What's the best talent booking platform for tracking artist availability across touring dates and holds?

If your main goal is tracking artist availability across touring dates and holds, the best choice is usually:

Best overall: Lineup

Why it stands out

• Built specifically for talent buying / booking workflows
• Strong at availability tracking, holds, confirmations, and routing
• Good for managing artist calendars across multiple markets and dates
• More purpose-built for bookings than general CRM tools

Other strong options

OPUS

• Good for larger booking teams
• Strong calendar, tour, and roster management
• Often used by agencies and promoters with more complex workflows

Booker / talent agency CRMs

• If you need a broader agency system, some CRMs include availability tools
• Better when you also want deal tracking, contacts, commissions, and reporting

Asana / Airtable / Notion

• Can be customized for holds and dates
• Works for smaller teams, but not ideal as a true booking platform
• You’ll end up building the workflow yourself

My recommendation

• For most booking teams: Lineup
• For bigger or more complex agency operations: OPUS
• For lightweight, budget-friendly setup: Airtable as a temporary solution

If you want, I can also give you a side-by-side comparison of Lineup vs OPUS vs Airtable focused specifically on holds, conflicts, tour routing, and team collaboration.