Katha, Maxi and Paddy already know each other from their Franconian hometown of Fürth. Meanwhile, all three live in Berlin and work in different fields.

Katha has worked in the concert and touring industry on both the artist and promoter side. When she started her own business, she quickly became fed up with phone chains and Facebook posts that seemed to be the most common way to get new jobs. This often resulted in non-production periods, or multiple parallel job requests for the same weekend.

She explained the problem to Paddy & Maxi over two cold drinks. The two of them understood the circumstances directly, although they did not come from the industry. So they came up with the idea of creating a job board with a placement function and tackling this problem. Aestival was born!

Since the three of them could not technically realise their idea themselves, Andrew came on board. Since then, he has been turning the team's thoughts into codes. The first version of Aestival went online in summer 2019. Just before Corona. Although hardly any events took place, the idea was confirmed in exchange with freelancers and clients.

And right now, after the pandemic, the live market is stormy and nervous as rarely before. High time to provide a bit of security and structure.

With this background, we continue to build a platform for freelancers and clients from the industry. We hope to make your life a little easier and would be happy if you helped us to spread the idea of Aestival.