Free EPK template.

01 What is in it

What the EPK template includes

Two pages, in the order a booker reads them. Page one answers “who is this and do they fit my room.” Page two holds the music, the proof and the details for the day of the show.

For the reasoning behind each part, with written examples, see the music press kit template guide. The bio boxes take the longest, and the musician bio examples page has short bios you can adapt.

02 Filled in

EPK template example: a jazz trio

Here is the same template filled in for Odette Park Trio, a sample band we made up to show the finished thing. Download the example PDF to see it at full size.

• The pitch names the rooms. “For listening rooms, festivals and private events” tells a wedding planner and a club booker in one line that the trio works for both.
• Quick facts answer the booking questions. Set length and formats (trio, duo, solo piano) are what a venue needs to make an offer, so they sit above the bio.
• The numbers are the ones that help. A sold-out early show and 25 private events a year tell a booker the trio brings people. Monthly listeners are left out because the trio’s best numbers come from rooms, not streams.
• Two bios, two jobs. The short one is the paragraph a venue pastes into its event listing. The full one is for a reviewer or a festival program.
• The shows box has an expiry date. Old dates make a kit look abandoned. If the PDF will be read after the last date on it, take the box out.

The same band as an online EPK, with the music playing on the page: hekskdurie.liveepk.com.

03 How to use it

How to fill in the EPK template

1. Open the Word file. In Google Docs, choose File, then Open, then Upload, and pick the file. In Word or Pages, open it the usual way.
2. Write the pitch and the quick facts first. They are what a booker reads before deciding to keep going, and writing them tells you what the bio has to back up.
3. Write the short bio, then the full bio. Lead with the sound and the live show. Leave the year you started for later in the full bio.
4. Add links that play without a login. Bandcamp and YouTube links play for anyone who clicks. A shared folder that asks for a sign-in loses the booker.
5. Swap in your two photos. Each photo spot holds a placeholder picture that says “Your photo here.” In Word, right-click it and choose Change Picture. In Google Docs, click it and choose Replace image. In Pages, click it, open the Format sidebar, choose Image, then Replace. Then link a folder of hi-res photos. Add your stage plot and tech rider links in the downloads box; you can make both free with the stage plot maker and the tech rider template.
6. Save it as a PDF. In Word, File, then Save As, then PDF. In Google Docs, File, then Download, then PDF Document. Then run the checklist below.

04 Before you send it

EPK checklist before you send

• Every gray hint is gone, and so is the note at the top of page one.
• Today’s date is in the footer.
• Each link opens in a private browser window, with no sign-in.
• Every date in the upcoming shows box is still ahead of you.
• The booking email and phone number reach you. Send yourself a test.
• Both photos carry the photographer’s credit.
• The PDF opens on your phone, and the links in it click.
• The file name has your act and the year, like odette-park-trio-epk-2026.pdf.
• The email has your online EPK link in the body, and the PDF goes along only when someone asked for one.

05 By act

Band, solo artist and DJ EPK templates

One template works for all three acts. Each one leans on different boxes.

Band EPK template

Put every member and instrument in the lineup row, and say whether you play other formats (acoustic, duo) in the formats row. Bands need the stage plot and tech rider links most, because the sound engineer has the most to set up. The EPK examples page has finished band kits to compare against.

Solo artist EPK template

Say in the formats row whether you play alone, with a backing track or with a band, since that changes the room and the fee. A singer-songwriter’s tech needs usually fit in one line of the downloads box, such as one vocal mic and one DI.

DJ EPK template

Swap the music box for two or three mixes, and use the quick facts for genres, set lengths (opening, peak time, closing) and residencies. Put your booth needs, the decks and mixer you play on, in the downloads box. The DJ press kit guide covers what promoters look for, and the DJ tech rider template makes the booth sheet.

06 Other formats

Canva EPK template or a Word template?

Canva has press kit and media kit templates, and they look good. Many are made for influencers and brands, though, so expect to move boxes around before one fits a band. This template starts with the boxes a booker asks about and keeps the design plain, so it reads on a phone.

Pick whichever tool you will actually keep updated. A designed PDF with last year’s dates does more harm than a plain one with this month’s.

07 PDF or link

EPK template PDF or an online EPK

A PDF is a copy of your kit on the day you saved it. Send it in March and the booker still has the March version in June. An online EPK is one link that always shows the current version, opens on a phone without a download, and lets the music play on the page.

Put the link in the email. Keep the PDF for the festivals, grants and showcases that ask for an attachment, and print the link to your online EPK on it.

The free EPK builder is the online version of this template, with a link to send instead of a file. Free kits carry a small LiveEPK badge. For $5 a month (or $50 a year) the link becomes yourname.liveepk.com with no badge. How to make an EPK walks through it.

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The Word file is ready to type into. The free editor gives you the same EPK as a link.

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