Buskers on the Table · Where hospitality meets live entertainment
Turn Empty Tables Into Revenue & Entertainment
The first AI-powered hospitality workforce built from creators, performers and entertainers.
Buskers on the Table transforms artists into hospitality talent — increasing venue revenue, guest engagement and social reach.
Built for buskers, singers, performers, TikTok creators, YouTubers and digital entertainers.
Every performer wears a personal QR jersey — one scan lets guests tip, follow, order & book.
AI-Powered Platform
Digital Tipping Engine
Social Growth System
Built by hospitality, for hospitality.
CEO & Founder: Aaron Rutigliano
$4.9T
Global Hospitality Market
$250B
Creator Economy
24/7
Revenue Opportunity
Meet the Founder
Aaron Rutigliano
CEO & Founder · Founder of Gola London
20+ Years
Hospitality experience
London • Rome • UAE
International footprint
Hospitality × Entertainment × Technology
Cross-industry expertise
Aaron Rutigliano is a hospitality entrepreneur, brand strategist, and founder of Gola London, with over 20 years of international experience across London, Rome, and the UAE.
After years working at the intersection of hospitality, live entertainment, VIP relations, and business development, Aaron identified one major global inefficiency:
→Venues struggle with staffing, guest engagement, and social visibility.
→Artists struggle with monetization and scalable opportunities.
Buskers on the Table was created to solve both.
By combining hospitality operations, creator economy dynamics, AI, and QR technology, the platform introduces a completely new business model for restaurants, hotels, bars, and entertainment venues.
Why Now
The moment for hospitality entertainment is now.
The Problem
Restaurants face
- Staff shortages
- Lower guest engagement
- Rising operational costs
Artists face
- Unstable income
- Limited visibility
- No structured career path
The Solution
Buskers on the Table combines
Turn service staff into revenue generators.
Turn performers into scalable hospitality assets.
For Who
Built for everyone who shapes the guest experience.
Restaurants & Venues
Increase revenue, improve customer engagement, and transform the hospitality experience.
Artists & Performers
Generate income, build your audience, and grow your digital presence.
Hospitality Groups
Deploy scalable, entertainment-driven growth across multiple venues.
The Problem
Hospitality is under-staffed, under-engaged and under-monetised.
Venues invest fortunes in ambience yet capture almost none of the value their live moments create.
Hospitality staff shortage
Floors run lean. Guests wait longer, feel less looked-after, and spend less per visit.
1 in 3
hospitality roles unfilled
Low customer engagement
Diners scroll their phones instead of connecting with the room — repeat visits and loyalty stall.
-42%
dwell-time vs a decade ago
Limited monetization from live music
Live acts are a cost centre: expensive to book, impossible to measure, no upside from the atmosphere they create.
£0
revenue tracked per set
The Problem. The Opportunity.
One platform that turns the problem into value for everyone — artists, restaurants and guests.
How It Works
From request to revenue in four steps.
Restaurants request staff & performers
Venues post the shifts, styles and vibe they need — from a solo singer to a full floor team.
Buskers get matched through AI
Our AI pairs each venue with the right trained entertainers by style, language, rating and availability.
Artists perform + support the floor
Trained hybrid talent delivers live moments and helps hospitality service — entertainment and floor support in one.
Guests scan the artist's QR jersey
The QR printed on every performer's uniform lets guests order, tip, follow and book in one tap — capturing every moment as revenue.
The core innovation
Performers become hybrid hospitality talent: entertainment + service.
Artists don't just perform — they support the floor, engage guests and lift service, all at once.
Core Innovation · The QR Jersey
One shirt. Infinite engagement.
Every busker, singer and creator wears a branded uniform with a personal QR code. Guests scan it straight off the shirt — turning each performer into a walking, monetisable touchpoint.
One scan unlocks
Monetisation streams it unlocks
The Solution
One ecosystem that turns talent into revenue.
Buskers on the Table trains street performers, singers and creators into floor-ready hospitality entertainers — then connects them to venues through a single, measurable platform.
- →Venues book vetted entertainers by style, language and availability in seconds — matched by AI.
- →Artists get paid sets, digital tips, private bookings and a growing audience via their personal QR.
- →Guests scan, follow, tip, order and book — turning ambience into engagement and cash.
- →Every moment is tracked: scans, tips, follows, reach and ROI in one dashboard.
AI Matching
Right act, right room, every night.
QR Jersey
Wearable QR on every uniform — the tip & follow engine guests can't miss.
Live Analytics
Scans, tips, reach & ROI, in real time.
New Revenue
Tips, bookings & higher covers.
Benefits for everyone
For Venues
- Fill quiet nights. Turn slow shifts into experiences guests talk about.
- New revenue lines. Tips, private bookings and higher covers per table.
- Free social reach. Creators promote your venue to their followers.
For Artists
- Earn on every set. Fees + digital tips + private event bookings.
- Grow your audience. Your QR converts guests into followers instantly.
- Build a reputation. Collect venue reviews and guest feedback.
For Guests
- Follow instantly. Instagram, TikTok, YouTube & Spotify in one tap.
- Tip the moment. Reward the performance without cash.
- Book for events. Hire your favourite act for private nights.
Business Model
Three revenue streams. One flywheel.
Recurring software revenue, compounded by transactional take-rate on every tip and booking the platform enables.
SaaS subscriptions
Tiered monthly plans for venues — dashboards, AI matching, analytics and QR tools.
£49–£299
per venue / month
Commission on tips
A small take-rate on every digital tip guests send to artists through the platform.
5%
per tip
Commission on bookings
Platform fee on every artist booking and private event closed on Buskers.
15%
per booking
Every venue drives more artists → more QR scans → more tips & bookings → more platform revenue.
Why We Win
One platform solving four problems at once.
No competitor combines staffing, entertainment, social reach and sponsorship in a single measurable product.
Solves staffing shortage
Trained entertainers double as floor support on the nights venues need it most.
-30%
floor pressure on peak shifts
Creates entertainment
Live moments guests remember — turning ordinary covers into an experience.
+35%
guest dwell-time per visit
Generates social exposure
Every artist promotes the venue to their followers, and every QR converts guests into fans.
12x
organic social reach
Unlocks sponsor revenue
Brands advertise inside each artist's digital page — a revenue stream no venue had before.
New £
sponsor income per venue
Powered by our AI advantage
AI Performer Scoring
Grade artists on engagement, tips and social lift.
AI Demand Prediction
Forecast the nights and acts that maximise revenue.
AI Matching Engine
Pair the right artist with the right room, always.
Our proprietary data — scans, tips, follows and bookings — trains models no competitor can replicate.
Why This Can Scale Globally
Worldwide demand. Infinite supply. Perfect timing.
We sit where three booming markets converge — and every ingredient for a global platform already exists.
$4.7T
Global hospitality
15M+ restaurants, bars & hotels seeking differentiation and higher spend.
$250B
Creator economy
Millions of performers monetising real-world moments — and exploding fast.
$35B
Live entertainment
Demand for live experiences rebounding faster than any leisure category.
Next wave
AI-powered hospitality
AI matching & prediction is exactly where hospitality is heading next.
Serviceable market — hospitality venues with live programming, globally
A category with no dedicated platform. Until now.
Market figures are illustrative estimates for demonstration purposes.
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The Future of Hospitality Starts Here.
Buskers on the Table is redefining how restaurants attract guests, engage audiences and create revenue.