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Overview
Promoters agree dates and deals with performers or agents, book suitable venues, arrange event needs and coordinate details such as soundcheck times and running order.
In job descriptions, look for artist liaison, venue booking, event publicity, music promotion, supplier selection, event administration and communication with venue or festival staff.
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Promoter work is built around live-performance planning. The role turns artist availability, venue fit, event needs, publicity and show timing into a booked performance that can actually run.
Skills and specializations
Useful strengths include matching performers with venues, negotiating practical event details, promoting music, choosing event providers, adapting communication and coordinating with venue or festival staff.
Salary context
Salary context depends on the size of events, number of bookings, venue or festival responsibility, freelance or in-house setup, marketing duties and how much negotiation and risk the promoter carries.
Career paths
Paths can move toward venue programming, festival booking, tour coordination, artist management, event production or wider cultural-event administration with responsibility for show calendars.
Good to know
Check adverts for artist liaison, deal negotiation, venue booking, publicity, soundcheck planning, running orders, supplier coordination and whether evening or weekend event presence is expected.
Editorial note
This guide gives editorial career context for promoter work. It is not official labour-market statistics or salary data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Other support activities to arts and performing arts
This is one example. Another occupation in this activity is venue director.
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About this information
The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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Economic activities linked to this occupation.
90.39Other support activities to arts and performing arts
Alternative labels
Occupation group
Business services agents not elsewhere classified (3339)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/21ae429f-a152-46a6-a73c-9ec65c7803f0 |
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| ESCO code | 3339.4 |
| ISCO group | 3339 |
| Concept type | Occupation |