The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #155927 Message #3672738
Posted By: GUEST,leeneia
28-Oct-14 - 10:10 PM
Thread Name: House concert etiquette
Subject: RE: House concert etiquette
I've been numerous house concerts. There are few differences between a house concert and any other. However:
1. Walk in the door with your admission money ready, and promptly pay your way in. Don't make a friend have to ask you for the money.
2. If I were the host, opening my house to strangers, I would not appreciate people bringing alcohol in. I would want to control the amount of booze available.
3. Don't worry about bringing food. It's your first house concert, after all.
4. People are expected to stay quiet and listen during the music, but you can expect informality, with the performer conversing with you, and performer and audience members engaging in questions and a little banter between numbers.
5. Tell the performer you enjoyed the music, even if you didn't. You will be in closer contact with him than at a concert hall.
6. Take along some money in case you want to buy a CD.
7. Ditto an instrument, in case there's a session.
8. When you leave, thank the host for volunteering to do all that work.
9. I forgot - sign up for notification of future house concerts.