My band was recently booked to play a golf club annual ball. On arrival we were shown to our alloted area, a four-foot square of carpet in the corner of the bar.
After explaining that we were a five-piece band with a lot of percussion and that we would be lucky to set up the drums in the space provided we were grudgingly offered a wall in the bar to set up against.
After spending 3/4 hour setting up and constantly fielding complaints from the "regulars" who were put out at having their bar disturbed and even more put out when we were sound-checking, I was about ready to pack up and leave.
We were pacified by the club captain who assured us that the guests were really looking forward to "shaking a leg" after the dinner and speeches and won over when he opened a "tab" for us at the bar.
What the captain failed to tell us was that we wouldn't get to strike the first chord until 11.30pm, some 5 hours after our arrival, and didn't finish until 2a.m.
Most of the band were pissed by the time we got on, courtesy of the captains' tab, but the guests did get up and dance, so it could have been worse.
Golf clubs are not the sort of venue we'd normally play but, once in a while someone offers a few quid over the going rate, promising a great night, and it's easier to say yes than no.
I'm saying "No" now!

C-flat.