Genre, region and any other way you want to group your roster are all handled with Tags. There aren't dedicated genre or city fields — tags do that job, and they also drive what shows on your public roster.
You can segment your roster in multiple genres/groups.
Go to your Settings > Roster
2. Open artist tab and add a Tag (eg. DJs, Bands, Quartets, etc)
3. When you go to the Embed area to grab the Roster code, you must add the tag on top. The code will only surface the artists with that specific tag.
Enabling Tags
To enable the tags on your roster go to Settings > Embed > Roster > Turn on "Tags."
Enabled: This will enable the tags at the top of the Roster page
Show Counts: Will show the count of how many artists are in that category
Allow Multiselect: You'll be able to select multiple tags at the same time
Example:
Organizing your roster with tags
Tag several artists at once
To tag several artists at once, select them from the roster list in Settings > Roster and apply tags in bulk rather than opening each profile.
Keep your tag names consistent from the start — a tag typed two slightly different ways becomes two separate tags, and they won't group together.
Search and filter your roster
The admin roster page searches by tag only. You can't search it by city, state or genre as free text, which is exactly why tagging consistently matters: if you want to find everyone in one region or one genre later, that has to exist as a tag now.
Several filtered roster pages
Specify a tag when generating the embed code at Settings > Embed > Roster > Code. Generate a separate embed code per tag if you want several filtered pages on your site, for example one per genre or region.
Good to know
Tags are the single lever for grouping, so it's worth agreeing a naming convention across your team before you start — genre, region, tier, whatever you sort by — rather than letting them accumulate ad hoc.
For how the embedded roster looks on your site, see the article on styling the embedded roster.
If you have any questions or need additional help, please reach out to support@gigwell.com or use the chat widget on your screen.