Guides to hiring entertainers

126 guides to booking entertainment around Australia. Each one covers what a city's acts actually charge, how many there are to choose from, and the questions worth asking before you book.

Every figure is taken from the Entertainers for Hire catalogue, not from industry averages or estimates.

The most played songs at Australian events

What Australian function bands, duos and singers actually play, counted across thousands of published set lists.

See the top 25

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Entertainment by occasion and city

Entertainment by line-up size

Line-up size is the biggest single driver of price. Each page compares what every size costs in that city.

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Regional areas

Who is based in regional Australia, and who will travel there.

Ballina Blue Mountains Coffs Harbour Wagga Wagga Albany Bunbury Busselton Airlie Beach Gladstone Bundaberg Bathurst Gympie Devonport Wangaratta Maryborough Bega Rockhampton Warrnambool Kyabram Ulladulla Alice Springs Mansfield Tamworth Woodend Geraldton Wodonga Grafton Red Hill Warburton Halls Head Warragul Batemans Bay Mount Beauty

Entertainment by town

Every act available in one place, whatever the category.

Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Perth Adelaide Gold Coast Sunshine Coast Hobart Newcastle Wollongong Byron Bay Canberra Cairns Geelong Townsville Fremantle Albury Central Coast Darwin Toowoomba Kingscliff Bendigo Hervey Bay Ballarat Launceston Penrith Hunter Valley Mackay Mandurah Dubbo Ipswich Noosa Heads Port Macquarie Margaret River Shepparton Mornington