Talent buying
We buy for our own promotions, so we know what a fee should be before we ask. That is the difference between a quote and a negotiation.
- Real market fees, not list prices
- Holds and first refusals
- Counter-offer handling
Booking worldwide since 2009
We book the acts that make the night.
Buzzbuzzbee is a full-service entertainment agency. We source, negotiate and produce live entertainment for festivals, brands, venues and private clients — from a single headliner to a full stage build, handled end to end.
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- Countries
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- Artists represented
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- Avg. quote turnaround
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Services
Everything between the brief and the encore
Take the whole service or just the part you are missing. Both are normal here.
Festival programming
Line-ups built as a curve, not a list — headline weight where the money is, discovery where the room can take it, and a budget that still balances.
- Stage-by-stage curation
- Budget modelling per slot
- Clash and curfew planning
Show production
Technical delivery under one manager. Riders read line by line, suppliers tendered, and a schedule the crew can actually work to.
- Rider reconciliation
- Site and stage planning
- Crew and supplier management
Sponsor activation
Sponsorship that survives contact with the artist. Rights, usage and on-site presence agreed at contract stage, not on the day.
- Rights packages
- Artist approvals
- On-site brand delivery
International routing
Dates that make geographic and financial sense, with the visas, carnets and freight booked around them rather than after them.
- Route and cost modelling
- Immigration paperwork
- Freight and backline
Contracting & settlement
Deal memos, riders, insurance and the night's settlement, all in writing. No handshake deals, no surprises at the end of the show.
- Deal memos and contracts
- Insurance and permits
- Same-week settlement
Who we represent
A roster built for real rooms
We keep the list short enough to know every act personally. Names we have worked with, not directory entries bought from a database.
DJ & electronic
Festival headliners
Acts that can hold a field at midnight, with the production spec to match.
DJ & electronic
Club circuit & residents
Selectors for rooms between 200 and 2,000 capacity, booked as one-offs or a season.
Music
Show bands
Tight, rehearsed and set-list flexible — the safe answer when the night has to work.
Music
Emerging artists
Support and second-stage names on the way up, priced before the market catches on.
Hosts & speakers
Corporate specialists
Acts who read a business audience: no long intros, no awkward silences, clean language.
Stage & circus
Classical & crossover
Soloists, quartets and small ensembles for ceremonies, dinners and brand films.
Selected work
Recent productions
Three nights that show the range: an outdoor festival, a routed tour and a black-tie room.
Festival · two stages
Harbour Lights Festival
Programmed both stages, booked the headliner eleven weeks out after the first choice pulled, and rebuilt the running order without moving the curfew.
- 12,000Attendance
- 18Acts booked
- 0Slots dropped
Tour · nine cities
Nightform Tour
Routed nine dates across five countries, carried the carnet and the freight, and settled every venue inside the same week the tour ended.
- 9Cities
- 5Countries
- 94%Average sold
Private · black tie
Anniversary Gala, 1,400 guests
Orchestra, a headline vocalist and three speciality acts across one evening, under NDA, with a stage change that took four minutes.
- 1,400Guests
- 4Acts
- 4 minChangeover
Working with us
What actually happens after you email
No portals, no ticket numbers. A person reads it and replies.
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Same-day reply
Every enquiry gets a human answer inside the working day, even if the answer is that we are not right for it.
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Availability check
We go to the artists directly and come back with who is free, at what fee, and what the room would need to make it work.
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Agreement
One deal memo covering fee, terms, cancellation, rider and payment dates. Read it once and it is done.
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On the night
We are in the building. Changeovers, curfews, guest lists and the awkward conversations are ours, not yours.
Our side of it
Thirty years of show nights between us
The people behind Buzzbuzzbee have promoted, toured and produced. Between them, more than 1,809 shows and enough cancelled headliners to have a plan for it rather than a panic.
We work from Berlin and travel to the shows. An agency that never leaves the office learns nothing about the rooms it is selling.
- We attend the shows we book
- Contracts in plain language, not boilerplate
- Settlement within the same week, always
References
What promoters say
Good to know
Answers to the awkward questions
Still unsure? Email [email protected] — we answer every enquiry, including the ones we cannot take.
Why use an agency at all?
Because a published fee is not a real fee, a rider is not a suggestion, and a cancellation at short notice needs somebody with relationships. If none of that worries you, book direct.
How do you pick the shortlist?
Room size, audience, budget and what the night has to achieve. We deliberately include one name you have not thought of — that is usually the one that gets booked.
What if we do not like any of them?
We go again, at no cost. Getting the first shortlist wrong is our problem, not yours.
Do you work with new artists?
Yes, and we price them honestly. Booking someone on the way up before the market notices is one of the few real bargains left in this business.
Who is on site on the day?
A named production manager from truck call to strike, plus the booker who sold you the show. Not a runner with a clipboard.
How do payments and settlement work?
Written schedule at contract stage, funds held where the deal requires it, and a full settlement sent within the same week as the show.
Enquiries
Start with the basics
City, date, capacity and a budget range are enough to get real names and real fees back.
A person reads every message. If we are not the right agency for your night, we will say so and point you somewhere better.