To be considered for booking at Staccato, you must have your own draw of 25+ legal age persons. Booking requests should be emailed to James at: bookings@staccatodc.com and include link to MP3s, brief band bio, and approximate draw. Please don't call or mail demos in, we book entirely online.
PERFORMANCES
*Do not put up posters or flyers on any public space in Adams Morgan (trees, telephone poles, etc.) Staccato would be held liable and could be fined.
**You must have your own draw to play at Staccato, and please be honest when estimating your draw. Clubs that support original music can only survive by this cooperation. If you do not draw 25+, we cannot re-book.
1.***All shows at Staccato are 21+, no exceptions.
2.On weekends, Staccato supplies a doorman
to collect. The cover is $5; bands get $3 for every
person they bring in. If you are playing on
Wednesday or Thursday, you must bring someone to
collect for you ($3), or it can be a free show, or
you can put out a donation jar for yourself.
3.bring as little extra gear as possible as there
is almost no storage area besides the stage.
4.please load equipment immediately on stage when
arriving, if another group is playing or setting
up, bring your gear UPSTAIRS and store in front of
mirror. nothing can be left on floor in front of
stage, that includes during the performance. there is not enough room for people as it is, and we can't have
gear making the room even smaller.
5.DO NOT put equipment down in front of stage
when arriving, place on stage or upstairs. (i
figured i'd say it again to stress the importance).
6.there is a snake on stage and the soundboard is
at the back of the room. usually the barstaff run
the sound, but if you have a soundman, great, the
barstaff will show him/her the setup and step
aside.
7. the club uses an 8-channel mackie mixer and has 3 mike setups with boomstands
(SM58s). there is an upright baldwin piano on
stage, it is miked, in tune, and performers are welcome to use it. it can't be moved off stage though. there are 3 more 1/4" direct inputs on the snake (no DI necessary) and there are a total of 5 XLR inputs for use. we have 1 monitor.
8.if you send us or supply us with posters ahead
of time we will put them up in the bar.
9.feel free to sell merchandise at your show.
10.band performers get a 25% discount on their bar
tab(for bandmembers only, no friends on tab).
11. for weekend multiple band nights especially,
please arrive by 7:30 for setup and soundcheck,
share equipment (drums, bass rig) whenever possible.
we can put you in touch with the other groups playing
to work it out.
12. with exceptions on certain nights, weekend
sets are usually 9-10:20, 10:30-11:50, and
12:00-1:45...weekday sets are usually 8:30-9:50,
and 10:00-12:00....
13.although not required, very loud drummers may be
asked to play with "hotrod" sticks instead of
regular drumsticks because of a signed agreement
with a neighborhood group concerning noise level.
14. Local Media Contacts:
Citypaper - washingtoncitypaper.com
Washington Post (Weekend Section) -
washingtonpost.com
OnTap Magazine - ontaponline.com
Revolution Records - 4215 Connecticut Ave., Wash
DC / 202-237-2480
WMUC - wmuc.umd.edu
For show flyers, mail to:
Staccato
Attn: Flyers
2006 18th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
***Please remember that as a venue that tries to promote local and national original music, Staccato relies on the draw of the performers, you must have your own draw to be considered for booking. |
Staccato | 2006 18th Street, NW | Washington, DC 20009 | 202.232.2228 |
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