Booking at The Sunset

Staff:

Michael Jaworski - Talent Buyer / Booker

Shay Roth - Art Director / Production Assistant

Booking Guidelines:

* Please EMAIL a short solicitation with the name of your act in the subject heading. Be sure to include the date/potential dates you are hoping to play, your CONTACT INFO (name, telephone, email, website) and anything we should know about your band. Please DO NOT send any mp3's or file attachments in the email but DO send links to your myspace page or web page. Due to the overwhelming number of requests we receive for booking, we only respond to emails when we think something might work. Please feel free to follow up with another email a few weeks later, but we can't promise a response to all emails.

* TOURING BANDS: please include the date/potential dates you are looking to play.

* PLEASE TAKE NOTE: The Sunset will take a very very very long time to open, view, listen to and file unsolicited demo packages... We STRONGLY prefer EMAIL with NO ATTACHMENTS when scheduling the entertainment.

* PLEASE ALSO TAKE NOTE: we book 2-3 months in advance. Weekends are booked even further in advance. We appreciate local bands who are willing to play Sunday through Thursday and make the most of it. The Sunset always tries to book local artists that have great shows on weeknights as openers on weekend shows.

Once Your Show Is Booked:

Load in times:

Please check in with the bartender or door person before loading in. As a general rule, please load in by 7:30 for weekday shows and 7:00pm for shows on Fridays and Saturdays. Bands playing the late show on Sunday night should load in at 8pm sharp. Please note that we sometimes have early shows which may affect the load in time. Always double check with our booker Michael when the show is confirmed.

Send posters/promo-materials to:

The Sunset
Attn: Shay Roth
5433 Ballard Ave NW
Seattle WA 98107

* Update your myspace page and website. We encourage you to send emails and post bulletins to promote your show. Let the local radio stations and newspapers know (see our links page), and don't forget... TELL ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS!

* Make a poster, bring some to the club, and distribute the poster around Seatte. The sooner they're up, the better the show! Also, email a small size jpeg of the poster to Shay for our myspace page.

* We also request that confirmed bands not play anywhere else in Seattle within 10 days before or after the scheduled date (2 weeks for touring bands). This will only increase the anticipation for your show at The Sunset and make ours that much better... we promise! Please let us know if you are hoping to book another Seattle show in that time frame as we can make exceptions in certain circumstances.

* Please do not send packages to The Sunset that require a signature for delivery (UPS, FED-EX, USPS Certifed etc.).The bar is not open during normal delivery hours...

Room/Sound/Stage/Production Specs:

Capacity: 200

Stage measurements: 14 feet x 16 feet, at an arc.

Backstage: Our world famous Dragon Room with room for equipment and seats for you and your entourage. Locking storage room available by request.

Parking: Street parking only. Please let us know in advance if you have a larger vehicle or a van with a trailer.

Sound system: Full PA with 32 Inputs, 4 moniter mixes (full band EQs on all sends and FOH), ample selection of mics, stands and DI's, 6 compressor, 4 gates, delay and reverb.

Engineers: We have the best, and friendliest sound-people in town! If you choose to bring your own sound-engineer, they will be supervised by one of ours.

DJ set-up: 2 turntables, mixer, dual CD player.

AV set-up: Drop-screen in front of stage, video projector, VHS and DVD player.