promoter

/prəˈmoʊdər/

/prəˈmʌʊtə/

Other forms: promoters

If you’ve been trying to get anyone and everyone to go see your friend’s band perform, then you could call yourself a promoter of that band. A promoter is a supporter, advocate, or booster for a person, group, or event.

A promoter is an active supporter of something. A promoter of democracy, for example, is someone who tries to spread democracy throughout the world. Being a promoter is also a profession; one might be hired to make arrangements and generate publicity for some form of public entertainment, like a boxing match or a concert. Perhaps if you tell enough people about your friend's band, the band will hire you as its official promoter.

Definitions of promoter

1. noun

   someone who is an active supporter and advocate
   synonyms: booster, plugger

   types:

   barker

   someone who stands in front of a show (as at a carnival) and gives a loud colorful sales talk to potential customers

   type of:

   adman, advertiser, advertizer

   someone whose business is advertising
2. noun

   a sponsor who books and stages public entertainments
   synonyms: impresario, showman

   examples:

   Phineas Taylor Barnum

   United States showman who popularized the circus (1810-1891)

   William Frederick Cody

   United States showman famous for his Wild West Show (1846-1917)

   Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev

   Russian ballet impresario who founded the Russian ballet and later introduced it to the West (1872-1929)

   Richard D'Oyly Carte

   English impresario who brought Gilbert and Sullivan together and produced many of their operettas in London (1844-1901)

   Solomon Hurok

   United States impresario who was born in Russia (1888-1974)

   Charles Ringling

   United States showman whose song-and-dance troop evolved into a circus (1863-1926)

   types:

   exhibitioner, exhibitor, shower

   someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see

   organ-grinder

   a street musician who plays a hand organ or hurdy-gurdy

   porn merchant, pornographer

   someone who presents shows or sells writing or pictures that are sexually explicit in violation of the community mores

   type of:

   booker, booking agent

   someone who engages a person or company for performances