Chaplin's - Booking guidelines

Thanks for your interest in performing at Chaplin's the Music Cafe.  Please review our booking guidelines.   

Overview
Chaplin's the Music Cafe is an acoustically perfect, dinner theater-like venue with BYOB. Our maximum capacity is 142 with 100 as the optimum for quality viewing. Guests buy tickets to see you perform. With every show booked at Chaplin's,  both venue and performer assume the same goal to fill these seats. Chaplin's operates on a shared risk;  we provide a beautiful upscale setting for you to put on a high quality show.

We look for

Great talent

Motivated artists who promote their shows

What we aren't

Chaplin's is not the place to look for "exposure", as we are not a bar and do not have a built in crowd.  We get many requests for traveling acts that are not known to this area, and unfortunately, people rarely buy tickets for artists they don't know. 

Scheduling

Shows are scheduled on  Friday and Saturday nights.  Show time 8p till about 11.

First Fridays are comedy night with musical opener. Music is booked from 7:30 to 9 on First Fridays.  First Fridays are booked as co-bills with the comedy act being the other half. Patrons are polled at the door and artists are paid accordingly based on number of tickets sold and the usual 60/40 split
 

Type of Acts/Draw Expectations

Opener                          Draws 10 tickets minimum

Co-Bills                        2 acts draw 50 fans each, 3 acts draw 30 or more each

Headliner                      Draws 70 or more

Pay Structure

Chaplin's takes $150 off the top to cover some of the expenses to have a show, then we pay a 60/40 split on ticket sales.  That is 60% to you.  Minimum ticket price is 12 dollars.

Pay Scale

Opener                          50 dollars

Co-Bills                        60/40 split on ticket sales - after $150

Headliner                      60/40 split on ticket sales - after $150

Type of Shows

Opener with headliner

Opener with 2 Co-Bills

Co-Bills (2-3) - no opener

Booking Guidelines

• Please do not call the venue or Linda to book a show

• All bookings done by email

• Include your website/myspace link

• List recent/local performances

• Your honest estimation of ticket draw to Spring City

• Submit request to Open, Co-bill, or Headline per guidelines above

      Contact chaplins@chaplinsthemusiccafe.com for bookings not falling on a Friday or Saturday evening
 

Booking requests can be made by contacting lindaseybert@hotmail.com