BOOKING & PERFORMANCE GUIDELINES
Thanks for your interest in performing at our space, a dedicated listening room for patrons and performing musicians where talking is not allowed while the concert is taking place. We do not book rock, punk or any other loud performances.
SHOW DATES: Thursday, Friday & Saturday
The Music Room - Direct view of musicians seats 39 guests
The Bar Area with TV & Surround sound seats 18 guests .
There is partial view of the musician from the bar counter & TV view only from the tables
PAUSA BACKLINE
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*FOR ALL PERFORMING MUSICIANS*
PAUSA does not offer a guaranteed payment
Bands can not be larger than 7 musicians
Performing musicians have a 20% discount on all food and drink items from our menu
Bands retain 100% of ticket revenue (excluding ticket fees) priced at $15 or lower
PAUSA retains a 15% commission of ticket sales priced at $15 or higher- excluding ticket fees
PAUSA retains 50% of all (no-show) as we rely on bar sales as our main revenue
Shows with less than 25 pre-sold tickets on the day before of the event are subject to cancellation and might not be considered for further shows at PAUSA.
Musicians are encouraged to promote and sale merchandise for which they will retain 100% of the revenue. Musicians are strongly encouraged to use all media platforms to post, boost and promote events. We encourage musicians to check regularly their event listing on our website to see current ticket sales.
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*TOURING BANDS AGREEMENT*
A $200 dollar fully refundable deposit is required for all touring bands, due upon agreeing on a show date - date will not be confirmed and remain open for booking until the deposit is received.
Deposit can be made via Zelle or Paypal - musicians are responsible for the Paypal fee and it will be deducted from the deposit refund. Deposit will be refunded together with the show payment on the next business day after the show.
*Deposit is not refundable if the band cancels the event with less than two months notice before the date of the show* Tickets will go on sale 2 months before the event.
In the event of a cancellation by the band due to any reasons, all non-refundable ticket fees pertaining to any tickets sold will be due and payable by the band to the venue since they are not refunded to PAUSA by the credit card company.
All touring bands performing in the local vicinity of PAUSA (25 square miles) must schedule performances at PAUSA with no less than a week in between both performances.
PAUSA reserves the right to change the admission price if such performance has a lower price than the show scheduled at PAUSA.
Musicians are responsible for any instrument rental including payment before the delivery of the instrument. However, time of delivery and pickup of the instrument must be arranged with PAUSA
Musicians are strongly encouraged to use all media platforms to post, boost and promote events.
We encourage musicians to check regularly their event listing to see current ticket sales.
***Booking a date at PAUSA via email will constitute a legal biding of this contract***
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*LOCAL BANDS AGREEMENT*
Local bands performing in the local vicinity of PAUSA (5 square miles) must request a performance at PAUSA with no less than a week in between both performances. If performing musicians schedule the same show/band event within this time frame in the vicinity of PAUSA, we reserve the right to adjust the admission price if such performance is priced lower than the show scheduled at PAUSA.
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FOR BOOKING CONSIDERATION PLEASE EMAIL the following information
1-Requested date / month of the show
2-Band description including proposed performing personnel, music style
3-Sound & video files - link to current youtube site with proposed show or mp4 file
4-Link to current website, youtube, facebook & instagram
No consideration or date will be offered unless all booking requirements have been met
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Please EMAIL *WHITIN 2 WEEKS TIME OF DATE CONFIRMATION REQUESTED INFO BELOW. Info can be updated as the date approaches may there be any personnel changes.
***MPORTANT***FOR ALL PERFORMING MUSICIANS***
Requested date will be open back for booking if preliminary information is not submitted by the deadline of two weeks***
Event name (how it's going to be listed)
Proposed ticket price based on past and future performances in alike venues
(final price will be set at PAUSA's own discretion)
High Resolution Image (horizontal) - (no graphics or collage)
HR Poster - if available - formatted for instagram posts
Personnel with short bios of each band member
Event description including music style
Youtube video link is preferred but if not available, an Mp4 video if possible containing material to be presented at the show is acceptable.
PAYMENT TO THE BAND
PAUSA will issue payment to one designated musician via Zelle or PayPal on the next business day.Please provide your preferred email or phone number before the show in order to issue payment.There are no payments made in cash.
WHILE AT PAUSA
There is very limited space to park behind PAUSA, sometimes none depending on snow accumulation in the winter time. You can access our parking space via driveway to the left of our building. Once the few spots are full, musicians must load in via front of the building and park in the adjacent streets. PLEASE DO NOT BLOCK THE DRIVEWAY, it is a shared driveway with the residents.
Musician load in times:
5:30pm for a 7pm show - show ends at 9pm
6:30pm for an 8pm show - show ends at 10pm
All bands must do a sound check, even if no sound tech is needed
Musicians must perform (2) sets of 50 min each with a 15-20 intermission in between sets.
Thanks for you interest in performing at PAUSA and we look forward to collaborating with you.