Built for musicians · By musicians
One home for musicians, music lovers and promoters.
“We're building the ultimate musician
platform, disrupting the market, and
giving back to musicians.”
Platform status
Lit up: real today. Dim: the plan. Join us on the journey.
What this becomes funds
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Built for the scene.
Giving back to the scene.
Years of practice nobody sees. Gigs that pay in “exposure”. Ticket fees you never agreed to, agents taking their cut before you do. Musicians work as hard as anyone alive, and get paid like it's a hobby. It's time that changed.
Free, or close to it
Most of what we build costs nothing, ever. Not a trial, not a stripped-back version, just free.
Fair when you do pay
Never sprung on you as a surprise, and never dumped on whoever's card happens to be on file. When pricing does land, we'll say exactly what it is and why, upfront.
Straight to charity
Not a discount stunt. A direct cut of every membership, funding Help Musicians, every single month.
Whoever you are, we built this for you specifically
Covers & function bands
Quotes, deposits, set times. We're building the admin so you can focus on the gig.
Originals acts
You're trying to get found, not just booked. We're building the tools to help people find you.
Solo artists
You don't need a platform built for a five-piece. Solo gets the cheapest seat in the house.
Venue owners
You want a full room, not an empty one. We're building the tools to fill it.
Studio owners
Your rooms sit empty more than they're booked. We're building the tools to change that.
This is version one of something a lot bigger. Help us build it.
A website is just the start.
Bandhamster is building the whole home for live music: gigs, venues, bands and the fans who follow them, all in one place, out in the open, one piece at a time.
Band websites & management
A site that gets you booked, plus the tools to run the band. Free to start.
Musician board
Find a band, or find your next member.
Gig guide
Every gig, every venue, in one place.
Gig alerts
Follow the bands you love. Know the moment they add a date.
Venue pages
A proper home for venues too, not just bands.
Band directory
Search every band on Bandhamster by genre, place or type.
Bookings
Send and accept a booking without twenty messages back and forth.
What's next
Studios
Find and book a studio, no more chasing a group chat.
Booking marketplace
Venues post the gig, bands apply. Simple as that.
Merch
Sell your merch from the same site your fans already visit.
Ticketing
Sell tickets to your own gigs, no separate site needed.
Built by musicians, for musicians. Everything above stays honest and fair, not another platform squeezing the people making the music.
One platform. One price.
Band websites are free to start today. As the rest of the platform ships, it all folds into one membership, per person, with part of it going straight to charity.
* A few things, like studio bookings, may cost a little extra as they land. We'll always say so upfront, never a surprise on your bill.
Built by two gigging musicians who also build and run technology for a living
We met at college over twenty years ago and have been gigging and working in tech ever since. Between us we've run a band as a real business, shipped software to millions, and run the infrastructure behind it. Bandhamster is what happens when the gig sense and the engineering live in the same two people: tools that understand the night and stand up like the apps you use every day.
Meet the two of us
Simon
Ran the band, runs the infrastructure
Phil
Toured the country, ships software to millions
Built for bands, and music lovers. Giving back as we grow.
A site that gets your band booked, live this afternoon. Free forever, no card needed. A real share of what the rest of this becomes is going straight to Help Musicians, we'll say exactly how much once it's official.