Orchestras and choirs on tour: ground mobility for classical music
Since 2003 we have moved orchestras, choirs and companies from hall to hall. With instruments, with a plan, with one contact for all of Europe.
Request a tourTOUR LOUNGE is the ground mobility partner for classical music: we drive orchestras, choirs and ballet companies on tour, to guest performances and to run-outs, with coaches, support vehicles for instruments and one contact for all of Europe. Our clients are the ensembles themselves and the concert management and touring agencies that send them on tour.
This page is the overview. The details are on the pages for orchestras, for choirs, for ballet and dance and for classical agencies.
Last updated 26.09.2026
Your advantages with TOUR LOUNGE
For orchestras
Instruments to a loading plan, arrival before the rehearsal, run-outs with the return after the concert, tours in several blocks and countries.
For choirs
Large groups with many vehicles, staggered departures, one dispatcher for every coach, also when choir and orchestra travel together.
For ballet and dance
Arrival before company class, costumes and dance floor on board, guest performances and tours from stage to stage.
For concert management agencies
Arrival days for visiting orchestras at the airports, one standard in every city, and on request a second source next to your regular partner.
What we have run
Multi-week European tours of large choirs with more than a dozen coaches. Large orchestra tours in several blocks and countries. Tours of international ensembles through Germany that have returned every year since we started.
We name no one. Whoever travels with us stays with us.
Our services
Touring days by day
City to city by coach with a driver, the company sleeps in hotels. Every leg is planned against the driving and rest time rules.
Run-outs and guest performances
Day trips to a guest performance with the return after the show, on request as one package for every run-out of a season.
Instrument logistics
Cellos on the adjacent seat, double basses and harp in cases in the luggage bay, timpani and percussion in a support vehicle, agreed with the stage manager.
Arrival and departure days
Vehicles to the flight list at the hubs, coordination with the instrument freight forwarder, staggered runs to departure.
Frequently asked questions about orchestras and choirs on tour
Who organises coaches for an orchestra or choir tour?
TOUR LOUNGE plans and runs the ground mobility of orchestra and choir tours across Europe: coaches with drivers, support vehicles for instruments, transfers on arrival and departure days and one contact for every country, since 2003.
Who do you work for?
For professional orchestras, professional choirs and ballet companies, and for the concert management and touring agencies that send ensembles on tour. We do not organise trips for amateur, community or school groups.
How are the instruments transported?
To a loading plan agreed before the tour: cellos on the adjacent seat, double basses and harp in cases in the luggage bay, timpani and percussion in a support vehicle. Details are on the page for orchestras.
Do you also work abroad?
Yes, across Europe. Our densest coverage is the corridor between Hamburg, Rhine-Ruhr, Frankfurt, Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands. For tours to Switzerland or the United Kingdom we flag the ATA carnet for instruments early.
We are an agency with a regular coach partner. Does this still fit?
Yes. For agencies with a regular partner, a second source for peaks, breakdowns or arrival days at the airports is the obvious way in. You name us as the alternative, with no minimum volume and no exclusivity.
Do you name references?
No. We work for ensembles, agencies and artists who value discretion and we name no one. We start with a pilot and a debrief with numbers instead.
Talk to us
We are happy to advise you on your upcoming tours and put together a tailored tour plan with suitable transport.
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