Evenses Entertainment

What Evenses Entertainment does

Evenses Entertainment B.V. is a privately held online entertainment booking platform headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands, that connects event organizers with a curated network of 1,500+ pre-screened entertainment acts across seven European countries (Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, Spain, United Kingdom, and Denmark). The company was founded in 2012 by Thomas Verheul, evolving from predecessor properties ThomasVerheul.nl (2009) and MuziekHuren.com (2011). It serves both private customers (weddings, birthdays, receptions) and corporate clients (company parties, festivals, virtual events), with offerings spanning bands, DJs, magicians, specialty performers, dancers, and integrated event packages such as Dinnershows.

The core product is a web-based, multi-language marketplace (evenses.com plus country-specific domains) with search and filter functionality by occasion, budget, entertainment type, and genre. Each act has a dedicated SEO-optimized profile page with photos, video, biography, reviews, and starting price. A personal event manager is assigned to each booking as a single point of contact, supported by phone, email, WhatsApp, and chat reachable seven days per week. The company also offers virtual entertainment (Online Pubquiz + Muziek Bingo, scalable to 2,000 participants) and curates signature acts such as Hans Klok, Band & Beats, Trinxx, Magic Marcus, De Dansende Zeemeermin, and Strijkersensemble Vivre as headliner sub-brands. Underlying technology is a proprietary booking and content platform operated by an in-house CTO, with no disclosed AI/ML capabilities, APIs, or third-party platform integrations beyond standard web and payment tooling.

The business model is commission-based brokerage: Evenses screens performers, manages bookings and logistics, and earns a transaction fee on completed bookings. Pricing is all-in (show plus travel included), quote-based, and spans a wide range from approximately €395 for solo acts to €6,000+ for premium coverbands and famous DJs. The stated value proposition rests on curation, a 100% availability guarantee backed by substitution, free cancellation up to 30 days before the event, and consultative service via personal event managers. The company is founder-controlled, with no disclosed external investors, no parent company, no subsidiaries, no funding rounds, and no M&A activity; growth to date has been funded internally across 15 years of operation.

Name

Evenses Entertainment

Legal name

Evenses B.V.

Website

https://evenses.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Evenses Entertainment is a Dutch online entertainment booking platform operating across seven European countries, connecting customers with 1,500+ vetted entertainment acts — bands, DJs, magicians, and specialty performers — for private events, weddings, and corporate functions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Entertainment Booking Marketplace

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Artist Booking, Talent Buying & Agency Services (MPAGAAAF)

Keywords

• Entertainment booking services
• Event entertainment marketplace
• Live music booking
• Party entertainment acts
• Corporate event entertainment

Headquarters

HQ city

Amsterdam

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Operations

Revenue model

1. Entertainment booking commissions: Evenses acts as an entertainment booking bureau, facilitating bookings between customers and entertainment acts (bands, DJs, performers). The company screens artists, manages bookings, and coordinates logistics. Revenue is generated through commissions on completed bookings. All-in pricing is offered, where costs for show and travel are included in the quoted price.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Evenses operates an online entertainment booking platform that aggregates 1,500+ pre-screened entertainment acts (bands, DJs, magicians, performers) across Europe. Customers browse acts by occasion, budget, and category, submit quote requests, and receive personalized proposals from a dedicated event manager who coordinates the booking end-to-end. Revenue is earned through commissions on completed bookings, with all-in pricing that includes show and travel costs and a 100% availability guarantee with substitute performers.

Product overview

Evenses Entertainment operates as an online entertainment booking platform offering 1500+ verified acts and performers across Europe. The platform enables customers to browse, compare, and book entertainment for events ranging from private parties to corporate events and festivals. Key products include: the core Entertainment Booking Platform with personal event manager and availability guarantee; musical acts such as Band & Beats (coverband/DJ hybrid), Jack Club Music (versatile live band), Strijkersensemble Vivre (classical strings), and La Vera Musica (classical duo); specialty acts including Dance and DJ Act Trinxx (dance troupe from TV shows), Drag Queens, De Dansende Zeemeermin (mermaid performer), Hans Klok and Magic Marcus (magicians), and Waarzegster (fortune teller); plus add-on services like Online Pubquiz + Muziek Bingo (virtual entertainment), Dinnershow packages, and themed party planning. Pricing is quote-based, with individual performer fees ranging from €395 to €2,000+. The service covers all event types including weddings, corporate events, festivals, and private celebrations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Entertainment Booking Platform Online marketplace platform aggregating 1,500+ verified entertainment options including bands, DJs, artists, acts, and event extras. Enables customers to search by occasion, budget, and entertainment type; submit quote requests; receive personalized proposals; and book entertainment with a 3-step process (search, proposal, confirmation). Includes personal event manager support, 100% availability guarantee, and free cancellation up to 30 days before event.
• Band & Beats Dynamic live coverband of 5 members including one DJ, performing Pop, Rock, and Dance music with nearly 15 years of experience. Includes custom stage design by Hans Kodden with light, sound, and mashups. Starting price €1,495.
• Jack Club Music Versatile live music ensemble offering variable repertoire across Rock, Pop, Jazz, Acoustic, and Dance genres. Performers can adapt between dance and background music modes. Available as duo, trio, quartet, or full band.
• Strijkersensemble Vivre Classical string quartet/trio performing works by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and other composers. Conservatory-trained professionals suitable for receptions, dinners, weddings, congresses, and ceremonies. Starting price €1,575.
• La Vera Musica Classical duo featuring a singer and piano accompaniment. Repertoire includes Celine Dion, Toon Hermans, Dana Wimmer, Elton John, and Boccelli. Performs at parties, ceremonies, corporate events, weddings, dinners, and funerals. Starting price €545.
• Trinxx

Quantifiable outcome

• Customer satisfaction rating of 9.5 out of 10 based on 1000+ reviews
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Deep House AmsterdamminorGTM or Marketing PartnerDeep House Amsterdam is a news platform focused on Dance music and Deep House. Evenses partners with this platform to promote Deep House and Dance DJs booked through their service. Deep House Amsterdam Academy also collaborates with brands like Elrow, Tomorrowland, BBC Radio 1, and artists including Disclosure, Charlotte de Witte, and Reinier Zonneveld.
• Deep House Amsterdam AcademyminorGTM or Marketing PartnerDeep House Amsterdam Academy is an education platform for producers and DJs, partnered with major brands including Elrow, Tomorrowland, and BBC Radio 1. Evenses works with this platform to connect with and promote Deep House artists and DJs.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• Tixel: Safe fan-to-fan ticketing marketplace addressing scalping and fraud in live events. Adjacent infrastructure rather than a direct competitor, but part of the broader live-entertainment commerce stack in which Evenses operates.
• Songkick: Concert discovery and ticketing service (now part of Live Nation). Adjacent to Evenses' event-discovery use case for live entertainment, but operates upstream at the artist-audience level rather than at the talent-booking layer.

Direct peers

• Encore Musicians: UK-based online marketplace for booking live musicians and bands for events. Uses a curated-supply, lead-generation, and quote-based pricing model that closely mirrors Evenses' 3-step search/proposal/booking flow, serving both private and corporate customers.
• Alive Network: One of the UK's largest live entertainment booking agencies, supplying bands, DJs, and performers for weddings, corporate events, and private parties. Operates a near-identical broker model to Evenses with a curated roster, personal coordinators, and pan-UK/European reach, making it the closest like-for-like competitor across the North Sea.
• The Bash: US event entertainment booking marketplace (formerly GigMasters) connecting customers with DJs, bands, magicians, and other event performers. Operates the same curated-talent, lead-generation, and review-driven model as Evenses for private and corporate events.
• Bands for Hire: UK-based entertainment booking platform offering cover bands, wedding bands, DJs, and acoustic acts. Competes head-to-head with Evenses in the live-booking value chain with similar transparent pricing and curated talent rosters.
• Function Music: UK entertainment agency specializing in function bands, DJs, and performers for weddings and corporate events. Comparable broker model with curated rosters and event-coordination services, addressing the same end-customer use cases (weddings, parties, corporate functions) as Evenses.

Broad incumbents

• Eventbrite: Global self-service event-management and ticketing platform. Does not focus on entertainment booking the way Evenses does, but competes for the same event-organizer wallet and increasingly overlaps in festival/corporate event production tools.
• Bandsintown: Large-scale live music discovery and ticketing platform with 80M+ users. Tangentially comparable as it sits in the live-entertainment demand-generation layer, even though its model is consumer-pull rather than curated-broker like Evenses.

Emerging players

• Gigmit: Berlin-based digital marketplace that connects artists with promoters and venues for live gigs across Europe. Overlaps with Evenses on the live entertainment matching concept, with a stronger orientation toward club/festival bookings and a tech-driven marketplace approach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/evenses
• Instagraminstagram.com/evenses.europe

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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