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Entertainment Tenders and Contracts

See open entertainment tenders and awarded contracts for the UK public sector.

Entertainment procurement covers children's entertainers such as face painters and balloon modellers, festival and event entertainment, live music and band booking, and artistic or performance services. The word also catches hospital patient entertainment systems, meaning bedside tablets and TV.

Councils tender for entertainment at markets, festivals and civic events, often as a framework with lots for children's and specialist acts. Galleries and other venues add an entertainment lot to wider event services frameworks.

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Frequently asked questions

Frequently asked questions about entertainment services, children's entertainment in the UK public sector.

  • What is an entertainment tender?

    An entertainment tender is a public sector contract for entertainers or entertainment services procured by councils and other public bodies. This includes children's entertainers, festival and event entertainment and artistic or performance services.

  • Who procures entertainment contracts?

    Local councils are common buyers of entertainment services, procuring for markets, festivals and community events. NHS trusts and racecourses also procure entertainment services on occasion.

  • How do I find entertainment contracts before they are formally tendered?

    Read events calendars, market and festival programmes, tourism and cultural strategies and expiry dates for existing booking frameworks, which show work coming due ahead of a notice. On Stotles you can track those signals and the councils behind them, then follow a notice from pre-tender through to award.

  • How is entertainment usually procured?

    Councils tender entertainment for markets, festivals and civic events, often as a framework with lots for children's and specialist acts. Galleries and other venues add an entertainment lot to wider event services frameworks.

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