Real gigs, real venues, no algorithm.

What Music Is Life is, and who it's for.

There's no feed deciding what you see. No ads. No profiling. When you follow an artist, you hear about their next gig; when you follow a venue, you know what's on this weekend. That's it.

We started in the UK and Spain because that's where we are and who we know: pub singers, club DJs, the venues that book them and the people who turn up. The platform recognises that a solo singer-songwriter working the restaurant circuit and a techno DJ on a club lineup need different things, so it gives each their own view of the same world.

For artists, Music Is Life is also your website. Build a page in minutes, put it on your own domain — with an email address to match — and keep your gigs, videos, set options and booking details in one place a venue can find. It costs £5 a month. Browsing, following and RSVPing are free for fans.

Core features

For fans — free

• The map and the list. Every upcoming event near you, filtered by type and genre. Switch between the DJ/electronic and live/solo views, or see both.
• Follow what matters.Follow artists, venues and promoters. Get told about new gigs and reminders — and only those. Set how far you'll travel; mute anyone for a while without unfollowing.
• RSVP and reminders. Yes, no, like, not sure. A reminder before doors, answerable straight from your lock screen.
• Comments and reactions on events and artist broadcasts, with real moderation.
• No account needed to browse. Sign up only when you want to follow or RSVP. All of this is free.

For artists — £5 a month (30-day free trial)

• Your page, your way.A page builder where you see what you're making as you make it: photos, galleries, text, videos, your gigs, set options, example set lists, booking details. Curated fonts and colour themes that stay readable on every phone.
• Your own web address. Free yourname.musicislife.uk, or buy a domain through us and we set it up — with a free mailbox on it (backed up, no service guarantees, take it or leave it).
• Gigs that appear everywhere.Add a date once; it shows on your page, the map, and in your followers' notifications.
• Your gigs, off the platform too. A calendar link for Google, Apple or Outlook and a copy-paste widget for your own website — both update themselves the moment you add or change a date here.
• Videos and music from where they already live. Link YouTube, Mixcloud, SoundCloud, Bandcamp, Twitch, TikTok and Instagram. We embed; we never host recorded music, so licensing stays where it belongs.
• Broadcasts.A one-way message to your followers when something's worth saying.
• Booking-ready. Set packages (durations, breaks, what they suit) and repertoire that venues can search.
• Verified. Identity checked once, so venues know a claimed profile is really you.

For venues and promoters — pricing to be announced

• Claim your venue from our directory of 40,000+ UK and Spanish pubs, bars and clubs, or add a new one.
• List events with full lineups and set times; link the artists so their followers hear about it.
• A page and web address like artists get; messaging with the artists you book.
• The same calendar link and website widget artists get, if you'd rather share your listings than build your own.
• Coming later: ticketing with no mark-up on resale.

Everywhere

• Web app and iPhone app (Android to follow).
• One account, any role. Be a fan, an artist and a promoter on the same login.
• Under-18 artistsare supported through a guardian's account, handed over at 18.
• Delete your account and everything goes — every table, every photo, your domain left in your name.

Curious how we handle verification, moderation and advertising in practice — read how we build. Questions about pricing, accounts or your data — see the FAQ.