You’ve polished your keynote, mastered your stage presence, and are ready to inspire an audience. Now, it’s time to figure out how to get paid speaking gigs on your calendar. We’re sharing 8 booking tips from successful speakers on The Bash.

The best keynote speakers not only motivate, but also ignite performance and inspire real change. Meet Mike Breeze, an Oklahoma-based motivational speaker known for helping teams overcome barriers to execution. 

As a talented guitarist, bagpiper, and DJ/MC with 20+ years of event experience, Michael Lancaster is an entertainment powerhouse. He’s booked over 778 events on The Bash—350 of them weddings—and recently shared his key to bookings and tips for other vendors in the industry.

What if your your part-time event business could become your full-time dream job? It may seem far-fetched, but many event pros on The Bash started their business as a side passion and evolved it into a thriving career. Learn from four vendors who successfully made the transition to full-time and get their top tips for making it happen. 

Thousands of party planners booked vendors on The Bash last year, and 2025 is shaping up to be an even bigger year of celebrations. Vendors are connecting with new clients and refining their strategy—ready for another successful year of events.

In our new report, we provide detailed findings from our survey of nearly 800 event vendors on their top priorities for this year—from managing leads and advertising their business to optimizing their profiles, collecting reviews, and more.

Earning a positive review is always exciting. Reviews lead to future bookings and party planner confidence. But, earning the most reviews in 2024 and all 5-star ratings? That's an accomplishment that involves strategy and calls for celebration! To gather tips on collecting reviews, we caught up with bagpiper, Gus Person, the top review-reviewed vendor on The Bash in 2024.

Introducing Shelley Otis: a talented harpist based in Massachusetts. Her music has delighted couples and guests at weddings and other events for over 10 years! Shelley's setlist of 400+ songs will strike a chord with any listener.

One of the first things you will do when you set up a membership with The Bash is select your categories. Your category selection determines how clients will find you on our site and will directly affect the quality of the leads you receive. You will also want to customize your profile photo and description for each category that you're listed in.

Below you can find all you need to know about making the best category selections for your business and customizing your search results tile.

Meet Sereena, owner and operator of Nashville, TN-based Sovereign DJ Productions. From top 40 hits and classics to house and dubstep music, this group of DJs has the beats to make your party unforgettable and the passion to unite people through music.

Securing gigs often requires a strategic mix of professionalism, creativity, connections, and more. From optimizing your online presence to networking and more, we’re sharing 7 tips on how to get gigs for your band.