Also we have Places NOT To Play (http://riffrocklives.com/forum/index.php?topic=1683.0)
we going to put websites/contact info up to? (i don't remember the old thread on SR.com)
Stone Tavern in Kent, Ohio. Some of you may recall I thread where we needed a gig on short notice and they stepped up and gave me one... Awesome place to play. They treated us better than any bar I've ever played at and the audience was quite receptive even though the focus on the place is not necessarily metal.
my 2 suggestoins:
Cowboy Monkey in champaign il. Good crowds, great sounding room. a lot of indie bands play it though, so it might be an odd fit with a stoner-y band.
Mike and Mollys: great vibe. small room upstairs (about 100 people) but a great beer garden outside that is open from May to Sept for shows (weather permitting).
Yeah, we can put up whatever info we like. I think this time I'll extend it beyond the midwest.
I remember that bar Frank, I was very impressed.
Justin, have you played either of those places? I think we should only have confirmed hits, as it were.
In NYC there are loads of places to play, especially if you are already established. But for underground bands, there's a small DIY all ages club called The Acheron in Brooklyn, located in an industrial area (parking right in front, and no stairs.) Stage is small but good sound system. 99% of the shows are metal or punk.
http://theacheronbk.blogspot.com/ (http://theacheronbk.blogspot.com/)
Quote from: Hemisaurus on May 06, 2011, 03:09:33 PM
Yeah, we can put up whatever info we like. I think this time I'll extend it beyond the midwest.
I remember that bar Frank, I was very impressed.
Justin, have you played either of those places? I think we should only have confirmed hits, as it were.
i play both of them quite regularly. actually, both in the the course of the next month and a half!
Empty Bottle in Chicago -- They've always treated us well and the sound and lighting guys know what they are doing and will do what you ask. One of my favorite places to play, esp. as far as sound quality on stage. They do full on real-live rock star sound checking so you have to show up way early though. One thing I really, really like about these guys is they are straight up and professional in paying the bands. They explain how the door is divided between the band and it generally seems like their book keeping is honest and fair. You don't see that much.
Metal Shaker in Chicago -- Not really my favorite place to play but they do cater to metal and there seems to be a fair number of folks in there no matter who is playing. Sound system was much improved from how they originally had it set up 2/3 years ago.
Carabar in Columbus -- This place is cool. They give you free beer after a certain time and the sound system is adequate. We always play this place w/ our friends in Bridesmaid and there is a generally a good crowd. Last time we were there there were a bunch of kids w/ mohawks creating havok which pissed off everyone else but I thought was hilarious. Sound system is adequate. We seem to sell a lot of merch here but that is probably just because we have a lot of friends in Columbus.
Up here in Kingston Ontario, Canada, we have two places. One of them is a comedy club called Time to Laugh, many bands play here. Sound is great, stage is small and crowd is receptive. The other is The Mansion (Living Room). The Mansion is more of an indie type bar, but many metal bands play here. Sound is decent and has a great atmosphere.
Both places have the same sound guy who is really good. Know's his stuff and not a douchebag.
Booking shows up here, I would recommend Kingston Punk Productions http://www.kingstonpunk.ca/ (http://www.kingstonpunk.ca/).
The two best I e played in the north east Ohio area are the maple grove tavern in maple hts, not extremely big but a very cool place to play and lots of metal to be had. The other is a tiny place in painsville called Nemeths. Smallest bar I've ever played, but very fun. They get some good bands in there like Karma to burn, Keelhaul I believe played there too.
In baltimore the fuckin' sonar is closed(at least the liquor license is gone). Other than that, there is a place right down the street that has metal shows every week or so. But like 6 bands a night and shit. and I haven't scoped it out yet. Should drag my ass their but I can't drink right now. and I hate going into a bar alone, it makes me ache inside.
http://bugjar.com/ (http://bugjar.com/)
Keep 'em coming. It's weird that they are all around the lakes and in NY so far. Like a little north central / north eastern tour.
Three Kings Tavern in Denver is always a good joint to play.
Lil red lion in eureka, ca. or the alibi in Arcata. That's far north, almost to oregon. In eugene, there's the oak street speakeasy. In portland there are lots of places. Near Sacramento there's a place called the Stag in a town called Woodland. I like all of those bars, and they are cool with loud music.
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STICKY
That ain't my job.
Portland, Oregon
The Know
Plan B
Ash St. Saloon
Slabtown
Berbati's
Dantes
Backspace
Tube
Tonic Lounge
Saratoga
Poncho's Bar in Chicago - I thought this place was gonna be bunk since it's a Cuban restaurant by day and a sometimes Karaoke bar by night but it was cool. No real backstage but the woman who ran sound knew what she was doing and I was very surprised by how good it sounded. The guy who runs the place is cool too.
The Mutiny in Chicago - This place is a total dive but it serves the purpose of being one of those bars where they will basically let anyone play there so if you're hard up for a gig in Chicago, give 'em a call. It gets decent street traffic because there is no door charge and does have good shows from time to time. Cheap beer and you get to play shows w/ bands you normally wouldn't because it's kind of a free for all. I forget specifically why but I remember load in being a special pain in the ass here. Also, I would be remiss if I failed to mention that there is a toilet there which is a thing of extraordinary beauty.
Should I mention places not to play or is that a different thread?
Good topic, we can all use help when booking/routing shows, but I don't think it'd be an active enough topic to make a sticky. Keep in mind any time someone posts new info, the thread will bounce back to the top anyway..
Albuquerque, NM:
The Launchpad (618 Central Ave. SW)
Burt's Tiki Lounge (313 Gold St. SW)
Quote from: Metal Dave on May 09, 2011, 11:59:23 AM
Good topic, we can all use help when booking/routing shows, but I don't think it'd be an active enough topic to make a sticky. Keep in mind any time someone posts new info, the thread will bounce back to the top anyway..
Downtown Music, White Water Tavern, Rev Room/Sticky Fingers in Little Rock
Soundstage or Plan B in Conway, AR (30 mins from L.R. on I-40)
My bad, my concept of sticky was for topics that were continually useful (like how does Ohms Law work :) )
Quote from: LogicalFrank on May 09, 2011, 10:41:59 AM
Poncho's Bar in Chicago - I thought this place was gonna be bunk since it's a Cuban restaurant by day and a sometimes Karaoke bar by night but it was cool. No real backstage but the woman who ran sound knew what she was doing and I was very surprised by how good it sounded. The guy who runs the place is cool too.
I found Cafiteria de Pancho in Logan Square area, is that the place, I added that to the map ???
Quote from: Hemisaurus on May 09, 2011, 02:26:05 PM
Quote from: LogicalFrank on May 09, 2011, 10:41:59 AM
Poncho's Bar in Chicago - I thought this place was gonna be bunk since it's a Cuban restaurant by day and a sometimes Karaoke bar by night but it was cool. No real backstage but the woman who ran sound knew what she was doing and I was very surprised by how good it sounded. The guy who runs the place is cool too.
I found Cafiteria de Pancho in Logan Square area, is that the place, I added that to the map ???
Basically... There is the restaurant and the bar right next to each other. They are connected inside but operate separately. Bans play in the bar part of it, obviously.
This place is known informally around town as "the New Ronnie's," Ronnie's being a shit show of a venue that you really only played if you had not other option. I think MP Shows or someone who booked at Ronnie's moved to Poncho's and that is how it got the name. But Ponchos is good to play at so win for everyone but Ronnie. Ronnie's is shut down for shows or I would throw it in the places not to play thread.
I'll sticky it when it gets more intensive. METAL DAVE EATS VAGINA. (glad you're back, though.)
hahaha ;D
Is Sourmash Propaganda still booking shows in Hickory, NC? That was a good gig.
C'mon we have about 8 states and one Canadian province. I know the scene is bad, but it's surely not that bad, what happened to Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Indiana, Florida and Wisconsin, Bongzilla, Madison, I mean come on ???
Will's Pub, Orlando FL
Transitions skate gallery, Tampa FL
The Brass Mug, Tampa FL
The Farside, Tallahassee, FL - collective space run by a bunch of kids, collectively. Nice PA, nice space, no smoking/drinking/being an asshole. One of my favs.
The Engine Room, Tallahassee, FL - Bar/club, rad sound system, rad people.
Columbia SC- New Brookland Tavern (don't be too loud)
Spartanburg SC- Ground Zero (open mic Wednesday nights, anyone that puts their name on the list can play. Go get the best burger in the country at The Beacon)
Raleigh NC- Dive Bar, Vol 11 Tavern
Wilmington NC- Soap Box (never played there)
Charlotte NC - Tremont Music Hall, The Milestone and maybe if you're the right fit Snug Harbor (no metal really unless you're celebratory power metal that makes hipsters happy), new place just opening this weekend called The Chop Shop.
Nashville TN- The Springwater
Frederick MD- Krug's Place (awesome)
Johnson City TN- The Hideaway
Murfreesboro NC- Zakk's Coffee shop, cool owner.
There used to be Iresons pub in Bristol TN, and it was the most amazing place to play, at 1:30 the dance club up the street (across the state line in VA) closed and the hopped up kids came down the block into TN and would continue to party until 3:00. Still taking money at the door. Didn't matter who was playing. I think the owner had a habit.
Now, I'm not going to say these are the best places on earth to play, (well, the Milestone is pretty kick-ass) but they deserve to be on the map.
Would this work better as a list of booking resources? Very rarely do I find myself contacting actual venues. Usually you're either dealing with a band, or a dude you know/know of, that books shows in that area.
Quote from: black_out on May 15, 2011, 12:30:26 PM
Would this work better as a list of booking resources? Very rarely do I find myself contacting actual venues. Usually you're either dealing with a band, or a dude you know/know of, that books shows in that area.
Yeah, I was kinda thinking the same. Some of the places I mentioned, I don't think you'd get very far just calling them up and asking to play. We are lucky enough that we get asked to do as many shows as we can play around town so I don't know anything about booking, really. I've only booked one show myself in my entire life.
Though to throw on a place you might be able to just call up and book a show:
Cal's Liquors in Chicago. It is a bar/liquor store and a real hole in the wall dive but it's cool. There's a bunch of punks and bike messengers and shit who hang out there and it's generally receptive and fun to play. It is kind of hit or miss though, just based on whether or not people decide to hang out.
Quote from: black_out on May 15, 2011, 12:30:26 PM
Would this work better as a list of booking resources? Very rarely do I find myself contacting actual venues. Usually you're either dealing with a band, or a dude you know/know of, that books shows in that area.
I'd say, booking dude, yes, band, no. Or maybe we should do bands but a different colour.
The idea was for anyone who might want to try and get a show in a particular area, to be able to know who to talk to. It's true bands often help out with booking shows in their area, but are you willing to book shows for anybody and everybody who might want a show in your area?
Should have added, this is a definite jumping off point, rather than a comprehensive DIY thing, which could take forever. Hence I don't find contact details, or any of that, you get the name of the place, and the address, and you can google the rest of it for yourself. It can serve two purposes I guess.
One, let people know that there's a place in your area, that's cool to play, you get more bands coming by.
Two, let people who are looking for places to play between Point A and Point B, that there are places to play in all these towns.
Personally, I've enjoyed a lot of smaller town gigs, and without something like this I wouldn't know I could play Kent, or Painsville, rather than Cleveland, that kinda thing.
If you want to book shows in your area, sure give me your details, I'll stick them on the map.
Quote from: Hemisaurus on May 16, 2011, 04:54:01 PM
Should have added, this is a definite jumping off point, rather than a comprehensive DIY thing, which could take forever. Hence I don't find contact details, or any of that, you get the name of the place, and the address, and you can google the rest of it for yourself. It can serve two purposes I guess.
One, let people know that there's a place in your area, that's cool to play, you get more bands coming by.
Two, let people who are looking for places to play between Point A and Point B, that there are places to play in all these towns.
Personally, I've enjoyed a lot of smaller town gigs, and without something like this I wouldn't know I could play Kent, or Painsville, rather than Cleveland, that kinda thing.
If you want to book shows in your area, sure give me your details, I'll stick them on the map.
haha...I'm with you. I guess I was thinking about it a little differently. I was kind of thinking that it's usually a pain in the ass to contact a venue directly for a show, because most of them don't want to/don't have the time to check out every bands shit that is rolling through town, but I can see how it could be a little much to go my route and keep it current.
Might be worth a bands in the area type tag? Or maybe that should just be separate? Attaching bands to one venue is OK, in one horse towns, might get a bit tricky in the metropolitan areas.
Someone else want to maintain the active bands map?
Added the others, what happened to the list of dudes you know in the area that book shows?
Nobody want to fill in the middle :D
I can continue listing every place I've played in Chicago if you want but I think I've done enough damage.
Quote from: LogicalFrank on May 20, 2011, 10:33:32 AM
I can continue listing every place I've played in Chicago if you want but I think I've done enough damage.
You managed to hit me with one I hadn't heard of, Poncho's!
I'm just surprised that the Wichita and Lawrence contingent haven't chimed in yet. Plus I'm really curious if there's gigs in the Dakota's, and Utah. I've never reaaly seen any genre tour through there.
Also kind of surprised nowhere in Madison, WI has been mentioned. Texas?
Quote from: Hemisaurus on May 17, 2011, 06:31:42 PM
Added the others, what happened to the list of dudes you know in the area that book shows?
We'll keep it to venues. The more I think about it, it's probably not cool to be throwing somebodies info out there for the entire internet to see.
If you're looking for websites, let me know and I can come back and add them.
Mojo Main - Newark,DE
Mojo 13 - Wilmington,DE
The Depot - York,PA
JR's Bar - Philadelphia,PA
bump
bump for bbottom
Eli's Mile High Club - Oakland, CA
Stork Club - Oakland, CA
Vitus - Oakland, CA
The Hemlock Tavern - San Francisco, CA
Bender's Bar & Grill - San Francisco, CA
Thee Parkside - San Franciso, CA
Bottom of the Hill - San Francisco, CA
Elbo Room - San Francisco, CA
Retox Lounge - San Francisco, CA
Slim's - San Francisco, CA
There's so many over here in the Bay Area, I'm missing a bunch but those were the first that popped up in my head.
Quote from: Hemisaurus on May 09, 2011, 01:33:35 PM
Quote from: Metal Dave on May 09, 2011, 11:59:23 AM
Good topic, we can all use help when booking/routing shows, but I don't think it'd be an active enough topic to make a sticky. Keep in mind any time someone posts new info, the thread will bounce back to the top anyway..
Downtown Music, White Water Tavern, Rev Room/Sticky Fingers in Little Rock
Soundstage or Plan B in Conway, AR (30 mins from L.R. on I-40)
My bad, my concept of sticky was for topics that were continually useful (like how does Ohms Law work :) )
I'd like that topic, please do one.
Salt Lake has
Burts Tiki Lounge- dive bar, has heavy shows
There are other venues, but Im old, jaded and out of touch. I only play shows when I get called.
These fellows will help a band out for Orlando and possibly other florida areas.
http://www.facebook.com/orlandooom
If you guys ever come to Panama City, FLorida (not likely i know, but we have been getting good shit here lately!! i.e. Obituary tonight ) I know of 2 places that I could definitely get you on and they are both decent drinking establishments.
Zacherys American Bistro- These people are like family to all musicians and the food and drinks are badass
C-level bar and grill -Ive seen yob,dark castle, wormrot, jucifer and countless others here, A dude named Dj books all of the shows there and you can find him on facebook his name is Kulcher Korner and he loves the doom.
Here's a couple for Memphis, TN that are metal-friendly:
The Buccaneer Lounge:
http://www.myspace.com/buccaneer_memphis
The Hi-Tone Cafe:
http://hitonememphis.com/
I always note the clubs/cities when I peruse tour dates of "our" kind of bands, just to keep myself abreast of who's booking shows & where
Corpus Christi Tx,
The House of Rock
The Texan
Zero's
Austin, Tx
Everywhere.
OOPS
I'm going to have to say it again.
Please only post venues you have a personal experience of, not just venues you've seen other bands play at.
Ok then,
Corpus Christi Tx,
The House of Rock
The Texan
Zero's
Threads
Theo's
Austin, Tx
Scoot Inn
Scout Inn
Gonna update the map RSN (real soon now) ;)
Wasn't able to find C-Level Grill or The Texan, started adding links that don't fit on the map in first post.
Check the map, see if your post is on there, get me to take off the ones that are no longer existing.
bump ;D
Quote from: Metal and Beer on May 09, 2011, 11:59:23 AM
Good topic, we can all use help when booking/routing shows, but I don't think it'd be an active enough topic to make a sticky. Keep in mind any time someone posts new info, the thread will bounce back to the top anyway..
but the point of a sticky topic is one that is useful, but not necessarily active with posts, a la Tech Thread, eventually most peoples questions are already answered in the thread, nobody needs to post.
still, it ain't my board ;)
the skylark lounge in rochester ny..new place getting ready to do shows..it just opened not too long ago..
Added. Map still looks pretty empty down the middle.
http://x0.no/1xlx (http://x0.no/1xlx)
bump ;D
the meatgrinder..rochester ny.
if you want to play in a basement..let me know.
Houston:
Rudyard's
Super Happy Fun Land
Fitzgerald's
Walter's
Mango's
Total underground venue.
Galaxies in the River is playing there tonight.
LOLA
40 Kensington Avenue, Toronto, ON, Canada
ph. (416) 348-8645
Mon - Sun: 1:00 pm-2:00 am
http://www.facebook.com/LOLAINTHEMARKET (http://www.facebook.com/LOLAINTHEMARKET)
http://www.myspace.com/lola_40kensington (http://www.myspace.com/lola_40kensington)
Hey Sunn why did you unsticky it?
As I mentioned before, I really don't want to clutter the entire board up with stickies. This thread is super slow, and if somebody wants to bump it every now and then with new entries, cool. Tech thread is fine, because it's relevant all the time because we all have questions occasionally, and it keeps the "omfg what is downtuning and will it hurt my guitar" threads to a minimum. There is no reason to keep a thread on life support if it isn't 100% relevant all the time. Ya dig?
So finding a place to play isn't relevant, but fixing your amp is? I think it's relevant, obviously sleestack did too, enough to clutter the board with two sticky threads.
Sigh, fuck it, do what you want.
I resign.
I'm out. peace.
fix it before you resign then.
Quote from: Hemisaurus on June 02, 2012, 04:28:39 PM
fix it before you resign then.
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Before the last few posts, the previous ones were in March, then February, then December 2011. It doesn't get enough traffic to justify being stickied. The FOR SALE thread is a much better candidate, as an example. Doing an end-around to get shit done ain't a good long-term solution either.
Hemi, you bumped it yesterday and it brought a few new posts which is how that works. Bump any thread you want, any time you want, that's sufficient for low-traffic threads.
Hey, I bumped it, sleestak stickied it, without my prompting, then Sunn went into his prima donna routine :-X
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Quote from: Hemisaurus on June 02, 2012, 04:28:39 PM
fix it before you resign then.
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Dude, the only one who fucks you, is you ::)
Quote from: Hemisaurus on June 02, 2012, 05:31:24 PM
Hey, I bumped it, sleestak stickied it, without my prompting, then Sunn went into his prima donna routine :-X
Um, I didn't do shit. I unstickied it because both Dave AND I said no. It is unnecessary. You refuse to agree, sorry. Carry on.
I'll come post on the Hemisaurus tech board, you can sticky my daily shopping list when I ask for it, and if you don't, I'll circumvent you to the webhost and have them sticky it.
Quote from: Hemisaurus on June 02, 2012, 05:31:24 PM
Hey, I bumped it, sleestak stickied it, without my prompting, then Sunn went into his prima donna routine :-X
He just picked a thread at random and stickied it? Come on man...
The thread is good, the info is good, it doesn't get enough traffic to be stickied, that's it.
Hey, ask him, I ask Sunn for anything board related, like I asked him about the Google Maps plugin recently.
I thought, haven't bumped the thread in a while, bumped it, went away, came back, had a little notification email that the thread had been stickied by sleestack.
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Also, I'm sorry if you guys though I had circumvented you, I saw it the other way, Global Moderator sticky's post, then local moderator unsticky's post, basically the same reaction as you guys, only the other way round. ;)
Wrong. Local moderator TALKED to the GLOBAL MODERATOR before doing anything, because I respect them, and we are all friends. If you want something REASONABLE done, next time, ask me first, and if I feel like it needs to be done, it'll get fucking done.
Yeah. Like you were wrong thinking I asked sleestack :o
Are you sulking, or are we moving on?
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Hey Sunn, sticky the For Sale thread!
Can we sticky Hot Deals? I started that one.
How many guys posting here are in touring bands? Probably not that many. But everybody likes a Hot Deal ;)
everyone likes asian whores too..lets sticky that.
Bump for anyone who does more than masturbate over gear ;D
Bump for the highly offensive thread.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/El-N-Gee/170974422994371
hosting stoner hands of doom show end of the month
asheville, nc - the get down
I think you could do a whole week in just NC and SC.
easy. especially if you throw in johnson city & knoxville, tn.
evil thread bump ::)
Here's one in Philly, hole in the wall punk/metal bar run by mobsters. We're playing there for the 2nd time tonight. It's actually pretty cool.
http://jrssouthphilly.com/bar/ (http://jrssouthphilly.com/bar/)
Here's a list of accessible Los Angeles venues:
Down and Out https://plus.google.com/104406158994242352646/about?gl=us&hl=en
Blue Star Cafe https://plus.google.com/local/Los%20Angeles,%20CA/s/Blue%20Star%20Cafe?gl=us&hl=en
The Joint https://plus.google.com/112539186456632127338/about?gl=us&hl=en
I say "accessible" because the band can just contact them to book their own shows... no need for a "middle man".