Booking
Booking Music Shows*:
Woo Music! We’re generally only booking Thursday through Saturdays. We are open to ideas, though, and have some shows on Wednesdays and the occasional Sunday show, if the promoter can bring out enough people to make it worth the bands and the bar’s efforts.
First things first. Thank you! Music is the reason that each and every one of us is alive. Scientifically proven.
POSTERS!!! We require posters. If we don’t get posters, you could forfeit your show. If folks don’t see info on the windows, they might not know anything as cool as your band is playing! Send 6, or drop them off in our mailbox.
Door Price varies. We’ll set that at the time of booking. We pay sound and door Wednesday through Saturday from the door take. (check Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday specifics below). Anything after that the Pinhook takes 7% of to cover costs. The rest is yours to bathe in.
Your show:
ALL SHOWS WILL START ON TIME. SEND POSTERS AS SOON AS THE SHOW IS CONFIRMED WITH INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR SHOW WRITTEN ON THE POSTER.
Wednesday and Thursdays: Load in for bands is 7:15. The sound person will be there at 7:30 to talk sound checks and / or line checks depending on the bands. Show starts at 9pm. There will be a sound person that is paid $65 out of the door, and door is provided by the bar.
Fridays and Saturdays: Load in for bands is 8pm. The sound person will be there at 815 to sound check and set up. Show starts at 10pm. The door and sound is paid out of the door take.
Sundays: Earlier shows, and can be very DIY. The bar is open around the show these days, which start at 8pm. The bar will open at 7. You have options for sound on Sundays. You can bring your own PA and run sound yourselves. You could use a Pinhook sound person which would be a $65 expense for the bands. You could pay this expense outright, out of the hat, or from a door person. If you have a door person then that will also be $50, which is sometimes appropriate if you have a show large enough to warrant one. We only use Pinhook sound and door people, so don’t offer, we can’t do it. Oh, rules.
Things to know about our bar/venue/place to hi five.
1. The first thing to know is that we’re 18+, but we can be all ages. Just specify when booking. Don’t drink if you are 21 and less, if you love us.
2. We like to keep the acts diverse, so be creative! Bands can only perform once every month and a half at the Pinhook.
3. Band drink specials – Bands get a case of 24 pbr cans to share, and $3 wells / drafts.
4. PLEASE!!! send 6 fliers for this venue to the address below. We’ll put them up here, but otherwise you’re responsible for putting fliers up around town etc. *** Please Note Durham does not allow flyers on telephone poles and/or any public property. This will result in a citation from the city. If a citation is issued, for your posters, you will be responsible for the costs!!! Also we send events to the Indy, but other forms of press are up to you!! the more you promote the more cashish you’ll make from the door and the more likely there will be crowd surfing… yes!
5. Thanks for performing. We love you for sharing yr. music with us and our cool town.
6. Don’t leave things here! You have a week to claim them if you do.
CONFIRMATION CLAUSE:
By replying to the email we send you, you acknowledge that you are under contract to perform on the date requested by you and confirmed by the promoter (The Pinhook) barring any Acts of God. If you do not fulfill your end of the contract which includes loading in and sound checking at the requested time and sending posters to the venue prior to the show, then you may forfeit your opportunity to play the venue. If you cancel within a week of the show then we require you to cover door and sound costs. We’re very understanding if you need to cancel 6 or more weeks prior to the show. Otherwise, we’re not so much … Good communication works wonders.
So you know, we hate to sound so harsh, but cancellations of shows last minute and failure to promote can and have really hurt this club, and we want to stay a place that supports local music/art/musicians and drinking folk. Thanks for understanding, and helping us make this place possible.
Send Posters Here:
The Pinhook
117 W. Main Street
Durham, NC 27702
woot!
