Frequently Asked Questions

Tribute bands run from $1,500 at the floor (casual cover-band tier) to $50,000+ at the ceiling (Vegas-residency-scale production for marquee events). Music Zirconia works in three tiers: Regional Standard ($5K to $10K), Headliner ($10K to $25K), and Premium Production ($25K to $50K+). The full breakdown, including the twelve factors that move a quote up or down, is on our Pricing page.

The artist fee on our quote is what you'll pay for the act. Travel, hospitality, and production-rider items are either bundled or itemized separately and clearly in the proposal. Anything extra is explicit. Nothing is hidden. We believe transparent pricing is the only way to do this work.

Yes. Share the date, city, venue type, expected attendance, and either an artist/era direction or a target budget, and we can typically give you a tier and a price range within one business day.

Day of week, travel distance, lineup configuration, and venue type all move the number. The same act on a Monday in their home city is meaningfully cheaper than the same act flown coast-to-coast for a Saturday festival headliner. The Pricing page walks through the twelve factors in detail.

Many of our acts offer adjusted pricing for non-profit, educational, and government programming when the date and routing work. Mention the event type in your inquiry.

Eight steps: Inquiry, Discovery Call, Curation (we recommend two or three right-fit acts), Proposal, Agreement, Advance (production details), Showtime, Encore (wrap and rebook). The full walkthrough is on our How It Works page.

It depends on the tier. Headliner and Premium tier acts (Friday and Saturday primetime at PACs, casino showrooms, festival main stages, NYE) typically book 12 to 24 months out. Regional and Standard tier acts (weeknights, lounge support, mid-sized venues) are comfortable at 3 to 12 months. Corporate events run 3 to 9 months for most, longer for marquee brand activations. Weddings are 6 to 18 months. Premium tribute headliners often book 12 to 18 months in advance.

Yes. Every act we recommend comes with a current EPK, recent live video, and (in most cases) recent photos. If you want, we can also point you to upcoming public dates where the act is playing in your region.

Some of our acts tour internationally, particularly the Premier Tributes roster, and we route international dates when the act's availability and your timeline align. Reach out and we'll tell you what's feasible.

A standard performance agreement covers scope and lineup, fee, deposit, balance schedule, cancellation terms, the act's technical requirements (stage, sound, lighting, hospitality), and force-majeure provisions. Our terms have been refined across almost two decades of bookings. They protect both buyer and act.

Deposit on signing locks the date. Balance is due per the schedule in the agreement, typically tied to the show date. Specific terms vary by act and are stated explicitly in your proposal.

Yes. Edits are common. We work with venue legal teams routinely. The contract that gets signed is the one both sides have reviewed.

The contract specifies what happens in cancellation scenarios, including illness, force majeure, and act-side withdrawal. In most cases involving illness or emergency, we work to route a comparable substitute from our roster. The agreement protects both sides, including return of deposit where appropriate.

The contract specifies the cancellation window and any associated fees. Cancellation closer to the show date carries a higher recovery. That's industry standard and matches what the act has committed to.

Force-majeure provisions cover weather and other uncontrollable circumstances. The specifics (rebook windows, deposit handling) are in the agreement. For outdoor festival and winery events, we always recommend building a rain plan into the booking conversation.

Travel is typically itemized in the proposal: flights, ground transportation, lodging, per-diem. Some acts include reasonable regional travel in the all-in fee. Longer travel is usually a separate line item. Your proposal makes this explicit.

The act provides a hospitality rider, typically a brief list of standard requirements (meals, beverages, dressing-room basics). Your venue handles fulfillment. We coordinate with both sides during the advance.

It depends on the act and the venue. Some acts travel with full backline. Others need the venue to provide it. The advance step (between contract signing and show day) is where we coordinate this with your venue's production team and the act's tour manager so there are no surprises on show day.

Headliner Tier and Premium Production Tier acts typically travel with a tour manager and may include a front-of-house engineer or production lead. Regional Standard Tier acts usually rely on the venue's house production team.

Usually yes, within reason. Most tribute acts have a standard set that covers the catalog's biggest songs. Specific requests outside the standard set may require advance notice and (in some cases) a small line-item fee for new rehearsal time. Bring up specific requests in the discovery call.

Often yes. Guest appearances need to be planned in advance. The act needs to know the song, the timing, and any production cues. Add it to the discovery conversation and we'll route it.

Standard sets run 60, 75, or 90 minutes. Some headliner-tier acts can carry a full 2-hour show. Multi-set bookings (typical for weddings, corporate events, country clubs) usually total 90 to 120 minutes across two or three sets with intermissions.

Most do. Most leave one or two songs out of the regular set specifically to come back with an encore. Coordinate with your run-of-show.

Costuming is part of the show for most tribute acts and is built into the standard production. Significant customization (new costumes for a specific event, costumes for backup performers, branded staging) can usually be accommodated with advance notice and may carry a line-item cost.

Yes. Multi-date packages (three or four shows across a season, a monthly residency, a multi-night festival run) are usually more favorable than booking each date separately. We package the routing, contracts, and pricing across the full series.

Email us with the act and the preferred date. Most acts on our roster welcome the rebook conversation, and we hold the date while the act confirms.

Yes, with proposal acceptance. Soft holds are standard during the proposal phase. Firm holds lock the date once the deposit is in.

Music Zirconia (mztributebands.com) is the broad-catalog tribute booking brand, with over 1,750 curated tribute acts across every era and genre. Premier Tributes is the premium tier: flagship tribute headliners capable of carrying festival main stages, PAC primetime, and casino-amphitheater headline dates. Same agency, two service tiers.

Some are. Some aren't. Our flagship and Premier Tributes acts are typically exclusively represented through us. Many other roster acts work with multiple agencies. Either way, what you get from us is the curation, the vetting, the routing, and the advance. That's the value of going through the agency.

You can, for some acts. What you'd be giving up is the vetting (we confirm acts are touring-ready before recommending), the routing optimization (we know each act's calendar across competing inquiries), the advance support (we drive the production conversation to completion), and the single point of accountability if anything goes sideways. We charge a standard 15% commission, structured into the deal. The buyer's price is the buyer's price.

Submit your act through our Submit Your Act page. Our talent team reviews every submission. If your act is a fit for the rooms we book, we'll reach out with next steps and onboarding details.