Darren Scott +61 413 747 663
Venues, hotels & booking agencies

Books once, books again

Hotels, clubs, cafes, restaurants, bars and resorts across South East Queensland. Turns up early, plays the room in front of him, finishes on time and invoices properly. Residencies, one-offs and short-notice fill-ins.

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Live music in a hotel dining room
What a venue actually buys

Not a performance. A shift that goes right.

Every venue manager has been burned by the same three things: an act that arrives twenty minutes before the first set, an act that plays at a volume that empties the dining room, and an act that cancels on the Thursday.

Thirty years of professional work, including cruise ship contracts where showing up is not optional, is the whole pitch. The music is taken as read at this level; the reliability is what gets a repeat booking.

  • On site and set up well before the advertised start
  • Volume matched to the room, adjusted without being asked
  • Sets run to the times on the booking, not to a mood
  • Own PA, microphones and lighting, or uses the house system
  • Public liability insured, all equipment test and tagged
  • Invoices with an ABN, sent promptly and correctly
Formats

Scale it to the room and the budget

Solo

Guitar & vocals

The everyday workhorse. Fits a corner of a cafe or a bar stage, covers six decades of material, takes requests all night. Lowest footprint and lowest cost.

Duo

Darren Scott Duo

More energy and a fuller sound for a busier Friday or Saturday room, without the stage space or cost of a full band.

Trio

Darren Scott Trio

Maximum energy for a big night, a function room or an outdoor event where you need the whole floor moving.

Performing on board a Carnival cruise ship
For agencies

An act you can put in front of a client

Currently contracted internationally to Carnival Cruise Line, and trusted by major entertainment agencies and venues throughout Australia. Agency bookings are handled exactly the way agencies want them handled: fast confirmations, no direct-booking games with your client, and no surprises on the night.

Cruise contract dates are known well in advance and shared openly, so an agent is never placed in the position of selling a date that is about to disappear.

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Where

Areas regularly covered

Based in Brisbane and working right across the south east corner. Travel beyond this is possible for the right booking, just ask.

Brisbane

City, inner north and south, western suburbs, bayside and the whole greater metro area.

Gold Coast

Surfers, Broadbeach, Burleigh, Coolangatta and the hinterland resorts.

Sunshine Coast

Caloundra through Mooloolaba, Maroochydore and Noosa.

Ipswich & west

Ipswich, Springfield and out through the Lockyer Valley.

Toowoomba

The range and the Darling Downs, for full-day and evening bookings.

Northern NSW

Tweed, Byron Bay and the surrounding hinterland venues.

Venue questions

Answered honestly

Do you take last-minute fill-in work?
Yes, whenever the date is free. Call rather than email if it is same-week. A cancelled act on a Friday afternoon is exactly the situation this is useful for.
Are you available for a regular residency?
Yes, with one caveat worth knowing up front: part of the year is spent performing at sea for Carnival Cruise Line. Contract dates are known well in advance and are shared before any residency is agreed, so a venue is never surprised.
Do you bring your own PA?
Yes, a full professional PA, microphones and lighting as standard, or the venue system can be used where one is installed. Either way there is no scramble at sound check.
What are your rates?
Rates depend on day, duration, travel and line-up. Agencies and venues get a straight rate card on request rather than a negotiation each time.
Can we hear you before booking?
Yes. There is photo and video material here, original releases on the streaming platforms, and a public gig list if you would rather come and watch a set in a real room.

Checking a date?

Tell me the date, the venue and roughly how long you need. I will come back with availability and a price, usually the same day.

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