Advancing Your Show

Now that you’ve booked a show, you want people to show up, right? Here are some steps you can take that just might help.

Local Media:

Flagpole Magazine: Local alternative newsweekly released every Wednesday
Music Editor: Chris Hassiotis
P.O. Box 1027, Athens, Georgia 30603
706-549-9523
music@flagpole.com
www.flagpole.com

Athens Banner-Herald Marquee:
Weekly entertainment section released every Thursday
Editor: Julie Phillips-Jordan
(706) 208-2221

WUOG 90.5 FM: University of Georgia Student Radio Station
Visit http://wuog.org/contact/ for current staff and contact information

Flyers:

Local Bands:
We encourage you to flyer early and often, at least one week before the show. The College Ave. kiosks and the record stores are prime spots. Please note that local ordinances prohibit flyers on newspaper boxes, electrical boxes, telephone or traffic light poles, street signs, or basically anything the city owns. Obscenity (the FCC’s definition, not yours) or anything advertising free booze (whether your kidding or not) is prohibited as well. Failure to comply with the ordinances could result in a police officer coming to your show to write you a ticket, not to buy one. Do not hang flyers in/on any business without permission. And please, only use scotch tape to hang flyers in windows. Duct or packing tape leaves a residue that is very difficult to clean off. It makes us crazy. We know that handbills seem like a good idea, but they’re not. In the words of the late Mitch Hedberg, when someone gives you a hand bill it’s like saying, “Here, you throw this away.” Unfortunately, most people won’t throw them away. If you’re lucky, they’ll end up a coaster. If you aren’t so lucky, they end up on the ground and may potentially cause some otter in Oregon to choke to death. Nobody likes a dead otter. So save yourself some money, and save an otter.

Touring bands:
Please send flyers (15 - 20 would be plenty) so that they will arrive at least one week before your show to:
Tasty World Attn: Flyers (insert date of show here)
312 E. Broad Street Athens, GA 30601

Day of show:

Load-In:

Unless you have made different arrangements with Tasty World’s booking staff when you booked the show, load-in is at 8:30 pm. Street parking behind Tasty World after 6:00 pm is allowed, provided you are parked along a red curb, facing the right way. If you park on a yellow curb, or facing the wrong way, you might be ticketed or towed. Do not leave you vehicle parked overnight in the red zone, as you may be ticketed or towed the next day. There is a UGA parking lot behind Tasty World open to the public after 5:15 pm. Again, do not leave your vehicle parked in the lot overnight.

Please check in with the soundman when you arrive. There is a large alcove in the back of the club for gear. Please avoid keeping any gear in the hallway and do not block any doors. If you require more room, please talk to the soundman about keeping some gear in the closet. Do not set any gear on stage until the soundman gives you the okay. There is a recording studio on the third floor of our building (www.darcsound.com), so as a courtesy to them and to our happy hour customers, please do not bring the rock until soundcheck.

Soundcheck:

Unless different arrangements are made with the Tasty World booking staff when you book the show, only the first band will soundcheck. Subsequent bands will have a line check before their set. Soundcheck is at 9:00 pm. If you have special technical requirements, please inform the club as early as possible so that we can accommodate you.

Compensation & Production Charges:

Unless different arrangements are made with the Tasty World booking staff when you book the show, the door money is split evenly between all acts after the production charges are taken out. When you book the show, ask the club’s agent what the production charge for your show is.

During the show:

To ensure that all of the bands on the bill get their allotted set time, it behooves you to set up and tear down your gear as quickly as possible. It is also courteous to wait until the last band is completely off the stage before you begin to set up. We encourage you to meet and greet your fans after you have torn down your gear, and away from the stage, so that the band following you have a clear path to set up. There will be a merch area near the front door.

After the show:

In Athens-Clarke County, all booze sales must end at 2:00 am, and all non-employees must vacate the premises no later than 2:45 am. That doesn’t mean starting to leave at 2:45. It mean that there are no non-employees in the building at 2:45 am. This includes band members and anybody who is “With the band.” As much as we would all love to hang out together after the show, we risk serious penalties if we do not comply with these laws. Please: We encourage you to put a sticker on the wall of the cooler by the stage, alongside the many other wonderful bands that have played at Tasty World. But we discourage you from putting your sticker anywhere else. And we do not appreciate your band’s name, website, gang tag, limerick, political opinion, or for-a-good-time phone number on our bathroom walls, or anywhere else in the club. The chemicals we have to use to clean that up are very caustic, and put quite a strain on our delicate systems.