Champions Music and Entertainment

Champions Music and Entertainment: a booking agency for bands, tribute acts and celebrity talent

Champions Music and Entertainment is an entertainment booking agency that arranges music acts and performers for events. The company presents itself as a booking agency for premier entertainment at national and international events, with a roster that spans entertainers, musicians, singers and celebrity talent. Its stated reach covers events in 66 countries, and it describes its client base as including blue-chip corporations, organisations, educational institutions, event planners and individuals.

The agency was founded in 2003 by John and Matthew Hayes and is part of Champions (UK) plc, which appears in the site's copyright notice. It describes itself as a family-run business and states that it employs more than 100 staff dedicated to event work.

What the agency books

The catalogue is organised by event type and by performer category. The main groups advertised are:

• Headline acts, including famous artists and bands, famous DJs, and contestants from Britain's Got Talent, The Voice and The X Factor.
• Party entertainment: party and cover bands, party DJs, and tribute acts spanning the 1960s through the 2010s.
• Wedding entertainment: wedding bands, wedding DJs, wedding musicians and singers, acoustic singers, classical singers, harpists, and jazz and swing performers.
• Bands of various formats: famous bands, themed bands, big bands, brass bands and steel bands.
• Comedians, dance acts, event hosts and MCs, magicians, lookalikes and other unique acts.
• Corporate entertainment and university entertainment, including graduation and prom events and student balls.

The site also groups acts by decade and by genre, with categories such as indie and rock, pop, and soul and Motown.

Tribute acts and the National Tribute Music Awards

Champions Music and Entertainment states that it organises the National Tribute Music Awards, which it describes as world-famous, and presents this as the basis for its work with tribute acts in the UK and internationally. The agency claims the position of number one provider of tribute bands and solo artists for private and corporate parties.

Clients, occasions and international coverage

The agency lists headline festivals, Christmas parties, corporate events, weddings, private parties, cruises and festivals among the occasions it covers. It states that it can arrange entertainment regardless of occasion, venue, budget or date, and that it supplies talent in 66 countries. The site also refers to more than 2,500 bookings a year for weddings, parties, festivals and corporate events, and to support for enquiries.

Among the acts featured on the site are the comedian and presenter Jason Manford, the group Sister Sledge, the party band Coyote, and Nile Rodgers & Chic.

Recognition and track record

The company reports that it has been included on The Sunday Times Fast Track 100 and on The Telegraph's 1000 Britain's Brightest Businesses, and that it was named Booking Agency of the Year 2025 by The Entertainment Agents Association. It describes itself as multi-award-winning and states that it has more than 20 years of experience; elsewhere on the site the figure given is 23 years.

Offices and contact structure

The agency operates from a head office at Barrington House, Leake Road, Costock, Loughborough, and lists a London office at 1st Floor, 17 Hanover Square, Mayfair. Both locations are listed with the same telephone number. The site also includes a note that Champions Music and Entertainment does not claim to represent all the individuals listed on the website as exclusive booking agent unless specifically stated, and that acts are listed for informational purposes.