Booking & negotiation
The name you want, at a fee that reflects the market, on terms that survive a change of date. We tell you what is realistic in the first call.
- Straight answers on fees
- Holds, options, first refusals
- Rebooking and force majeure
One team, offer sheet to encore
The right act, the right room, the right night.
Royalkings matches artists to audiences and then makes the show happen. Availability and fees come back fast, contracts are ours to chase, and on the day our production team is in the building — not on the phone.
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How we help
Six things clients keep asking us for
Every one of these can be bought on its own. Most people start with the first and end up with three.
Roster representation
Artists we represent get one team for routing, press, brand work and the admin — not four people who each think someone else is handling it.
- Career and routing planning
- Brand and sync opportunities
- Full back-office
Technical delivery
Somebody has to own the truck call, the power plan and the changeover. Here it is one named production manager, on site, all day.
- Rider and spec reconciliation
- Supplier tendering
- Advance and day-of management
Content & capture
Multi-camera capture, stills and social cutdowns agreed in the artist contract, so the footage is cleared before anyone points a lens.
- Cleared capture rights
- Same-night social edits
- Archive and delivery
Tour logistics
Buses, freight, flights, hotels and the paperwork that lets people cross a border with instruments. Booked as one plan, not six.
- Ground and air
- Carnets and permits
- Accommodation and per diems
Private commissions
Discreet bookings for private clients: named artists, small rooms, tight security, and a contract that never mentions who you are.
- NDA as standard
- Vetted crew only
- Silent invoicing
The list
Acts we can put in front of you
Tell us the room, the crowd and the budget, and three names that fit come back the same day. The rest of the list stays out of your inbox.
DJ & electronic
Electronic & hybrid live
From warm-up to headline, including live hybrid sets with hardware and vocals.
Music
Pop & commercial
Chart-familiar acts and covers ensembles for audiences who want to sing along.
Music
Jazz, soul & funk
Dinner-length sets through to late dance floors, with horn sections on request.
Stage & circus
World & cultural ensembles
Regional groups and dancers for cultural programmes and national days.
Hosts & speakers
Comedy & compères
Stand-up, improvised hosting and awards compères who keep a running order on time.
Stage & circus
Visual & immersive
Projection artists, dancers and installations for brand spaces and after-parties.
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
Process
From brief to encore in four steps
The same four steps whether it is one DJ or a three-day festival.
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Brief & budget
Date, room, capacity, audience and the number you can actually spend. Fifteen minutes on a call saves three weeks of quoting the wrong acts.
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Shortlist & holds
Three to five names with real fees and real availability, and a hold on the ones you like so nobody else takes the date while you decide.
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Contract & advance
Deal memo, rider, insurance and the advance schedule. Everything the artist needs is agreed in writing weeks before anyone loads in.
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Show day
Our production manager is on site from truck call to strike, and the settlement lands in your inbox the same week.
About
Built by people who used to run the stage
Royalkings started London-side as two tour managers who were tired of agents promising things production could not deliver. That is still the test every booking here has to pass: can it actually be built, on this stage, on this budget, on this date.
We are deliberately small. The person who quotes you is the person who negotiates the contract and the person who answers the phone at eleven on show night.
- One named contact from first email to settlement
- Fees quoted at market, never marked up in secret
- We say no to bookings that will not work
In their words
Clients, unedited
FAQ
Before you brief us
Still unsure? Email [email protected] — we answer every enquiry, including the ones we cannot take.
How quickly will I get a quote?
Availability and an indicative fee normally come back within 24 hours on working days. If an artist's management is slow, we will tell you that rather than leave you waiting.
Do you charge the client or the artist?
Both models exist in this industry. We tell you which one applies to your booking in the first written offer, so the fee you see is the fee you pay.
What is the minimum budget?
There is no fixed floor, but below roughly €2,500 the economics rarely work for a full-service booking. We will say so early rather than waste your time.
Can you work with an act we found ourselves?
Yes. Plenty of clients arrive with a name and want the contracting, advance and production handled. We are happy to be the middle of the job rather than all of it.
What happens if the artist cancels?
Every contract we write carries a cancellation and replacement clause. In practice we start looking for a replacement the hour we hear, and we have never had to open a refund window.
Do you cover events outside London?
Most of our work is outside it. We hold the visas, carnets and freight relationships to run dates internationally, and we travel to the shows we book.
Get in touch
What is the night?
Send the brief in whatever shape it is in. Half-formed briefs are normal and we can work from them.
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