Booking sites and agencies
Sonicbids is for getting booked. GigTag is for the gig.
On stage in front of people who came for another band, you need a fast way to be remembered: your music, your socials and your next show in their hands before the set ends. GigTag does that with one code on your mic stand. If you were weighing up Sonicbids for its press kit, that is for bookers. This is for the crowd.
- No app for your audience
- Free to start
- One code that never changes
Why GigTag
Sonicbids wins the slot. GigTag makes it count.
A press kit persuades a talent buyer. The audience needs something else. GigTag gives the people at your show one scan that opens your links, your upcoming dates and a booking form, with no app, and on Pro lets them request your songs. The printed code never changes.
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New listeners follow before you finish
At a support slot, attention is short. Someone scans the tag on your mic stand and your page opens in their browser with your socials and music links, no app, no account. They can follow you during the next song. An EPK is written for the booker's desk. This is written for the front row.
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Your next show, saved on the spot
Every upcoming gig is on your page, and a listener can add one to their phone calendar while you play. That is how tonight's crowd can become part of next month's. Sonicbids keeps your calendar and history for bookers to read. GigTag hands the dates to fans.
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Bookers in the crowd enquire directly
Promoters and venue owners watch other people's shows. If one of them likes your set, the booking enquiry form is on your page, on the free plan, and what they send reaches your GigTag app. GigTag takes no commission. Submissions go out from you. These come in.
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The code outlives a name change
Bands rename, regroup and rebrand. The code printed on your tag never changes, and old links keep working after a rename, so every tag and every photo of it still leads to you. Your press kit can be rewritten for bookers. The tag stays the same for fans.
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A free plan that covers a tour
The free plan includes the tag design and print file, your page, your links, every gig and the booking enquiry form for one act. Print the tag yourself and a run of shows adds nothing to the budget. Sonicbids is where the applications happen. GigTag asks only for a place on the mic stand.
In short
Sonicbids and GigTag, in four lines
- Sonicbids connects independent artists with venues, festivals and promoters, with the EPK at its centre.
- GigTag is for the crowd: one scan opens your music links, socials and next show, with no app.
- The printed code never changes, even if the band's name does, and the free plan covers a whole tour.
- Our advice: use the EPK to win the slot, and a GigTag on the mic stand to keep the audience.
Side by side
GigTag vs Sonicbids, topic by topic
Your profile
A page for the crowd, opened by one scan
Your GigTag page shows the audience your socials, website and music links, your gigs and a booking enquiry form. It opens from the printed code.
SonicbidsThe EPK shows tour history, ticket counts, live performance video and downloadable stage plots, with stats that its site says update automatically.
Who reads it
Everyone at the show, with no app
The crowd. Anyone at the show can scan the tag on your mic stand and open your page in their browser, with no app.
SonicbidsVenues, festivals and promoters. Its site describes the profile as built for artists who need to show their professionalism and track record.
Getting booked
Keep Sonicbids for submissions to venues and festivals
GigTag does not submit you anywhere. A booker who sees you play can send an enquiry from your page, which reaches you in the app.
SonicbidsIts site describes artists submitting to venues by slot, by night or as general interest, and accepting offers directly once a venue responds.
Your dates
Upcoming gigs fans save to their calendar
You list every upcoming gig on your page, and fans add a date to their own calendar straight from it.
SonicbidsIts site says accepted bookings update your calendar, and the profile keeps a history of past shows for the next booker to see.
What you send ahead
One small tag, the same at every show
Nothing goes ahead. You bring one small tag with a permanent code and put it on the mic stand when you set up.
SonicbidsA downloadable stage plot sits on the EPK, and venues can attach tech rider links and soundcheck windows to the booking.
The quick view
| GigTag | Sonicbids | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Sonicbids, not that it is missing: see what Sonicbids offers above, or ask on its site.
Sonicbids or GigTag
Where GigTag is different from Sonicbids
Talent buyers versus ticket holders
A Sonicbids EPK is read by a talent buyer deciding whether to give you a slot. A GigTag page is opened by someone who is already at the show. They scan the tag on your mic stand between songs, and the browser shows your links, your music and your next gig. The first makes the case for the booking. The second gives the crowd a reason to stay in touch after it.
Forty minutes to be remembered
At a festival or a support slot, most of the audience came for someone else. You have one short set to be remembered. With a GigTag on the stand, a new listener scans once and has your socials, your music links and your upcoming dates, which they can add to their calendar. The code is permanent, so a photo of the tag still works a year later, even if the band name changes.
Enquiries from the floor
Sonicbids is where you apply to venues and promoters. GigTag works in the other direction: people who saw you play come to you. A venue owner in the crowd, or someone planning a private event, scans the tag and sends a booking enquiry that arrives in the GigTag app or on the website. The form is on the free plan, and GigTag takes no commission on the booking.
A night with GigTag
An originals band on a festival side stage
Mid-afternoon on a festival side stage. You have a short set, a borrowed backline and a field of people who mostly came for the headliner. Your tag is on the centre mic stand, where the front rows can see it. After the second song you tell the crowd to scan it if they like what they hear. Phones come up. Your page opens in each browser, with no app or account, and shows your socials, your music links and the rest of your summer dates. Someone adds your next city to their calendar before you count in song three.
You are on Pro, so your own songs are on the page as a list, and a request for the single arrives in the live queue on the phone by the drum riser. You close with it. After you come off, a promoter who watched from the side scans the tag before you pack it away and sends an enquiry about an autumn support slot. It is in the GigTag app when you reach the van. The band could change its name next year and that scan would still find you, because the printed code stays the same.
About Sonicbids
What is Sonicbids?
Sonicbids is a booking platform that connects independent artists with venues, festivals and promoters. Its site says artists have been discovered through it for over 20 years, and puts the numbers at more than 200,000 artists and 1,500 venues. The centre of it is the EPK, an electronic press kit that shows a booker your tour history, ticket counts, live performance video and a downloadable stage plot in one place.
The site sets out three steps: build your EPK, submit, get booked. It describes artists applying by slot, by night or as general interest, accepting offers and keeping their calendar up to date, while venues get a booking calendar and a submissions inbox. Its site says the new EPKs are available now, with further tools arriving in stages, so look there for the latest.
- Where
- United States
- Website
- sonicbids.com
How Sonicbids works
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Claim and build your EPK. You sign up as an artist and claim your EPK, then fill it with tour history, ticket counts, live performance video and a stage plot that bookers can download.
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Submit to venues. Its site describes applying to a venue by slot, by night or as general interest, so the submission fits the way that venue likes to book.
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Accept and schedule. Offers can be accepted directly, and the booking goes onto your calendar. The aim, its site says, is to cut the usual back-and-forth between artist and venue.
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Keep the record. Stats such as followers, past ticket counts and venue-level performance data update automatically on your profile, building a history that the next booker can read.
Who Sonicbids is for
Artists after festival slots. Its site lists well-known festivals and conferences where its artists have been booked, and speaks to independent acts who want more performance opportunities, an organised calendar and a way to track their performance history over time.
Venues and talent buyers. The other half of its site is for venues. It describes a booking calendar with hold, confirm and open status for each slot, a submissions inbox, a roster of preferred artists, and notes for door times, soundcheck and tech riders.
Bands that need a press kit. An act that is asked for an EPK can point to its Sonicbids profile. Its site describes the profile as built to show professionalism and track record, with video, numbers and stage plot all in one place.
The verdict
GigTag or Sonicbids: which should you choose?
The bottom line
If you play live, add GigTag. The strongest reason is that a show reaches people a press kit is not written for, the audience, and one scan lets them follow you, hear your music and save your next date with nothing to install. GigTag does not submit you to venues or festivals. An act that needs an EPK and a route to talent buyers is still served by Sonicbids, and the two fit together without overlap.
Yes, and the split is clean. Use Sonicbids to build the press kit and put yourself forward for festival and venue slots. Use GigTag at the shows you win, so the people in front of you can follow, find your next date and get in touch. One works on the booker before the show, the other on the crowd during it.
- Step 1
Build the EPK first
Claim your Sonicbids EPK and fill it with video, tour history and a stage plot, so bookers have what they need in order to say yes.
- Step 2
Add your shows to GigTag
As dates are confirmed, add each one to your GigTag page. Check your music links and socials are current before the first show of the run.
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Ask the crowd to scan
On stage, point at the tag once, early in the set. New listeners follow you and save the next date while you are still playing.
Choose GigTag if
You want the audience at each show to follow you, find your next date and contact you directly from a code on the stand.
Start freeSonicbids may still suit you if
You play original music and want a press kit that talent buyers read, and a way to apply for festival and venue slots.
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.
Is GigTag better than Sonicbids for an originals band?
For what happens at the show, yes: GigTag is built for the audience, with your links, your dates to save, a booking form and, on Pro, requests for your songs, all from one code on the mic stand. For applying to venues and festivals with an EPK, Sonicbids is built for that. An originals band playing regularly has good reason to use both.
Why does a band with a Sonicbids EPK need a GigTag?
Because the two are read by different people. A booker reads the EPK before the show. The audience scans the GigTag during it, with a phone camera and no app, and gets your socials, music links and next gig. The code never changes, and the free plan covers the page, links, gigs and enquiry form.
What is a Sonicbids EPK?
It is an electronic press kit hosted on Sonicbids. Its site says the profile shows tour history, ticket counts, live performance video and downloadable stage plots, with stats that update automatically, so a venue or festival booker can judge the act quickly. See its site for how to claim one and for prices.
Is GigTag a press kit or a gig finder like Sonicbids?
Neither. GigTag does not find gigs or submit you to promoters, and it is not a marketplace. It is a permanent QR code on a custom tag for your mic stand. The audience scans it to follow your links, see your next gig, request songs or send a booking enquiry.
Does GigTag suit Sonicbids artists who play original music?
Yes. Song requests are a Pro feature, and the free plan is useful without them: your socials, website and music links, every gig and weekly residency with add to calendar, and a booking enquiry form. The tag design and print file for one act are included as well.
Can US artists on Sonicbids use GigTag?
Yes. The page, gigs, links, song requests, booking enquiries and invoices work in every country. Outside the UK and the UAE, Pro is $15.99 a month, and you print your own tag for free: printed tags ship to the UAE and the UK only for now. Tips work in the US too, into your own Stripe account, with 0% taken by GigTag.
How do artists apply for gigs on Sonicbids?
Its site describes three steps: build your EPK, submit, get booked. Artists apply to a venue by slot, by night or as general interest, and can accept offers directly, with the calendar updated to match. The EPK is the starting point for all of it. See its site for the current sign-up steps.
Do venues use Sonicbids too?
Yes. Its site has a side for venues and talent buyers. It describes a booking calendar that marks slots as open, on hold or confirmed, a submissions inbox showing who applied for each date, a roster of preferred artists, and space for door times, soundcheck windows, staffing and tech rider links.
How do I get a festival crowd to follow my band?
Make it a ten second job. Put a GigTag on your mic stand and mention it once from the stage. People scan the code, your page opens in their browser, and they can follow your socials, open your music links and add your next show to their calendar without installing anything.
What should a band link from a QR code at gigs?
The things a new listener wants straight away: where to hear your music, where to follow you and when you play next. A GigTag page holds your socials, website and music links, your upcoming gigs with add to calendar, and a booking enquiry form. All of that is in the free plan.
Looking for Sonicbids itself?
This page is GigTag's. Sonicbids's sign-in, prices, reviews and support are on its own site.
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Sonicbids is the name of its owner's product; GigTag is not connected with it. What is said about Sonicbids 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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