GigSalad.com is a one-stop online solution for event planners searching for entertainment for their groups.
Founded in 2004, the booking platform brings together an estimated 650,000 event planners and nearly 60,000 performers and service providers. GigSalad.com features talent from 584 individual categories of musical acts, entertainers, speakers and other event-related services for hire.
CEO and co-founder Mark Steiner started the company based on requests he was getting while running a Connecticut-based talent booking agency. Steiner says the company was flooded by calls from artists looking for gigs, and from buyers seeking to book artists.
“We have 584 different categories of performers on GigSalad.com, from acrobats to zydeco, belly dancers to fire performers, and pretty much everything you can imagine—and plenty more that you can’t,” says Steve Tetrault, co-founder of the company. “We have 140 types of impersonators alone, including Oprah, Madonna and over 300 Elvises. Service providers in GigSalad can include photographers, cake decorators, limo drivers, bartenders, massage therapists and much more.”
“We have transitioned from a simple directory of entertainers to a robust, mobile-friendly booking platform that makes it easy for event hosts to browse and book nearly 60,000 performers and event service providers,” Tetrault continues.
More than 4,000 booking requests are processed daily, according to the company.
