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09-19-2007, 10:09 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Pleasanton, CA | | | Pacific Northwest All Ages Venues
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My band, Laden Swallow, just hired a new drummer after three months of using sit-ins.  This lets me get back to booking shows. We're pretty much maxed-out in our local nook of Northern California, so I'm looking for shows in Pacific Northwest region. Problem is, we're really not much of a bar band and are much more suited to playing all ages venues. Our new drummer is also only 18, so that makes bars/21+ places kinda rough.
I've tried searching online a bit, but haven't really been able to find much. If anyone knows any decent all ages clubs/venues in Oregon/Washington and how to get booked there, I'd be eternally grateful.
BTW, our style is alt-rock.
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09-19-2007, 12:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Olympia, WA | | If you go to www.olymusic.com they have a list of venues in our area and how to get a hold of them, terrible website but a great tool! |
09-28-2007, 01:55 AM
|  | Sponsored by Jagermeister | | Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Seattle / Tacoma | | | In Portland, look up Rock & Roll Pizza. It's actually a club of all ages with a bar off to one side. Great place to play. |
09-28-2007, 02:14 AM
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Commander-in-chief, 3Leaf Audio | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Seattle / NYC | | | Good luck, there's not many all-ages venues up here.
I'd google El Corazon and Studio 7 - They seem to have the most all-ages shows in Seattle. |
09-28-2007, 03:25 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Seattle, WA | | | El Corazon books a ton of all ages shows. My daughter practically lives there.
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09-28-2007, 05:10 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Seattle | | | Dont forget the Vera Project
The Vera Project, in Seattle, is a dedicated all- ages music booker.
They used to have their own venue, and were fundraising for a new one, not sure if they got it yet.
In addition to the above mentioned clubs The Crocodile Cafe has been known to book special all ages shows...rarely.
I would avoid Studio Seven, they have some questionable booking policies. (like "requiring" that you pre-sell 40 tickets ...gee who pays if you don't sell all 40 tickets...?) |
09-28-2007, 10:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Pleasanton, CA | | | Thanks a lot guys. I'd almost forgotten about this thread. lol. Keep 'em coming. |
09-28-2007, 10:29 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Watertown, MA | | | Portland: Hawthorne Theater
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09-30-2007, 07:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Pacific Northwest | | | Boise, Idaho - The Venue |
09-30-2007, 07:44 PM
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Avatar Speakers Endorsing Hooligan | | Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Bakersfield California | | | Dunno about northwest...
But should you head down here to socal.... Studio99 is the best all-ages in bako... Seriously. it kicks ass.
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09-30-2007, 07:47 PM
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Endorsing artist: Ampeg | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: W. Seattle, WA | | | In addition to Studio 7 and El Corazon, check out Hell's Kitchen & The Java Jive in Tacoma. |
10-01-2007, 09:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Tacoma, WA | | | i think el corazon is my favorite venue in seattle |
10-08-2007, 04:43 PM
| | | The Skylark Cafe and Club is a small club in West Seattle that looks to me like they support your type of music, they do all ages shows on Sundays, they allow performers who are under age to play on 21+ nights (thurs - sat) as long as they are on stage playing, and they do direct booking. There is a booking link and all the info you could need at their web site: http://www.skylarkcafe.com/
Not a big club - but it's something.
My band is about ready to start playing out and we might go play here - if you do first let me know how it goes.  |
10-08-2007, 06:26 PM
| | I <3 Darkstar | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: Riverside, CA | | | I know this doesn't help, but you should head down south. Alt-rock does real well along the central coast/southern california.
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10-08-2007, 09:36 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Seattle | | | Personally I have a problem with El Corazon The problem is that when you are done playing they put all of the band gear out on the sidewalk rain or shine and it rains here alot. Guitars still on stands and drums to be broken down. Gear tends to wind up missing at this point. This forces the bands to load up right away and being in a so so neighborhood where cars do get broken into the band has to take the gear home. Lots of bands seem to think that this is ok but what about the people that came out to see you? The band loaded up and left. No chance to hang out with the band after they played. So what happens? They leave, with no chance for the bar to sell more drinks. Very poorly run place in my opinion.
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10-08-2007, 10:06 PM
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