Stay with a colleague
A verified artist with a free couch or spare room, for some of your nights or all of them. Even two nights out of seven is two hotel nights you do not pay for.
Sofia offers her spare room for all of 3 to 9 March, in Schwabing.
The verified network for touring artists.
Every member is approved by hand. Log a trip and find colleagues in your destination city who can host, share costs, or show you around.
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Coming to Berlin
Arriving within the month.
Hannah OseiCello · Kreuzberg
Pavel NovákTenor · Neukölln
In Berlin now
Colleagues whose trip is running today. A couch, or just a coffee.
Clara LindqvistHorn · Moabit
You are Lena, a mezzo-soprano from Berlin, going to Munich.
You travel
You host
Four things you can ask for
Every trip is different. Ask for what you need, and offer what you can.
Share a place
Another artist heading to the same city in the same week, also looking for a bed. Split the room and the cost, and sort out the details together once you both agree.
Marek is in Munich 5 to 11 March and is looking to split a place.
Meet for coffee
Someone who lives there and has an hour. A friendly face before an audition, nothing more asked of either of you.
Tobias is happy to meet for a coffee in Neuhausen before your rehearsal.
Get local knowledge
Which accompanist to call, where to rehearse, how to reach the venue. Ask someone who lives in the city and knows the answer.
Jonas can tell you which practice rooms are near the conservatoire.
How it works
From signing up to a name and a phone number, in five steps.
Create an account and get verified
Sign up and send proof that you work as a performing artist. One of our team approves each member by hand before you can see anyone else.
Log a trip
Add the city and your dates, and say what you are looking for.
See who is there
Straight away you see colleagues who are free on your dates, and artists travelling there the same week.
Ask
One tap to ask for a bed, a shared place, a coffee or tips. A host can offer only some of your nights, and that still counts.
Accept and get their contact
When you accept, you both see each other’s contact details and carry on by phone or message. Neither of you sees them before.
Every single member is approved by hand.
The wall is the product. It is why you can trust a stranger enough to sleep in their home, or let them sleep in yours.
Approved by the team
One of our team looks at every new member. Nobody is approved automatically, and nobody can vouch their way in.
What we check
A selfie holding your photo ID, and proof that you work as a performing artist: a CV, a diploma, links to performances. A person reviews it, and only the decision is recorded in the app.
Your address stays private
Other members see your city, or your district if you choose to add one, and never your street. Contact details are shared only after an offer is accepted, and only with the person you accepted.
Questions
Can’t find yours? Send us your question below and a person will answer.
Who can join?
Professional and pre-professional performing artists: singers, instrumentalists and dancers. Everyone registers the same way, by sending proof of their professional standing, and one of our team approves each member by hand.
What can I ask for?
A free couch or spare room; a colleague travelling to the same city in the same week, to split the room and the cost; a coffee and some company; or local tips, such as which accompanist, which practice rooms, how to reach the venue.
What does it cost?
Nothing. Hosting is free and no money changes hands through GigAway. It is not an accommodation provider and takes no fee. Splitting a room is arranged between you and your colleague.
When does it open?
We do not have a date to promise. It is in closed testing now. Everyone on the list gets one email when it opens.
Where does it work?
Europe, starting in the German-speaking classical music world. A trip can go to any city; a city is only useful once colleagues there have joined.
Is my address public?
No. Other members see only your city, or your district if you choose to add one. Never your street. Contact details are shared with both sides only once an offer is accepted.
What if a host cannot cover every night?
They offer the nights they have. Partial offers are a normal part of how it works.
Why not a Facebook group?
Groups cannot search by city and dates, cannot tell an artist from anyone else, and broadcast your empty flat to thousands. GigAway is a closed circle where reputation follows you from trip to trip.
What happens to my email?
It is kept to write to you about the launch. Nothing else, and it is not passed on. Ask at support@gigaway.app and it is deleted.
Get early access
Leave your email and we will write once, when the app opens.