Mykesbass Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Anyone got any experience of booking halls and PA's - looking at putting some stuff on locally and am looking at a 170 capacity hall. Wouldn't expect to get anywhere near capacity with local acts but got to get started locally. Also PA size for that size venue, and what sort of price for both hall and PA. Cheers, Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoham Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Rough prices around here - hall will range from free to £200 (some places happy with enough punters for a decent bar take, or will give you it free if you buy a buffet from them!). PA costs vary wildly - but about £100 for a basic vocal PA to about £150-£250 for a proper set up with someone to operate it. Might even get lights included. That's what we pay around Glasgow anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTUK Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Depends on the hall...... I'd be thinking about £150 for the hall and £250 for the P.A. It also depends how much of a P.A you really want, so that can be a variable. If you were banking on 100 ppl, then a decent vocal P.A would do. Village halls aren't normally the best halls for music... by a long shot. Too many hard surfaces typically... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted June 6, 2014 Author Share Posted June 6, 2014 Thanks gents, yes, guess it is going to be a how long is a piece of string type question! [quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1401917466' post='2468390'] Village halls aren't normally the best halls for music... by a long shot. Too many hard surfaces typically... [/quote] Yep, although the ones with asbestos walls are usually quite good acoustically! This isn't a village hall, hopefully will see it next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Bassy Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 [quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1401917466' post='2468390'] Village halls aren't normally the best halls for music... by a long shot. Too many hard surfaces typically... [/quote] I'd generally agree for practices, but for a gig with a (hopefully) capacity audience they can be fine (and cheap). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number6 Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 "Asbestos walls" I normally find these halls bring a tickle to my throat......particularly if it's a loud P.A. and backline making all the dust fly around..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old_Ben Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 (edited) You might find for a budget of about £150-£250 you could get a 100-200 cap venue to hire out with full pa and sound man. Might work better than a hall or somewhere for doing it yourself. Edited June 9, 2014 by Old_Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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