What do you wear (typically) to a gig?

Never Shorts

But always a nice shirt of some sort

 

Depends on the gig. If I'm playing with my country band...

...or if I'm playing with my new wave cover band...

..or if it's a costume 60's gig...

...but never shorts.

**EDIT: Just located documentary evidence of me playing a gig...in shorts. Not 'cargo' shorts, but...shorts.
In my defense, it was NYC in the blazing summer of 1987 and I was young and fit!

 

Jeans, t-shirt or for more formal, a polo shirt. Music logos help.

 

Black jeans and a Nice Shirt.

...unless I'm at an open mic, then I wear my colors.

 

Usually grey or black skinny jeans , boots , black shirt and a black or brown leather jacket

Never shorts,hats,baseball caps,sleeveless shirts or top less..and never under any circumstance, sunglasses in a indoor gig...

edit : sunglasses at indoor gigs is liek wearing shorts

 

Jazz-Funk - all black - boots, chimps and button-up long sleeve cotton shirt.
Alt-pop - jeans, rock or jazz T and open seasonsl print shirt worn like a jacket.

 

Suit. Always suit.

 

I try to dress a little nicer than the venue calls for, so when possible, a nice pair of jeans, T-shirt and blazer/sport coat. If it's too hot for that, then jeans or higher-tech slacks with a collared shirt. Shoes are dress shoes, motorcycle boots or nice sneakers. No shorts, no Hawaiian shirts, no jogging shoes and no Crocs. Ever. But then again, I don't play aggressive genres where shorts are part of 'the look'.

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A short dress or a long tunic with leggings, usually. Stockings or tights sometimes. Nice shoes but not heels, I can't even walk in heels, much less dance around a stage with 9 lbs of dead weight around my neck in them.

 

ah but the cargo shorts thing wasn't "in" until the 1990's, so you were ahead of your time!

 

I formed my onstage mojo in the late 90's, and was heavily into Paul Simon then. To this day, I tend towards a jacket and jeans, and often a (real) fedora. Building off that, I am also influenced by David Bowie, which takes the mode of dress up a notch or 3.
I like to have a decent shirt on, and shoes. I wear pants, sometimes a skirt/sarong if it's at a crazy enough festival that men in skirts does not bat an eye. If it's a rock/punk sort of thing I might tend more towards a woman's tshirt. They are a lot lighter fabric, you know.

 

I make it a point to try to dress nice,no shorts no matter how hot it is. Usually a nice shirt or Polo or a suit coat for nicer places. Here's a shot from my Friday show,it was 93 and muggy!

 

T-shirt, usually says something, a suit jacket, either jeans or black khakis and comfortable shoes.

The jacket is left unbuttoned.

If real hot and I know its too hot for a jacket......the t-shirt becomes a dress shirt with a collar, open.

 

A guitarist I worked with in the 80's used to wear a jacket over a T-shirt like that. His favorite T-shirt was one that said "Yesshows" but when he put the jacket on you could only see the letters "ssho." The obvious joke was that it actually said something that I can't post here on TB.

 

I usually wear a kilt on stage. If it's hot, it'll be a linen shirt on top. If it's not that hot, I'll add an Argyll jacket.

 

I kind of mix it up as well. Usually dark denim, black t-shirt, but occasionally a fitted dress shirt for a nicer show, or full rocker on a hot festival stage. These days I’m experimenting with comfy footwear that isn’t in a leather boot form, yet still look reasonable.