A boutique entertainment agency in Amsterdam that books live music it has actually seen.

How it works

What a boutique entertainment agency in Amsterdam actually does

A real agency does three things a booking platform cannot. It knows the acts personally, so the recommendation fits your room instead of the database's availability. It coordinates the whole night through one contact, so you are not chasing four separate musicians and a sound company. And it stands behind the booking, with named musicians and a named understudy in every contract. That is the difference between hiring entertainment and hoping it shows up.

The Lupa roster at a glance

Fourteen acts, grouped by what they are for. This is the shortlist we draw from when you tell us your event type, guest count and venue.

For the full picture by event type, our deeper pages cover wedding bands, corporate bands, party bands, the jazz trio, and DJ hire on our DJ Amsterdam page.

Prices: what booking live music in Amsterdam costs

There is no single agency rate, because you are paying for musicians and production, not a middleman markup. A soloist or ceremony act starts at EUR 600, an acoustic duo at EUR 1,000, a jazz trio at EUR 1,400, a four-piece band at EUR 3,000 with sound and lighting included, and every extra musician adds EUR 500. A DJ starts at EUR 850, or EUR 1,500 with full event production. Saturdays between May and September and December corporate dates run higher than midweek bookings in the shoulder season.

Every Lupa quote is one itemised PDF: performance, sound, lighting, transport within 50km of Amsterdam, BumaStemra copyright (around 7 percent of the music budget), 9 percent VAT on the artistic performance and 21 percent on technical services. No hidden agency margin sitting on top. Send your date, venue and guest count and you get the quote within one business day.

Booking entertainment for a wedding or a corporate event

The two briefs we get most are weddings and corporate, and they need different things from an agency. A wedding wants one team that carries the ceremony, the cocktail hour and the party without four separate handovers, which is why couples book the whole arc through us. A corporate event wants an act that reads the brand in front of clients: a quiet, premium set under the dinner and speeches, then a floor that fills after. For weddings, start on the wedding band Amsterdam page. For company parties, launches and galas, the corporate band Netherlands page has the full brief.

Beyond Amsterdam: the rest of the Netherlands

We are based in Amsterdam but book across the country. Rotterdam, Utrecht, The Hague, Eindhoven and Haarlem are all within our standard 50km transport or a listed travel line beyond it. If your event is in Rotterdam, our wedding band Rotterdam and DJ Rotterdam pages cover the local venues and scene. Tell us the city and we plan the logistics around it.

Why book through an agency instead of an act direct

You can book a single band direct and skip the agency. The reason most of our clients do not is risk and time. With Lupa you get one contact for ceremony, dinner and party instead of three separate negotiations, named musicians instead of a marketplace stand-in, a named understudy if someone falls ill, and a quote you can read line by line. The act stays the same price either way, because the agency margin is in the coordination, not a markup on the band.

Common mistakes when hiring an entertainment agency in Amsterdam

• Choosing the agency with the biggest catalogue. A pool of 500 acts means nobody at that agency has watched most of them.
• Booking on price alone without matching the lineup to the room. A six-piece in a 90dB hotel sounds frustrated, and a trio disappears in a 250-guest hall.
• Leaving it late. The best acts on a summer Saturday are full 9 to 12 months out, the most-requested 12 to 18.
• No named musicians in the contract, so you cannot tell who actually turns up.