UNSPSC 82151600: Circus Performers

UNSPSC 82151600 Circus Performers is a Class code that captures state and local government procurement of live entertainment services for public events, though the recent solicitations under this code show minimal alignment with the nominal category name. The opportunities recorded span event production, entertainment booking, and venue operations rather than circus acts specifically. State and local issuing bodies soliciting under this code include state universities (Savannah State University, University of Texas at Austin, Sam Houston State University), state agencies (Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs, South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Michigan Department of Technology Management and Budget), counties (Kenosha County Wisconsin, Volusia County Florida, Monroe County Florida, Los Alamos County New Mexico), cities (Dallas, New Smyrna Beach, Conyers, Daytona Beach, New London, Orlando), a state authority (Stone Mountain Memorial Association in Georgia), and independent school districts (Cypress-Fairbanks in Texas). The work being solicited includes grandstand entertainment contracting for state fairs, event production services for concerts and festivals, DJ services, foam party and carnival equipment rental, drone light shows, piano performance, event coordination and planning, ticketing system implementation, and venue operations management.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Florida, Georgia, Wisconsin, and Illinois based on recent postings, with additional solicitations in Connecticut, New Mexico, South Dakota, and Michigan. Representative recent opportunities include the South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources' Entertainment Buyer procurement for grandstand entertainment at the annual South Dakota State Fair (RFP 26RFP19758, due May 4, 2026), seeking an experienced entertainment buyer to provide artist acquisition and event management services for a five-year contract; Los Alamos County's event production services solicitation for the Los Alamos Summer Concert Series (RFP26-54, due June 1, 2026), contracting for fifteen concerts annually with vendor responsibility for performer logistics, equipment, security, and sponsorship acquisition; the City of Dallas' full-service event production agreement for Fair Park (RFP BHZ2600029887, due May 15, 2026), establishing an ID/IQ contract for turnkey event production across multiple venues with evaluation weighted toward cost, experience, and local small business utilization; and Kenosha County's river tubing operation solicitation (RFP 2614, due May 6, 2026), managing a seasonal recreational facility with comprehensive operational responsibility. Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs' piano services procurement (Solicitation 27497DVAMANTEB53236, due July 24, 2026) represents a narrower application, seeking professional piano performance at a single facility. The code shows active procurement activity across multiple event categories and operational scales, though the concentration in event production and venue management work diverges from the abstract "circus performers" classification.