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
Lisbon based · working worldwide
Live entertainment, booked properly.
Talent buying is a trade, not a directory. Get50fs tells you early what a name really costs, what it needs on stage, and whether it belongs in your room at all — then books it, contracts it and delivers it.
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- Countries
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- Artists represented
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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
The roster
Talent for every room
Exclusive representation plus a vetted network we book from every week. Filter by category, or tell us the room and we will shortlist it for you.
DJ & electronic
Headline DJs & club residents
Festival-main-stage names through to tastemaker openers. Full technical rider handled.
Music
Live bands & solo artists
Touring acts, showcase sets and function bands with a repertoire you actually choose.
Music
Orchestras & tribute shows
Scored ensembles, film-in-concert and licensed tribute productions with staging included.
Stage & circus
Aerial, fire & LED performers
Short-form spectacle for the gaps between the main moments, rigged to your venue.
Hosts & speakers
Hosts, MCs & compères
Award nights, launches and galas, in English plus a working second language.
Hosts & speakers
Keynote & after-dinner
Names an audience recognises, briefed properly so the talk lands on your theme.
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
How it runs
Four steps, no surprises
You will know at every stage what is agreed, what is pending and what it costs.
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The call
We ask what the night has to achieve, not just who you want. Half the time the answer changes the shortlist entirely.
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Options on the table
Names with fees, availability and an honest note on each — including the ones we would not book for this room and why.
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Paper
Deal memo out within 48 hours of agreement. Riders reconciled against the venue before signature, not after.
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Delivery
Advance, load-in, show, strike, settlement. One named contact throughout, reachable on the day.
Our side of it
Thirty years of show nights between us
The people behind Get50fs have promoted, toured and produced. Between them, more than 2,170 shows and enough cancelled headliners to have a plan for it rather than a panic.
We work from Lisbon 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
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 48 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 €5,000 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 Lisbon?
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.
Contact
Tell us the date and the room
The more you can give us now — capacity, audience, budget range — the faster the shortlist comes back.
We answer every enquiry within one working day. If your date is inside two weeks, write “URGENT” in the message and we will call instead.