GigXchange Index — UK Live Music Rates, April 2026

Monthly open dataset of UK live music booking fees by city, gig type and band size. Built from 2,381 weighted observations across confirmed bookings, post-event submissions, Musicians' Union and Equity published rates, agency rate cards and venue budgets. Issue 01 — April 2026. Files:- gx-index-april-2026.csv — weighted percentile distribution (p25, p50, p75, p90) per (scope × use_case × band_size × city)- sources.csv — source-weighting reference table (nine sources, trust weights 0.16–1.00)- gigxchange-index-2026-04.pdf — full 11-page report with methodology, coverage and commentary Spatial coverage: United Kingdom (14 cities + regional fallback + UK national).Temporal coverage: 1 May 2025 – 19 April 2026.Refresh cadence: underlying figures rebuild nightly at 05:00 UK time; a new monthly issue is published the third week of each month as a separate Zenodo version. Live calculator: https://gigxchange.app/ratesFull report: https://gigxchange.app/rates/reports/april-2026Also available on Hugging Face: https://huggingface.co/datasets/gigxchange/uk-live-music-rates-2026-04