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Item # 4.f.

City Council (FY24)

Meeting Date:	03/26/2024
Department:	Special Events
Pillars:	Optimize the Addison Brand

AGENDA CAPTION:

Consider action on a Resolution approving an entertainment agreement between the Town of Addison and Reliant Talent Agency, LLC DBA Play Productions, Inc. to provide entertainment at the Taste Addison event and authorizing the City Manager to execute the agreement in the amount not to exceed $55,000.

BACKGROUND:

The Town is using the professional services of Degy Booking International, Inc. to negotiate and secure performing talent for Town of Addison events. The company's reputation for securing and routing talent is highly regarded in the industry. This is the Town's sixth year using the agency's services, and the Town has been pleased with its ability to secure talent within the parameters of our music genres, the artists' routing availability, and remain within budget. As the talent producer, a representative of Degy Booking International, Inc. will be onsite for all performances booked through the agency. The fee for the company's services is 10% of the band's proceeds, with no commission from the gate or merchandise sales.

Following the professional guidance of Degy Booking and looking to provide an experience for every vibe, Taste Addison brings back Sunday and some country to the lineup with Hunter Hayes to close out the weekend. Hayes's debut album titled Hunter Hayes dropped in 2011 and had an impressive run on the Billboard charts hitting number one on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and number seven on the Billboard 200 chart. In 2012, Hayes won an American Country Music New Artist Single Award for his song Wanted. He was also nominated for New Artist and Breakthrough Artist of the Year and his song Somebody's Sorrow was nominated for Single by Breakthrough Artist. He won the Teen Choice Award for Best Male Country Artist in 2012 and 2013 and while it takes most singers up to 10, sometimes 20 years to earn a Grammy nomination, Hayes had five nominations before his 30th birthday. With a reputation of being a skilled multi-instrumentalist (an astonishing thirty musical instruments), he's the perfect vibe to close out the Taste Addison weekend. The cost of this talent is not to exceed $55,000. Funding for this entertainment agreement will come from the Hotel Fund.

The Resolution approves the agreement between the Town of Addison and Reliant Talent Agency, LLC DBA Play Productions, Inc. for Taste Addison 2024.

RECOMMENDATION:

Administration receommends approval.

Attachments
Resolution - Reliant Talent