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BOOKING INFO
Send a recorded form of your music (cassette, vinyl, CD) with lyrics to the
Gilman booking address:
ALTERNATIVE MUSIC FOUNDATION
P.O. BOX 1058
BERKELEY, CA.
94701
We ask that you wait three to four weeks before following up via the Gilman
booking line. This gives the bookers an adequate amount of time to review and
process your material. The booking and office phone line is (510) 524-8180.
Booking nights and hours are on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 7-9 PM, Pacific Standard Time.
ATTENTION: We also ask that you consider not booking an East Bay - All Ages show the day before or the day after the date you are requesting at Gilman. We "ask", "request", etc. - this is so you can have the best show possible at our club, and so we can continue to pay our rent, bills, and all the other costs of running a legal, all ages club in Berkeley,CA.
Call Tuesdays for Jay Unidos, Carlos Antagony, Alejandra, and Pete Benumb.
Call Wednesdays for Danny Destruction, xYosefx, Jeff Armstrong, Bobby Adopted, and Robert Eggplant.
Call Thursdays for Ariel Awesome, Joey, and Rob Avery
To book an acoustic show, art show, spoken word, etc., Go Here. You can also email bookers on this myspace booking page anytime.
Remember that we only do weekend shows (Friday/Saturday), with the occasional Sunday matinee. Because of this and the fact that many bands want to get booked at Gilman, please don’t take it personally if we aren’t able to accommodate your band in any reasonable amount of time, or sometimes even at all. If you are persistent, it is in all likelihood that you will eventually get a show. To give everyone a heads up, it has been known to take a very LONG time to get booked, and an individual band’s experiences in regard to how long it takes can vary.
Please remember that we are volunteers—with outside jobs, activities, and loved ones—doing the best that we can. Patience is a virtue and try to keep a positive attitude.
Our booking is often done up to three months in advance, especially during the
summer months. Summertime is touring season and out-of-towners get the first
crack at open dates and we try to set up shows around who’s coming to town, but keep in mind—not every single touring band gets booked. If you are contacting us for a date that is not on our booking board yet, we will politely tell you so and ask you to call back when the time is appropriate. Let’s be honest
here—there is no reason as to why we should start booking shows for bands that are touring in five months or more. Keep it within the three-month time frame and that will be fine.
HOW WE PAY BANDS:
We take roughly 10% off the total of the door take and give it to our only paid
staff — our security guards. The remaining door money is split 50/50 between the house and the bands. The band money is divided up based on two considerations: the distance traveled to get to the club, as well as the drawing power based on the approximate mass of audience members watching during the band’s set. Our staff for the night comes up with suggested divvied-up amounts and then bands are more than welcome to negotiate amongst themselves. It’s a fair and honest
process and for the most part, it works for the club and the bands.
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