Everything your festival needs to run well. In one place.
Modern application & jurying system, artist communications before during and after the event, 1-click website builder, streamlined booth payments, artist prospecting tools, and an AI assistant that learns about your event and handles the repetitive work — all connected, all in one dashboard.
What Brakebee does for you...
Your data — connected, actionable, smart.
Artist Applications
Modern application and jurying system. Publish your call for artists, collect and score submissions, accept and waitlist in one screen, and send automated status updates.
Learn moreArtist Communications
Reach your roster before, during, and after the event. Segment by status, show, or category. Every message logged in one place, for every show.
Learn moreEvent Website Builder
1-click event website and public listing. Your event goes live on Brakebee and in the directory. No developer, no separate hosting, no starting from scratch each year.
Learn moreBooth Payments
Streamlined booth and application fee collection via Stripe. Automated receipts and clean payout records — no chasing checks, no manual reconciliation.
Learn moreArtist Prospecting
Find and recruit artists directly from the Brakebee artist directory. Build your roster proactively, not just from inbound applications.
Learn moreLeoArt AI Assistant
An AI that learns about your event and handles the repetitive work — drafting your call for artists, answering common questions, writing acceptance emails, and more.
Learn moreHow it works
Post the show, take applications, then confirm the lineup.
Post the event
Log in and fill in the show. It stays a draft until you set Event Status to Live. The public listing is created with the event.
Take applications
Turn on applications and set the fees. Artists pay the application and jury fees through Stripe before the application is submitted. Brakebee keeps 5% of that payment.
Decide the lineup
Score in the jury room, then accept or waitlist. Accepting invoices the booth fee. A fee of $0 confirms them. A VIP invite puts someone on the lineup without an application, including a complimentary booth.
Email the artists
Email a status from Applicants, or the wider list from your contacts. Those emails are ones you send. They are not sent when you accept or waitlist.
Future tools
The Brakebee app is coming soon. Check-in, announcements, and on-site messages are already in it.
Electronic check-in
Artists check in from the phone. You open attendance and see who has arrived.
Push announcements
Send a notice to artists on the show who have the app. Start from open, weather, parking, live entertainment, or last hour.
Messages on site
Artists send a quick note: a booth sitter, a stop-by, weather, load-out, or an emergency. You can broadcast one message to the show.
AI event guides
A guide for people walking the show, written from the event. This one is still being written.
Show packet
Artists open the venue, their booth, add-ons, your notes, and the other exhibitors. After it loads once, that copy stays on the phone.
QR scanner
Scan a product, an artist, or the event.