GigTools
The booking and gig management app built for comedians.
Club weekends, corporate dinners, colleges, private parties. GigTools keeps every date, every booker and every dollar in one place, so you can spend your energy writing and performing instead of digging through texts and emails.
Comedy is the fun part. The business side is the grind.
Dates everywhere
Club holds in one thread, a corporate inquiry in another, a college date in a spreadsheet. One missed detail and you're double-booked.
Chasing bookers
Sending avails, following up and remembering who you pitched last season eats hours you could spend on new material.
Money that drifts
Deposits, door deals, balances due on the night and travel you fronted yourself. It's hard to know what you actually earned.
One place for the whole road calendar
A comedy career runs on a patchwork of very different gigs. A club weekend might be a two-night door deal with a feature and an emcee. A corporate awards dinner needs clean material, a tailored intro and a firm call time. A college date was probably booked a semester ahead through an activities board.
GigTools gives each of those gigs a single home: the client and venue contacts, set length and times, fee and deposit, travel, the agreement and every email you exchanged. When a booker calls with a question, you're not scrolling through three apps to find the answer.
Stop losing dates to messy holds
Holds are part of comedy booking, and they're where double-bookings start. In GigTools, holds sit on the same calendar as confirmed shows and pending contracts, each clearly marked, so you can see at a glance what's firm and what's still open. When a gig confirms, the agreement is signed online and the date moves to confirmed.
Fill the gaps in your calendar
Open weekends are lost income. Put a booking form on your public page and your own website so requests land in your Inquiries, turn them into leads in a click, and let automatic tasks remind you to follow up. Email templates and your connected Gmail make every pitch quick, and every message is logged to the gig. Booking campaigns that send your avails to a whole contact list are coming soon.
Know what you're actually earning
Track fees, deposits, balances and the travel costs you cover for every show. Over a few months you'll see which rooms and which kinds of gigs are worth the drive, and which only look good on paper.
Questions from comedians
Is GigTools only for headliners?
No. GigTools works for comedians at any stage, from featured acts building their first road calendar to headliners juggling clubs, corporate events and colleges.
Can I keep separate clips for clean and club material?
Yes. Your act page can hold multiple titled demo reels, so you can point a corporate planner to your clean set and a club booker to your club set.
Can I show my tour dates on my own website?
Yes. Copy the embed code from GigTools and your public calendar appears on your site and updates whenever you add or change a show.
Does it work on my phone?
Yes. GigTools is a fully responsive web app, so it works on your phone in the green room as well as on your laptop.
Career advice for comedians
Money
How to Set Your Performance Fee (and Know When to Raise It)
A practical way to price your act, quote with confidence and move your rate up without losing the clients you already have.
Contracts
What Every Performance Agreement Should Include
The clauses that protect your fee, your time and your sanity, explained in plain English for performers and speakers.
Gig Prep
The Advance Call: 12 Things to Confirm Before Every Gig
A ten-minute call a week or two out prevents most show-day disasters. Here's exactly what to cover, and a script to make it easy.
Spend less time booking. More time on stage.
Bring your calendar, contacts, contracts and outreach together in GigTools.