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
Booking worldwide since 2012
We book the acts that make the night.
Royalkingdom 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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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 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.
Work
Nights we are happy to be judged on
References available for all three, including the finance people.
Corporate · conference
Closing night, 2,200 delegates
A closing act that a business audience actually stayed for, plus a host who kept an over-running agenda inside its slot without anyone noticing.
- 2,200Delegates
- 0Minutes over
- 4.7/5Delegate score
Festival · programming
Second stage, full curation
Given a stage and a budget with no line-up. Built the whole curve, from opener to closer, and came in under budget with a discovery slot that sold out the tent.
- 22Acts
- -8%Against budget
- 3Sold-out sets
Private · destination
Island wedding, three days
Three days of programming on an island with one ferry: string quartet, a band, a DJ, and every piece of backline on the right boat at the right hour.
- 3Days
- 6Acts
- 100%On time
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.
Our side of it
Thirty years of show nights between us
The people behind Royalkingdom have promoted, toured and produced. Between them, more than 2,188 shows and enough cancelled headliners to have a plan for it rather than a panic.
We work from Amsterdam 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
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 €3,000 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 Amsterdam?
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.
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.