Here is something most suburb pages on this site cannot say. The acts at the top of this list actually live in Loganlea, with no drive at all, and the rest are in Waterford West, Slacks Creek, Logan Central and Crestmead, all within a few minutes. Brisbane is an hour of the list further down. For once the nearest performers really are the neighbours.
The mix reflects what Logan books rather than what a city centre books: DJs, a face painter, a stilt walker, an MC, a human statue. That is community fetes, school events, birthday parties and family celebrations, not corporate ballrooms. None of these ten carries reviews from the archived sites, so you will have to read the profiles properly and ask questions.
Top picks are the nearby performers with the most visible reviews, then rating, then the closest; further afield the closest come first, and premium listings break remaining ties. Distances are straight-line from Loganlea. Ask each act whether they travel to your venue and what that costs.
There are, and this page is one of the better examples of it on the site. The closest performers give Loganlea, Waterford West, Slacks Creek and Logan Central as their home addresses and show little or no distance on their cards. That is worth using: a local has no travel to price, knows the halls and parks around here, and can usually meet you before the day.
Roving acts earn their money at an event where people wander rather than sit. A face painter, a stilt walker or a costumed performer moves through a crowd and entertains the same hundred people twice, while a band on a stage plays to whoever happens to be standing near it. If the budget stretches, a DJ or an MC to run announcements over a PA ties the whole day together.
Ask for recent footage from an event like yours, and ask them a specific question about your day rather than a general one. An act who comes back asking about the guest count, the age range and where the power is has done this before. One who only sends a price and a photo may be fine, but you are guessing, and you do not have to.
An act five minutes away is an act you can meet, or go and watch at a market or a fete on a Saturday morning. Ask where they are working next, because half an hour standing at the back tells you more than any video.
A face painter or a roving performer working outdoors in a Queensland summer needs shade, a table and somewhere to put their gear. Sort that before the day and you will get the full booked time rather than a shortened one.
From about November to March the afternoon storm is a fair bet. Ask the act what happens to their set if it rains, where they would move to, and what their cancellation position is, before you need to know.