If you're a musician, a high-quality website is vital for promoting your latest tour dates, signposting fans to your videos and recordings, and encouraging them to buy your albums.

If you want a site that looks great, is easy to manage, and grows with you, Squarespace is well worth considering!

Join us as we explain why Squarespace is so good for musicians, as well as share some of our favorite templates and websites.

The takeaway

Squarespace is a fantastic choice for musicians as it's easy to build a great-looking, mobile-responsive site. Plus, you can sell merchandise and accept donations
Many musicians and bands across a wide range of genres already use Squarespace to host their websites
Squarespace has nearly 200 templates you can download and use for free. You can also install a premium paid-for template or ask a web developer to design a bespoke template

Is Squarespace good for musicians?

Yes! Squarespace is brilliant for musicians as it's easy to get started on and update. Ideal if you don't have a lot of time, but want to keep your fans up to speed with what you're up to!

Here are some more reasons why you should consider Squarespace for your website:

Lots of customization options. Squarespace offers a wide range of free, professionally designed templates. If you want to stand out, you can upload your own bespoke template too
Ecommerce features. Want to sell merch online? Squarespace makes it easy to manage your orders in one place. Plus, you can integrate your payment processor of choice
Donations functionality. If you'd like website visitors to donate to a cause close to your heart, crowdfund for your next album, or just want to ask your fans to buy you a coffee, you can accept donations online
Community building tools. You can treat your most loyal fans to exclusive videos and behind-the-scenes footage, with a customized members' area. You can make this free, or charge a monthly or annual subscription
Additional integrations. You can install a range of integrations to add extra functionality to your site. For example, you can add Bandsintown to showcase your tour dates, Weglot to translate your site into another language, or Printful to sell custom merchandise

(Plus, you can use Spark Plugin to add even more cool functionality to your website. With just a few clicks, you can add animated text, custom cursors, or even a countdown timer to count down towards your latest album release!)

6 examples of musician websites in Squarespace

Still not sure if Squarespace is the right choice for you? Here are six different types of musicians who are rocking it on Squarespace!

1. All Time Low

We're big fans of the bright, eye-catching color-blocking on All Time Low's website!

This site is chock-full of everything fans need to know, including tour dates, links to merch, and the latest music videos.

2. Me Lost Me

One of the great things about Squarespace is that you can customize it to represent your unique branding and style.

Me Lost Me has created a website that represents her music—it's evocative and highly creative.

3. Sinfonia Tamesa

It's not just rock and pop artists that Squarespace is great for—orchestras and classical musicians can use it too!

We love how Sinfonia Tamesa uses Squarespace's built-in donation facility to encourage people to support the arts.

4. Kelly Clarkson

As you might expect, Kelly Clarkson's website looks amazing, is super-easy to navigate, and has lots of links to merchandise, tour dates, and music videos.

It's all on one page too, meaning you can quickly find what you need.

5. Calahen Morrison

The stunning grayscale theme and blocky font on singer-songwriter Calahen Morrison's website are wonderful.

Everything is easy to navigate, and there's a dedicated page for Calahen's latest videos and songs.

6. Laidback Luke

With its bright red color theme, the Laidback Luke website looks incredible on a mobile phone—fantastic if you want to buy tickets on the go!

Like many of the sites on this list, everything on this site is designed to sit neatly on one page.

5 Great Squarespace themes for musicians

No matter your genre of music or personal style, there's a Squarespace template out there that will meet your needs. Here are five we think you'll love.

1. Vandam

One of Squarespace's free templates, Vandam is purpose-built for bands and musicians.

It has space for tour dates, a merch store, as well as a blog for sharing your thoughts.

2. Fusion

This template is clean and modern, with plenty of space for photos!

The thing we love most about the Fusion template is that there's space for an email mailing list signup form too.

3. Parable

Monochrome and brooding, Parable is a sensational choice if you want to make a real impact!

It comes with 15 unique template pages too, so it scales as you do.

4. Sidney

Bright, bold, and brash – Sidney is a stunning template that works well as a single-page site—ideal if you have a new album to promote.

Best of all, it's free with Squarespace!

5. Chameleon

Quirky and vivid, Chameleon may not be to everyone's tastes, but we love how unique and retro it is!

Plus, there's lots of space, making it perfect for telling your unique story.

If you're a musician or in a band, Squarespace is a fantastic choice for creating a website! Find out more about the amazing features of Squarespace on the Spark's Palette blog.

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