BOOKING
Please read the following booking information before contacting us about booking a date.
Capacity: 150
Load in: Any time after 6pm, sound tech arrives
at 8:30 for soundcheck (negotiable if required).
Curfew: 12:30am during the week, 1:45am Friday & Saturday. All
gear must be loaded out by 2am at the latest.
Room / Soundtech Fees: n/a (bands play for 100% door, sound tech is
included on staff). Bands are responsible to run your own door. Admission price and showtime is set by the bands. Generally it's $5 and a 9pm door. We can provide someone if you need for $45. Advanced notice is required.
Lighting: We have a very basic lighting setup,
mostly whites + blues on a fader. Any use of outside
lights have to be approved when the show is confirmed. We
do not always have the space or power to accomodate a full lighting rig.
Scheduling:
Shows can be booked any day of the week, but certain dates are reserved for reoccurring
events:
Last Wednesday - PGH Live Punk Karaoke
First Sunday - Electronic Showcase (free show focused on local electronic
musicians)
Third Sunday - Weird Paul 99 cent Variety Show: Contact weirdpaulp@gmail.com
Last Sunday - Give A Man a Break Soul Night with DJ Ian (one live Soul/R&B
band)
General Information:
- All shows are 21+. No one under 21 is admitted to a show.
- No cover bands.
- With very rare exception we do not book shows more than 10
weeks out.
- We strongly prefer that all artists on a bill not play a local show 2 weeks
before or after the date.
- If you are a new artist to the club please attach music and/or video to
your email.
- If this is your first time in the club, you'll have much better luck getting
a weekday show at first. It's not impossible to get a weekend on your first
go but please understand we need good shows on weekends to keep the club alive.
- DON'T send us a long EPK, list of bands
you played with, awards, whatever. Just a link to music or video will work.
If we like you we'll book you.
- We prefer bills with at least/no more than 3-4 bands.
- For touring bands we prefer to have 2 locals to every out of town to help
your draw.
Our preferred process is to check our calender and email us with 3 dates in
order of preference. We will put a hold on an available date for 2 weeks until
you can confirm a full line up. Contacting us with a full lineup up is the
quickest way to get a show. Once we approve and confirm the whole line up
we'll post it and send a confirmation email out to all the bands involved.
If we can't reach an agreement or you fail to respond we will drop the hold
and make it available again. This time frame is not entirely strict to that
deadline, but after 2 weeks we reserve the right to release a date.
If you are just looking to jump on a show and not set up a whole bill email us, but also try browsing or posting your availability in our google group of available dates. Be sure to make your post searchable - something in the subject like (Band Name - local/touring - looking to support, etc - genres - dates needed/available) and list your contact info and links.
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- Howlers Booking Staff
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to email booking@howlerscoyotecafe.com
