Crescent Moon Entertainment

What Crescent Moon Entertainment does

Crescent Moon Entertainment is a privately held entertainment booking agency founded in 1969 and headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. The company operates as a broker between event organizers and a curated roster of 250+ entertainment acts spanning live bands, tribute bands, DJs, specialty acts, impersonators, and musicians across genres including Motown/Soul, Rock/Classic Rock, Country/Southern Rock, 80s/90s Retro, Americana/Bluegrass, Jam/Rock/Funk, and DJs & Electronica. Its core "technology" is a website-enabled catalog with online booking inquiry forms; there is no proprietary software platform, API, or digital booking infrastructure beyond a standard content-managed site.

Revenue is generated on a transaction-fee basis: the company earns commissions when it successfully matches a client with a performer from its roster. Pricing is custom and quote-based, varying by event type, date, duration, artist, and location, with no publicly disclosed rate cards. The go-to-market motion is consultative and sales-led, with experienced entertainment agents working directly with wedding planners, corporate meeting professionals, party planners, event producers, social chairs, and club managers. Distribution combines direct agent outreach, inbound website and phone/email inquiries, and wedding venue partnerships across Nashville, Atlanta, New Orleans, Birmingham, Memphis, Louisville, Knoxville, and the Florida Gulf Coast.

The company serves six primary use-case segments: weddings, corporate events, colleges and universities (including Greek life), nightclubs, private parties, and festivals and fairs, plus a secondary country club segment. Geographically, it operates in the southeastern United States (Tennessee, Georgia, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Kentucky) and has no disclosed international footprint. The firm has 11-50 employees, no disclosed parent company or institutional investors, no funding history, and no M&A activity, consistent with a long-standing founder- or family-owned lifestyle service business.

Name

Crescent Moon Entertainment

Legal name

Crescent Moon Entertainment

Website

https://crescentmoonentertainment.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1969

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Crescent Moon Entertainment is a Nashville-based, privately held entertainment booking agency founded in 1969 that connects wedding planners, corporate event organizers, and club managers with a curated roster of 250+ live bands, DJs, tribute acts, and specialty performers across the southeastern United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Entertainment Booking Agency

NAICS

Agents and Managers for Artists, Athletes, Entertainers, and Other Public Figures (7114)

SIC

Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990), Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Artist Booking, Talent Buying & Agency Services (MPAGAAAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Live Music Booking (Bands, Soloists, DJs) (HSACAHAA)

Keywords

• Entertainment booking agency
• Live band booking
• Wedding entertainment services
• Corporate event DJs
• Tribute band booking

Headquarters

HQ city

Nashville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Booking Commission: Crescent Moon Entertainment acts as an agency/broker for entertainment acts, earning commissions on bookings they facilitate. They connect clients (wedding planners, corporate event organizers, party planners) with performers (bands, DJs, musicians, tribute acts, specialty acts) and take a percentage of the booking fee. Revenue is transactional per event rather than recurring.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Crescent Moon Entertainment is a Nashville-based entertainment booking agency, founded in 1969, that matches clients with live bands, DJs, tribute bands, specialty acts, and impersonators for weddings, corporate events, college functions, nightclubs, festivals, and private parties. Services are delivered by experienced entertainment agents who broker bookings between clients and the agency's roster of more than 250 acts, handling act selection, logistics, and booking coordination in exchange for a commission on the booking fee. Revenue is transactional per event rather than recurring.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Live Band Booking Service Booking of live bands across genres including Motown/Soul/Variety, Rock/Classic Rock, Country/Southern Rock, Ol Skool/Modern Pop, 80s/90s & Retro, Jam/Rock/Funk, Americana/Bluegrass, reggae, brass, funk, bluegrass, jazz, and more. For weddings, corporate events, festivals, country clubs, college functions, nightclubs, and private parties.
• DJ Entertainment Booking Service Booking of DJs and electronica acts for weddings, corporate events, college parties, Greek life functions, nightclubs, festivals, and private parties. Includes individual DJs (DJ 3, DJ Epic, DJ Matt, DJ MOJO, DJ Mont, DJ OB1, DJ Steven, etc.) and DJ/electronica groups.
• Tribute Band Booking Service Booking of tribute bands covering artists such as Billy Joel, the Eagles, Jimmy Buffett, Pink Floyd, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Heart, Chicago, Journey, ZZ Top, Tom Petty, Elton John, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Foreigner, AC/DC, Aerosmith, Allman Brothers, Dolly Parton, the 80s era, and more.
• Specialty Act Booking Service Booking of specialty entertainment acts including dueling pianos (e.g., 88 Licks Dueling Pianos), magicians (Jason Michaels Magic), comedians (Gary Jenkins Comedian), music-and-comedy performers (Kier, Gary Mule Deer), foam parties (College Foam Party), interactive art-style acts (Artrageous), and other variety entertainment.
• Impersonator Act Booking Service Booking of celebrity impersonator acts including Elvis Impersonator (Nashville), Dolly Parton Impersonator, Dolly! Tribute to Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash Impersonator, Garth Brooks Impersonator, Kenny Chesney Impersonator, Minnie Pearl Impersonator, and others.
• Entertainment Booking Agency Service Core agency service: experienced entertainment agents consult with clients (wedding planners, meeting professionals, party planners, event producers, social chairs, club managers) to match them with appropriate entertainment acts from the agency's 250+ roster, handle booking coordination, and earn a commission on each booking. Pricing is quote-based and varies by event type, date, duration, artist popularity, and location.

Named customers5 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Broad incumbents

• Thumbtack: Large online services marketplace that includes live entertainment and event DJs/bands alongside hundreds of other service categories. Not a specialist in entertainment booking, but increasingly competes for the same discovery and booking moments.
• The Knot / WeddingWire (vendor marketplace): Dominant wedding vendor marketplace that includes live entertainment and DJ/band listings. While not a booking agency itself, it functions as a primary discovery channel for the same wedding clients Crescent Moon serves through venue partnerships.
• Agency for the Performing Arts (APA): Established talent agency representing a roster of named artists and bands for live performance bookings. Operates at a higher tier of the same agency/representation value chain that Crescent Moon participates in at the regional and private-event level.

Direct peers

• Booking Entertainment: Online entertainment booking agency that brokers musicians, bands, DJs, and specialty acts for corporate and private events. Same broker/agency model with a broader geographic footprint and more web-driven intake than Crescent Moon.
• EastCoast Entertainment (now part of Partyman Entertainment): A long-running regional entertainment booking agency in the same model as Crescent Moon — connecting clients (weddings, corporate, private parties) with bands, DJs, and specialty acts across the southeastern US. Direct competition for the same client base and roster talent.
• The Bash (formerly Gigmasters): Online marketplace that lets event planners request quotes and book live entertainment directly. Same end-customer use case (booking bands, DJs, and entertainment) but delivered through a self-serve digital platform rather than a consultative agent model.
• Élan Artists: Talent booking agency representing live bands, DJs, and specialty acts for weddings, corporate, and private events nationwide. Directly comparable agency business with similar commission model and roster-driven approach.
• Hank Lane Music and Entertainment: Premium live entertainment booking agency serving corporate events, weddings, and private parties. Same agency/broker model, similar transaction-fee revenue structure, and overlapping client base in the corporate event segment.
• Elite Entertainment: Regional entertainment booking agency focused on weddings, corporate events, and private parties in the southeastern US. Closely mirrors Crescent Moon's event-type mix and consultative agent approach.

Emerging players

• Giant Steps Entertainment: Smaller entertainment booking agency with a live-bands and DJs roster for weddings and private events. Comparable niche-positioned agency competing for similar mid-market event clients in a regional footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CrescentMoonEnt
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/CMoonEntertainment
• Facebookfacebook.com/crescentmoonentertainment

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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