Is it cool to announce your next gig, at a different venue?

pretty goofy not to tell an assembled crowd where you'll be next. just good business.

good luck with your cringing!

 

"we'll be at X on Y, make sure you check out this other band Z right on the stage next Saturday"

pimp your band, We like to refer folks to our web presence. We also make sure to promo upcoming bands that are coming up at the venue we're currently playing.

 

Yeah, good thing to tell the audience where you're playing next because you won't be returning to that venue. Bad form, as the Brits would say. In this era of social media, a band just needs to discreetly gather followers while shmoozing at the side of the stage after the set, assuming that people come up to talk. Then they can hear about the next gig. It used to be done with sign-up sheets and table cards, but that, if course, is a quaint old notion.

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[/quote]That's my dilemma. I am going to drop by and visit the owner sometime during the week -- customer relations, doncha know? -- and maybe I'll just ask her if she was offended.[/quote]

Maybe it will work out; in case the manager didn't quite catch on, I'd approach it as "hypothetically, like with a friend's band or something, if they mention a gig elsewhere in the future, would they be 86'd?" In all seriousness, if the original venue is featuring music totally unrelated to what you do, and an entirely different crowd coming in on the night in particular, it might be a non-issue.

 

"Is it cool to announce your next gig, at a different venue?"

Yes and no. Ethically it's debatable. Not very cool to make a big production and announce it for all the world to hear.
OK if you thank everyone for showing up and supporting the band, be sure to mention what a great venue this place is and be sure to tip your barkeep and waitresses. Sneak in a head ups where you will be playing next.
In other words, respect the bar for hiring you and remember, some owners won't be happy to hear you promote where you are playing next if it's somewhere else than their place and you've drawn a crowd, they stand to lose money.

 

I think it's better to mention your website/social media and say check for dates there.

 

If your show is rockin’ then the club will be fine. Are you talking about covers or originals?

 

This. After you thank the venue, promote the band, not another venue. Call attention to your website and schmooze.

 

That's what we do these days.

The only place we promo gigs at other venues is the county fair. Some of the stage announcers actually repeat where we are playing next during the "give a big hand to ____" outro after our set.

 

If you're playing geographically close enough for the the people at the current venue to attend your next show, you're going to kill your draw by playing shows that are too close together. I wouldn't want to see any "local" band two weeks in a row (unless they are friends, maybe (maybe)). If you're not playing close to that venue, what's the point of announcing it? I would cringe as well, but I cringe at everything.

 

It's always great when a band does that - opens up a slot for one of my bands there LOL.

 

i think all of you are too sensitive. it's show business: you're expected to promote yourself. easy stuff: after you send up the present venue you get to mention where you'll be next...just the way it's done!

if you are self-conscious about it: maybe you've made the wrong 'marketing' decisions to begin with. don't you think the present venue owner can read the ads for the other venue?

good luck trying to think like pros!

 

How many people at this show will want to see you again the next week?

Still, better to just promote your FB or whatever.

 

I'm out of the cover band scene at this point but when I was doing those gigs regularly my mindset at any venue that I wanted to return to was to help make them be successful.

Mention their drink specials, talk about upcoming events etc. We're being paid to help them get more people through the door and buying drinks and food.

Plug your social media or band website and push the merch if you have it but don't disrespect the venue you're at. Unless you've got a huge following that travels to every event to see you then the venue owner is your real customer.

 

As @Chango Malo said, promote yourself and your upcoming gig, as well as who's following you at the current one...

... all in for everyone, though.

 

We have flyers listing all future dates & social media contacts, but from the stage, we limit announcements to future dates at that club, or festival or other public type dates (Not competing clubs).

 

One more for promoting the venue you are at and mentioning all of your promo info EXCEPT where your next gig is at. Do that off stage, and that doesn't mean handing out flyers in the bar. I guess it takes all kinds as they say but you are paid to work for the venue while on stage. Why would anyone think otherwise? There may be some leeway if you are a touring band of course.

 

I guess this thread is premised on a belief that folks swap watering holes to see a particular band.

Good luck with that.

Better approach is to say "We eill be back here in x weeks on the xx. A win win for band and venue.

 

Cool to announce if you're going to be in a venue far far away, not cool if it's kin the same town. Best just to say "If you've enjoyed yourself check our website/facebook/instagram etc" for upcoming gigs. If you've got a repeat booking best to say "we'll be back here next month on the xxth"

I've been a venue manager for over 20 years and wouldn't like hearing that you're playing tomorrow night at my competitors venue.