FAQ
How budgets, fees, timescales and availability really work when you source through ShowSelect — and which parts of the platform are live today.
No. ShowSelect only ever indicates whether an act is likely to sit within your budget. Actual fees are negotiated and confirmed by the Nightwig booking desk against your specific date, venue and requirements, and given to you in writing.
Most enquiries get a first response within one to three working days. Acts with agents or management can take longer, particularly around festival season and December. Urgent dates should be flagged in your brief so the desk can prioritise them.
Use the 'I know who I want' route. Name the act, add the event details and send it straight to the booking desk. You can also list acceptable alternates in priority order so we can keep moving if your first choice is unavailable.
The desk will tell you as soon as we know and propose alternatives that fit the same brief and budget. Those alternatives appear on your enquiry so nothing gets lost in email.
There is no hard minimum, but the more realistic your budget, the better the shortlist. If a budget is unlikely to secure what you've described, ShowSelect will say so rather than quietly recommending acts that will decline.
Nightwig earns a booking fee on confirmed bookings, disclosed as part of the quote you approve. There is no charge for searching, shortlisting or requesting availability.
Contracting runs through the Nightwig booking desk, including deposits, cancellation terms and any technical or hospitality rider. Terms are shared with you before you commit to anything.
No. Every result card is a snapshot generated for your search, with the sources behind each claim shown so you can judge it. Anything we cannot source is marked as requiring confirmation rather than guessed at.
Today, yes. Talent is the only live sourcing vertical: it is the only area where you can search, shortlist and send an enquiry. ShowSelect is built to cover more of the event over time, starting with food and drink, traders and event services.
We haven't committed to public dates. Each area opens only once we can source it to the same standard as talent, with real suppliers and a booking desk behind it. The quickest way to hear first is to join the early access list on that area's page.
No. The Food & Drink, Traders and Event Services pages capture early access interest only — there is no search, no shortlist and no enquiry for those areas, and nothing on them can be booked. If you need entertainment for the same event, that part is live now.
If you're a performer, DJ, host or agent, see the ShowSelect Talent page for how the booking desk works with talent. For food and drink, traders or event services, join the early access list on that area's page and tell us what you supply; there are no listing fees in any area.
Send it to the booking desk and a human will answer it.