The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #110210   Message #2312380
Posted By: Dave Sutherland
10-Apr-08 - 05:04 PM
Thread Name: GEFF and Proud of it
Subject: RE: Folklore: GEFF and Proud of it
You do surprise me Tom as these are the figures that we get quoted. Certainly the names that you mention would be at the top end of that scale but I doubt that we could expect to book a good, well known revival singer below the £200 mark. We are not a particularly big club in as much as the room holds 60 (fire regulations and all that)and average attendance is around 45, although we are well known on the traditional folk circut. A lot of the singers that we book are of the song carrier variety whose fees are usually a bit lower than those I mentioned.However running monthly with a few workshops and extra nights thrown in we do like to present about four major names and a couple of very big names throughout the year and that is when the £350 becomes the starting point. We have had that figure plus the hire of PA quoted and £500/600 + PA for duo's and solo singers has been requested. But if they can expect that figure from the Arts Centres..............