An EPK builder is a tool that turns your bio, photos, music and press into a press kit page you can share with one link. Stage's EPK builder is free: 41 templates, a hosted link and no time limit.
The 41 templates are 15 classic designs, 21 genre templates for rock, indie, pop and rap, and 5 signature designs: a Swiss poster, a concrete wall poster, a two-colour zine, a city pop print and a Y2K chrome page. Every one of them is free to publish. Pro adds export and removes the footer line; nothing about the kit itself is locked. If you want a fill-in-the-blanks version first, download the one-page EPK template (PDF) or read the free EPK template guide.
What the builder does
- Nine sections, click to edit. Header, bio, stats, press, discography, shows, music and video, stage plot and rider, contact. Click a section on the page and edit it in place. Empty sections are hidden on the public page rather than shown as placeholders.
- Your music on the page. Embedded Spotify and YouTube players, so a booker hears you without leaving the kit.
- Live-show files. Upload a stage plot and tech rider for promoters to download and forward to the sound engineer.
- Press quotes with attribution, a shows list with ticket links, and a discography with artwork.
- A booker checklist. "What a booker sees" checks the live page for a bio, a real photo, music, a booking contact and one piece of proof (a press quote, a listener count or an upcoming show). It advises and never blocks. Stock placeholder photos never publish.
- Autosave while you edit.
- A hosted link at stage.groovegainer.com/epk/your-name: 3 to 60 characters, letters, numbers and hyphens. It opens read-only in any browser and updates every time you save, so the kit in a booker's inbox is never out of date.
Free vs Pro
| Free | Pro ($9.99 a month or $99.99 a year) |
|---|
| All 41 templates | Yes | Yes |
| Hosted link at /epk/your-name | Yes, no time limit | Yes |
| All nine sections, embeds, rider downloads | Yes | Yes |
| "Powered by Groove Gainer Stage" footer | Always shown | Can be hidden |
| PDF export (print-ready) | No | Yes |
| Standalone HTML export to host anywhere | No | Yes |
Pro is the same plan that covers Stage's Smart Links, fan email and HANI, and the first payment has a 14-day money-back guarantee. You do not need Pro to publish or share an EPK. Plans are on the pricing page.
How much does an EPK cost?
Nothing, if you build it on a free builder or fill in a template yourself. Stage's hosted EPK is free with no time limit, and so is the PDF template.
Paid options fall into three groups. Website builders charge monthly for an EPK page: Bandzoogle's EPK plan is $6.95 a month, or $6.37 a month billed annually. Ready-made Canva and Google Docs templates on Etsy sell for roughly $6 to $10 each. A designer or publicist building a custom kit charges by project. The cost to watch is not the fee; it is a kit that cannot be updated, so the numbers in it quietly go stale.
What format should an EPK be in?
A web page you can update, plus a PDF for anyone who asks for an attachment. The web page is what you link in emails and submission forms; the PDF is the backup. On Stage the hosted page is free and the PDF export is Pro. If you only need the PDF, the free template above works in any editor.
EPK builders compared, 2026
Prices checked on 2026-10-04 on each company's own site.
| Builder | Free option | Paid price | What it is | Where it beats Stage |
|---|
| Stage | Yes: 41 templates, hosted link, no time limit | Pro $9.99/mo or $99.99/yr for export and footer removal | EPK builder inside an artist toolkit (Smart Links, fan email, Playlist Fit, HANI) | |
| Bandzoogle | 14-day trial | EPK plan $6.95/mo, or $6.37/mo billed annually | Website builder with a single-page EPK plan | Full artist website and merch store on its website plans |
| Sleeve.fm | Free plan with artist page, press kit and custom domain; email up to 250 subscribers | Pro $13/mo, or $156/yr | Artist website with releases, press kit and fan email | Custom domain on the free plan; memberships and commerce on Pro |
| Tunepact | Free EPK builder (3 AI images), no card | Pro $16/mo or $190/yr; Premium $41/mo or $490/yr | Music marketing suite with an EPK builder | AI-generated images inside the EPK builder |
| epkbuilder.com | Free EPK builder with hosting, MP3 uploads and contact form | No paid plan shown on the homepage | Single-purpose EPK builder | Exact-match brand for the search |
| Storydoc | No free plan shown | Starter $19.80/mo billed annually ($237.60) | General interactive-document tool, not music-specific | More document types and AI credits for non-music use |
| Sonicbids | Not stated | No price published | Relaunched with "brand-new EPKs"; submissions "rolling out next" | 200,000+ artist profiles and 1,500+ venues on its homepage |
Bandzoogle and Sleeve.fm are the two to look at if you want a whole artist website, not only a press kit. If you want the kit plus smart links, fan email and planning in one account, that is what Stage is for.
Who it is for
- Artists pitching their own shows, press and playlists, who need one link that is always current.
- Managers pitching on behalf of an act, who want the kit to stay accurate between releases.
- Agencies and publicists pitching bookers, who want the client's kit to update itself instead of resending PDFs.
The template gallery: all 41
Every template below is free to publish: 15 classic, 21 genre and 5 signature, 41 in all, counted from the builder's code at each build. The same list, with a live preview of each, is on the free EPK template page.
Signature templates (5)
Hand-designed print and poster looks.
- HELVETIA (helvetia): Swiss Poster. A Swiss-style poster: a strict 12-column grid, one heavy extended grotesk, black on white with a single ink colour. Every fact is set as typography. For precise, modern music. Free
- PLACARD (placard): Concrete Poster. One poster pasted on a concrete wall: enormous condensed type, hard black blocks, exposed grid lines and vertical section titles. No curves, no softness. Loud on purpose. Free
- RISO (riso): Two-Colour Zine. A two-ink risograph zine: pink and blue overprint into a third colour, slightly out of register, grainy on uncoated paper. Made by hand at a DIY space. Free
- RESORT (resort): City Pop Print. A 1983 summer sleeve: ultramarine sky, flat sun, sea, a palm shadow and hard-shadow cards. The kit reads like an album you want to be on the cover of. Free
- CHROME (chrome): Y2K Chrome. A 2001 launch microsite: liquid chrome type, holographic gradients, sparkles and a pixel font for the data, inside a bevelled window. Shiny, fast, slightly absurd. Free
Classic templates (15)
The original hand-built layouts.
- MUSE (muse): Dark Gallery Serif. Black-and-cream fine-art gallery press kit: slow ken-burns photos that drift and zoom, headings that rise into view, high-contrast Cormorant serif, arch-top portraits and ruled release metadata. Elegant and editorial, for jazz, soul, and singer-songwriters. Free
- MONOLITH (monolith): Punk Zine Collage. Cut-and-paste punk fanzine: torn cream paper, masking-tape photo cutouts, grayscale grain, ransom-note Anton headlines with red marker highlights, rotated scraps. Loud, analog, hand-made, for garage, punk, and indie bands. Free
- GHOST NOTE (ghost): Cyber Terminal HUD. Sci-fi terminal interface: scanline overlay, hazard-stripe bars, bracketed HUD frames with corner ticks, lime-duotone photos, glitch/chromatic headline, and monospace system readouts. Club-ready and digital, for drill, trap, hip-hop, and electronic. Free
- SOLAR (solar): Warm Cream Editorial. Warm-cream pastel press kit with brutalist black frames, Fraunces serif display, a bordered portrait, and a release-cover grid. Gallery-grade warmth for soul, jazz, and singer-songwriters. Free
- FILM (film): Cinematic Editorial. Bold-yellow editorial press kit: a live scrolling film-leader ticker, scrolling sprocket strips and giant Archivo Black headlines. High-energy and unmistakably cinematic. Free
- WIRE (wire): Hyperpop Sticker. Hyperpop press kit on a shifting candy gradient with bouncing star, sparkle and heart stickers, bold white Unbounded headlines and a faded portrait bleed. Embedded Spotify + YouTube so fans listen and watch in-page. Maximal and tender. Free
- VELVET (bloom): Velvet Spotlight. Deep-plum theater press kit: a breathing rose spotlight, drifting dust motes and a shimmering Playfair title, centered like a torch-song set. Romantic and a little haunted, for artists whose mystery is the brand. Free
- ATELIER (atelier): Painter's Atelier. Warm-beige painter's atelier press kit: hand-painted brushstrokes that draw themselves in, matted canvases hung on a slight tilt with engraved plaques, DM Serif display. Refined and curatorial, for indie, folk, and jazz artists. Free
- CANVAS (canvas): Bauhaus Pop. Coral Bauhaus pop press kit: primary-colored circles, triangles and diamonds orbiting the portrait, drifting shapes, bold Bricolage display and numbered sections. Warm, playful, impossible to sit still to. Free
- EDITORIAL (editorial): Cover Story. Lavender fashion-magazine press kit: a glossy cover with the title over the photo, cover-lines that slide in, a scrolling teaser marquee, drop-cap feature columns and tilted polaroids. Reads exactly like a spread. Free
- FOLIO (folio): Blueprint Spec. Periwinkle blueprint press kit: a living drafting grid that drifts, a sweeping spec scan-line, registration-tick photo plates and FIG. annotations in mono. Technical and precise, for producers whose discography reads as work. Free
- MARQUEE (marquee): Kinetic Motion. Animated, in-motion press kit: giant scrolling name marquees, inverted accent bands, a moving 'out now' ticker, and oversized Outfit display. Loud and performative, for pop, nu-disco, and hip-hop. Free
- NEON (neon): Synthwave Grid. Retro-future synthwave: an animated perspective grid floor, a pulsing neon sun, glowing cyan/magenta type and frames, Syncopate display. Night-drive energy, for synthwave, electronic, and producers. Free
- SLATE (slate): Slow Horizon. Sky-pastel minimalist press kit: hairline rules that draw themselves across, slow atmospheric light, a single line sweeping the horizon and light-weight Sora type. Calm, glacial, gallery-minimal, for minimalists with story. Free
- EMBER (ember): Cinematic Ember. Dark cinematic press kit lit by rising ember sparks and a flickering glow, elegant Spectral serif, gold-framed photos and copper-orange heat. Intimate and brooding, for modern-classical, jazz, and singer-songwriters. Free
Genre templates (21)
Layouts made for rock, indie, pop and rap.
- AMPLIFIER (amp): Loud Wordmark. One flat, loud color and your name as a giant rounded black wordmark over a grainy live photo. Tour dates as ticket stubs, press as shouted pull-quotes. For punk, post-punk and anything played too loud. Free
- HEADLINE TOUR (tourbill): Tour-First Photo. A full-bleed, saturated live photo with a blackletter name, and your next dates right on the hero as bold blue buttons. Built for bands on the road. Free
- GIG FLYER (flyer): Photocopied Flyer. One hot color, underlined caps, a headline that shouts, and your photo pasted on a gig flyer with a LIVE badge. Crude on purpose: garage, punk, pub rock. Free
- LETTER (letter): Handwritten Letter. Lavender paper, ink-blue handwriting, a round postal stamp and taped prints. Your bio reads like a letter. For songwriters whose words come first. Free
- SWASH (swash): Wavering Serif. An earthy color field and your name as one enormous, wavering serif line, with spaced-out type and a monochrome photo strip. Soft, strange, confident. Free
- STILL LIFE (stilllife): Painterly Night. A dark, painterly photograph fills the screen and your name floats over it in fine handwriting, with one outlined Listen button. Candle-lit and quiet. Free
- VHS (vhs): Late-Night Tape. Pitch black, your name as a smeared teal video title, scanlines and a motion-blurred still. Lo-fi and cinematic, for sad songs at 3am. Free
- SCRAPBOOK (scrapbook): Collage & String. A collage on worn paper: torn-edge photos, taped labels and red string tying it together, with typewriter captions. Every section is an object. Free
- ERA (era): Black & White Era. Black grain, a black-and-white street photo, your name in a heavy high-contrast serif and one condensed line that names the era. Pop as a statement. Free
- CONTACT SHEET (contact): Film Frames & Crest. A wall of film frames, a gold monogram crest and your name in engraved capitals, with the new single announced in the middle. Glamorous and nostalgic. Free
- OUT NOW (single): Single Campaign. Deep navy, your name stretched wide, and the new release as a clean announcement block with Listen, Watch and Book links. Built for a single rollout. Free
- CLOSE-UP (intimate): Quiet Minimal. Near-white, one tall intimate photograph and almost nothing else. Small type, lots of air. The quiet confidence of a diary entry. Free
- DESKTOP (desktop): Computer Desktop. Your kit as a computer desktop: folders scattered on white, and each section opens as a window with a filename in its title bar. A concept, not a brochure. Free
- VOID (void): Mystery Black. Pitch black, a ghosted photo in the dark, your name in a scrawled display face and round pill buttons. Mystery first, information second. Free
- HEAVYWEIGHT (heavy): Painted Texture. A painted, textured color field, your name in massive condensed caps, a strip of covers you scroll sideways and a tracklist-style discography. Free
- SYSTEM (os): Operating System. Your kit as an operating system: a menu bar with a live clock, frosted windows with a sidebar, and a dock of your links. For producers and internet-native rappers. Free
- PORTAL (portal): Early-2000s Portal. An early-2000s web portal on warm paper: a banner with your name in spaced serif caps over a script flourish, and three columns of boxed modules. Nostalgia as identity. Free
- SPOTLIGHT (spotlight): Classic Black EPK. The classic press kit, done right: a dramatic monochrome hero, your name in wide yellow caps, EPK centered, then plain, highly readable sections and three press shots. Free
- QUOTE WALL (quotegrid): Press Tiles. A soft, blurred color photo behind a thin wide name, and your press quotes as colored tiles mixed into the photo grid. Let the reviews carry the page. Free
- BACKSTAGE (backstage): Fixed Photo Panels. Your photo stays fixed behind everything while the player, videos and sections scroll over it on deep translucent panels. Warm and bookable. Free
- TYPEWRITER (typewriter): Pink Frame Zine. A hot-pink frame around a yellow page, wide-tracked typewriter type and a lyric-style opening quote beside your photo. Personality first. Free
FAQ
Is there a free website builder specifically for musicians?
Several. Stage's EPK builder gives you a free hosted press kit page with no time limit. Sleeve.fm has a free artist website plan with a press kit and a custom domain. Bandzoogle offers a 14-day trial, then paid plans. A press kit page and a full website are different jobs: the EPK is for bookers and press, the website is for fans.
How much does an EPK cost?
It can cost nothing. Stage's hosted EPK is free with every template and no time limit, and our PDF template is free. Paid routes run from about $6 to $10 for an Etsy template, to $6.95 a month for Bandzoogle's EPK plan, to a designer's project fee.
How do I make an EPK on Canva, and is a Canva PDF enough?
You can lay out a press kit in Canva and export a PDF, and for an email attachment that works. The weakness is that every change means a new file, and the old one stays in every inbox you sent it to. A hosted page fixes that: you edit once and the same link shows the new version. Keep a PDF as the backup, not as the kit.
What is the best EPK platform?
It depends on what else you need. For a full artist website with a store, Bandzoogle. For a website with fan email and memberships, Sleeve.fm. For a press kit that sits next to your smart links, fan list and an AI manager in one free account, Stage. Whatever you pick, judge it on the result: a booker should hear your music, see a real photo and find a booking email within a minute.
Build yours
Open Stage, pick one of the 41 templates, fill the nine sections and publish a hosted link in the same session. Free, no card, no time limit. Start at stage.groovegainer.com. Export to PDF when you need an attachment: Pro is $9.99 a month or $99.99 a year, with a 14-day money-back guarantee on the first payment. See also the free EPK template guide and smart links for musicians.
Corrections: info@groovegainer.com.
