night with GigTag
A duo's Thursday residency in a Dubai lounge
Thursday evening, a hotel lounge in Dubai, and the two of you are at the piano and the mic as the tables fill. This is your weekly residency, and it is listed on your GigTag page. The tag is on the mic stand, in your own design. A table of hotel guests scans it before ordering. The page opens in their browser and shows your song list, because you are on Pro. A request arrives in the live queue on the phone on the piano. You play it after the next song and nod to the table.
Later one of them scans again and leaves a tip by card. In the UAE that goes through your own Ziina account, and GigTag takes 0%. A regular who comes most weeks adds the residency to her calendar so she can bring friends. Near the end of the night, a man planning a rooftop birthday sends a booking enquiry from the same page. You answer it the next morning in the GigTag app. The tag goes back in the case, ready for Saturday's brunch set at another venue, with the same code.
About Scarlett Entertainment
What is Scarlett Entertainment?
Scarlett Entertainment is a global talent booking agency for corporate events, weddings and private parties. Its roster goes far beyond music: live bands and DJs sit alongside dancers, circus performers, magicians, cabaret shows, speakers and walkabout acts. Its site says it supports clients at more than 3,000 international events a year and lists offices in the UK, Italy, New York, Las Vegas and Dubai. It also has an in-house production department for custom shows.
Clients browse acts by category, location and type of event, then start an enquiry with their brief, and the agency's team takes it from there. Artists apply through a sign-up form with promotional photos, video links, set lists and references. If accepted, the act gets a page on the site and access to an Artist Portal. Its site says it books one-off events as well as longer residency contracts.
- Where
- Worldwide, including the UAE
- Website
- scarlettentertainment.com
How Scarlett Entertainment works
- 1
Send in the sign-up form. An act fills in the artist sign-up form: details of the act, contact information, promotional photos, links to HD video, set lists and references from past clients.
- 2
The team reviews it. Scarlett's team looks at each application and may come back with questions or a request for more promotional images. Its site says it is always looking for new and unusual acts.
- 3
A page and a portal. If the act is accepted, the agency creates a page for it on the site and emails a link to the Artist Portal, where news and new promotional material are sent in.
- 4
Clients enquire with a brief. Clients browse by category, location and event type, add acts to a Quote Basket and start an enquiry. The team then discusses the brief with them.
Who Scarlett Entertainment is for
Corporate events and trade shows. Corporate entertainment leads its site, with sections for trade shows and exhibitions, sporting events, festive parties and summer parties. Its about page describes onsite and offsite coordination, and work for well-known international brands at events around the world.
Weddings and private clients. Weddings and private parties have their own section. The roster is broad enough for a client to take a band, a magician and a walkabout act from one place, with the agency's team handling the enquiry.
Acts wanting international work. For performers, its site talks about varied bookings, from one-off events to annual and residency contracts, and about work that takes acts abroad with logistical support from the agency. It mentions offices in Europe, North America and the UAE.
The verdict
GigTag or Scarlett Entertainment: which should you choose?
The bottom line
If you play regular sets, especially in the UAE, choose GigTag for them. The strongest reason is that one tag turns a lounge audience into requests, returning regulars, direct enquiries and tips by card, with GigTag taking 0%. GigTag is not an agency and does not find clients. An act that wants to be put forward for international corporate events is still served by Scarlett Entertainment, and can sensibly have both.
These two do not compete. Stay on the roster for the corporate and international work that arrives through the agency, and let its team run the booking. Use GigTag at the gigs you hold yourself: residencies, bar sets and private bookings. For events the agency placed, follow your agreement with it about direct enquiries, and keep the tag for your own nights if in doubt.
- Step 1
Apply to the roster
Send Scarlett Entertainment your strongest photos, video links and set list through its sign-up form, and keep the Artist Portal current if you are accepted.
- Step 2
Tag your regular sets
Set up GigTag for the residencies and bar sets you hold yourself. Add each weekly date, your song list and your links, then put the tag on the stand.
- Step 3
Keep the two apart
Let agency bookings run on the agency's terms. Use the tag's enquiry form and tips at the gigs that are your own.
Choose GigTag if
You play regular sets and want the audience in the room to request songs, follow you, tip where it is available and enquire directly.
Start freeScarlett Entertainment may still suit you if
You have a polished act with strong video and want an international agency to put you forward for corporate events, weddings and residency contracts.
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
Scarlett Entertainment and GigTag: what people ask
Something else? Ask us. A person reads every message.
Is GigTag better than Scarlett Entertainment for a hotel residency?
For the residency nights themselves, GigTag is the tool built for them. Guests scan the tag to request songs on Pro, add your weekly date to their calendar, send a booking enquiry and, in the UAE, tip by card through your own Ziina account with GigTag taking 0%. Scarlett Entertainment is built for placing acts at events, which GigTag does not do.
What does a musician in Dubai gain from GigTag?
One code on the mic stand that does several jobs. The audience opens your page in a browser, with no app, and can request songs on Pro, save your residency, follow your links and enquire about a private event. Tips by card or Apple Pay are on Pro, into your own Ziina account in the UAE, with GigTag taking 0%. The free plan is enough to start.
How do acts join Scarlett Entertainment?
Its site has an artist sign-up form. You submit details of the act with promotional photos, video links, set lists and references, and the team reviews the application. Accepted acts get a page on the site and a link to an Artist Portal. See its site for the full requirements.
Is GigTag a booking agency like Scarlett Entertainment?
No. GigTag does not represent acts or find clients. It gives a solo act, duo or band one permanent QR code on a custom mic stand tag. The audience scans it to request songs, see the next gig, follow your links and send a booking enquiry. It is a tool for the gig itself.
Does GigTag work in Dubai, where Scarlett Entertainment has an office?
Yes, with every GigTag feature. Pro is AED 30 a month and includes tips by card or Apple Pay through your own Ziina account, with GigTag taking 0%. A printed tag is AED 100, with free delivery in Dubai and the UK; anywhere else, you can print your own for free. The free plan covers the tag design, page, gigs and enquiry form.
Can a Scarlett Entertainment act run a solo set and a band on one GigTag account?
Yes, on Pro. One account can hold more than one act, and band members can join a band. That suits performers who work as a solo act on weeknights and with a full band at weekends. The free plan includes one act, with its tag design, page, links, gigs and booking enquiry form.
Does Scarlett Entertainment book residencies?
Its site says yes. It books one-off events and longer residencies, and asks artists who are looking for a residency to let the team know. It also mentions annual contracts and work that takes acts abroad, with logistical support. See its artist sign-up page for how to apply.
What kinds of acts does Scarlett Entertainment take?
A wide range. Its site lists live music and DJs, dancers, circus entertainment, magic and illusion, cabaret shows, speakers and hosts, walkabout performers and more, along with an in-house department that builds custom shows. Musicians are one part of a much larger roster. See its site for the categories in your region.
Can hotel guests tip a musician by card in Dubai?
Yes, with GigTag on Pro in the UAE. Guests scan the tag on your mic stand and tip by card or Apple Pay from your page. The tip goes through your own Ziina account, and GigTag takes 0% of tips. Outside the UAE, GigTag tips go into your own Stripe account instead.
How do I show a weekly residency to my audience?
Add it to your GigTag page as a weekly residency. Anyone who scans the tag on your mic stand sees it alongside your next gig and can add it to their phone calendar. Residencies and gigs are included in the free plan, and you edit them from the website or the GigTag app.
Looking for Scarlett Entertainment itself?
This page is GigTag's. Scarlett Entertainment's sign-in, prices, reviews and support are on its own site.
Sites like Scarlett Entertainment: more booking sites and agencies compared
- Songkickvs GigTag
- Sonicbidsvs GigTag
- The Bashvs GigTag
- Thumbtackvs GigTag
- Warble Entertainmentvs GigTag
- Alive Networkvs GigTag
Scarlett Entertainment is the name of its owner's product; GigTag is not connected with it. What is said about Scarlett Entertainment 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.
For musicians
One code on your stand. Requests, tips and the next gig behind it.
No app for your audience, nothing to download. Free to start.