How It Works
Designed for every role
Tourbook supports everyone involved in delivering professional* live cultural events to audiences across the UK & Ireland.**
For Programmers
Programmers come in all shapes and sizes — from festival organisers and in-house venue bookers to independent promoters, consortia and touring schemes. They also work across sectors, from commercial to community, local authority to subsidised venues, Tourbook is designed to support you whatever role you fit.
Showcase
Showcase how you work — your programming approach, artforms, genres, seasons, deals and more. Share details about your audiences, your spaces and what artists can expect when working with you. Venue-based programmers can include this on their venue page, while independent programmers can create their own standalone profile.
Discover
Discover tours ready to book that match your audiences, spaces and budgets. Explore rich media tour pages with videos, images, tech specs, audience pitches, access info, fees and more. Use smart filters to find the right fit — or simply browse to uncover new artists and ideas.
Connect
Connect with artists & producers looking to secure tour bookings – but also with other programmers, venues and festivals, sector bodies or service providers. Explore how your peers are working or make new connections with potential tour or project partners.
For Venues
Venues come in many shapes and sizes — from professional arts spaces to temporary, community, heritage, or hospitality venues. They operate in different ways — commercial, community, local authority, or subsidised. Some programme in-house, others host external promoters, and some are simply available for hire.
Showcase
Showcase your spaces, stages, facilities and offer – whatever your size, location or approach – as a programming venue or one available to hire by other promoters. Create and share detailed venue pages with rich media, technical specifications, access facilities, local amenities, travel details, fees and more.
Discover
Discover artists & producers with tours that work with your spaces – or other programmers that may be interested in hiring your spaces. Use powerful filters to explore tours or programmers that fit with your criteria or just browse more widely to find new work or artists.
Connect
Connect with artists & producers with available tours, programmers interested in hiring your spaces – but also with other venues, programmers, festivals, sector bodies or service providers. Explore how your peers are working or make new connections with potential tour or project partners.
For Artists & Producers
Anyone looking to tour professional creative work for the stage including solo artists, performing companies, ensembles, bands, creative producers, collaborations and collectives. Tourbook supports artist & producers working with audience-facing projects across any live artform and at any scale and from any location – if interested in touring to venues in the UK and Ireland.
Showcase
Showcase what tours you currently have to offer – the artistic pitch, practical details, scheduling and availability – everything from early stage work (coming soon) to in rep productions. Create and share detailed tour pages with rich media, promoter pitches, audience suitability, content advisories, access information, technical specifications, artists riders, fees and more.
Discover
Discover programmers, venues or festivals that might offer a good fit for you and your work. Use powerful filters to explore programmers and venues that fit with your criteria or just browse more widely to find new opportunities and locations.
Connect
Connect with programmers and venues that might be interested in your tour – but also with other sector bodies – consortia, touring schemes and support networks. Explore how your peers are working or make new connections with potential tour or project partners.
For Everyone Else
If you are involved in supporting professional live cultural events – but in a role other than an artist or programmer, Tourbook also has a space for you. We specifically recognise the role of –
- Sector Support Organisations
Those who work to support the broader sector including touring schemes, arts development organisations, membership support, funders and policy makers. - Service Providers
Those who provide professional support and skills to help make touring happen including artist representatives, production and technical, business support and tour management
Showcase
Showcase your role in supporting touring and how you can help. Create and share a page promoting your offer and services and provide clear ways for others to find out more and make contact you.
Discover
Discover what’s happening across touring arts in your region, artform, scale or area of interest. Use powerful filters to explore the creative opportunities hosted on Tourbook or just browse more widely to find out what’s new.
Connect
Connect with those you already work with or with other sector professionals. Explore how your peers are working or make new connections with potential tour or project partners.
Plus…
Collaborate with others to update and manage your Tourbook pages.
Invite colleagues or freelancers to contribute or appear as role-specific contacts.
Share pages easily using built-in links for always up-to-date information.
Save interesting content using Collections to review or share later.
Organise Collections into groups and collaborate with others on saved content.
Message people directly through named contacts on all Tourbook pages.
Promote your skills and experience on your individual Tourbook profile.
Search the People directory to find and connect with sector professionals.
Subscribe to the weekly tours digest for updates on new tours.
Still have questions?
Can’t find what you’re looking for? Get in touch.
*Professional
By professional, we mean that those who appear on stage are pursuing a professional career within the arts or creative industries and are paid at at a rate commensurate with their level of experience or qualification.
**UK & Ireland
Tourbook supports programmers and venues based in Scotland, Wales, England & Northern Ireland (UK) and Ireland as well as the Isle of Man. We also support artists & producers from any location, including international, who are planning to tour to any of these locations.