diff --git a/api/app/Exceptions/Artist/CrossTenantEngagementException.php b/api/app/Exceptions/Artist/CrossTenantEngagementException.php
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+++ b/api/app/Exceptions/Artist/CrossTenantEngagementException.php
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace App\Exceptions\Artist;
+
+use App\Models\ArtistEngagement;
+use DomainException;
+
+/**
+ * Raised when an ArtistEngagement is being created with an artist and
+ * event that belong to different organisations. The engagement's
+ * `organisation_id` is denormalised from the artist (RFC v0.2 D10);
+ * the event must match. Cross-tenant linkage is a hard error — fail
+ * loud rather than silently denormalise the wrong tenant.
+ */
+final class CrossTenantEngagementException extends DomainException
+{
+    public static function forEngagement(ArtistEngagement $engagement): self
+    {
+        return new self(sprintf(
+            'ArtistEngagement cross-tenant: artist=%s (org=%s) vs event=%s (org=%s).',
+            $engagement->artist_id ?? 'null',
+            $engagement->artist?->organisation_id ?? 'null',
+            $engagement->event_id ?? 'null',
+            $engagement->event?->organisation_id ?? 'null',
+        ));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/api/app/Observers/ArtistEngagementObserver.php b/api/app/Observers/ArtistEngagementObserver.php
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+++ b/api/app/Observers/ArtistEngagementObserver.php
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace App\Observers;
+
+use App\Exceptions\Artist\CrossTenantEngagementException;
+use App\Models\ArtistEngagement;
+use App\Models\Scopes\OrganisationScope;
+
+/**
+ * Observer for ArtistEngagement.
+ *
+ * On `creating`: denormalises `organisation_id` from the parent Artist
+ * (RFC v0.2 D10) and asserts artist.organisation_id === event.organisation_id.
+ *
+ * On `deleted` (soft delete): cascade soft-delete to child Performance
+ * rows; hard-delete child AdvanceSection rows (RFC §5.4 — sections have
+ * no soft delete). Child AdvanceSubmission rows are immutable audit
+ * records and remain attached to their (now-deleted) section reference
+ * by FK — this is the audit-retention compliance path.
+ */
+final class ArtistEngagementObserver
+{
+    public function creating(ArtistEngagement $engagement): void
+    {
+        $artist = $engagement->artist()->withoutGlobalScope(OrganisationScope::class)->first();
+        $event = $engagement->event()->withoutGlobalScope(OrganisationScope::class)->first();
+
+        if ($artist === null || $event === null) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if ($engagement->organisation_id === null) {
+            $engagement->organisation_id = $artist->organisation_id;
+        }
+
+        if ($artist->organisation_id !== $event->organisation_id) {
+            $engagement->setRelation('artist', $artist);
+            $engagement->setRelation('event', $event);
+            throw CrossTenantEngagementException::forEngagement($engagement);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reserved for Session 2 state-machine validation when
+     * `booking_status` transitions land. No-op for now.
+     */
+    public function saving(ArtistEngagement $engagement): void
+    {
+        // intentionally empty — see class docblock
+    }
+
+    public function deleted(ArtistEngagement $engagement): void
+    {
+        if (! $engagement->isForceDeleting() && $engagement->trashed()) {
+            $engagement->performances()->delete();
+            $engagement->advanceSections()->delete();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/api/app/Observers/PerformanceObserver.php b/api/app/Observers/PerformanceObserver.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cc3249d1
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+++ b/api/app/Observers/PerformanceObserver.php
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace App\Observers;
+
+use App\Models\Performance;
+
+/**
+ * Observer for Performance.
+ *
+ * Increments the optimistic-lock `version` column by 1 on every UPDATE
+ * (not on INSERT). RFC v0.2 D14 — `MoveTimetablePerformanceRequest`
+ * (Session 2) compares the client-supplied version against the stored
+ * value to detect concurrent edits.
+ */
+final class PerformanceObserver
+{
+    public function saving(Performance $performance): void
+    {
+        if ($performance->exists && $performance->isDirty()) {
+            $performance->version = (int) $performance->version + 1;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/api/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php b/api/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
index a0718ada..0aaf16ad 100644
--- a/api/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
+++ b/api/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
@@ -163,6 +163,11 @@ class AppServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
         FormField::observe(FormFieldChildTablesCascadeObserver::class);
         FormFieldLibrary::observe(FormFieldChildTablesCascadeObserver::class);
 
+        // RFC-TIMETABLE v0.2 — engagement denorm + cross-tenant guard,
+        // performance optimistic-lock bump.
+        \App\Models\ArtistEngagement::observe(\App\Observers\ArtistEngagementObserver::class);
+        \App\Models\Performance::observe(\App\Observers\PerformanceObserver::class);
+
         // RFC-WS-6 v1.3 §Q1 — FormSubmissionSubmitted listener layout.
         //
         // SYNC chain (single listener):