We played one of our most unusual venues over the weekend. An enterprising new owner of a local bar has come up with the idea of using his smoking shelter as a outdoor performance area over the summer.
True, this particular place has a smoking area which nicely overlooks his beer garden with a little play area for kids. But the concept does make me wonder about what other venues might be able to do to "sweat their assets" in the recession. (If you can call a smoking shelter an asset..)
We played on the Bank Holiday Monday afternoon which is an added bonus to the usual Friday or Saturday night outings in any part-time musician's book.
Beer takings were heavily up on a usual bank holiday, they sold plenty of food and we took a booking for someones 40th birthday. The venue has also asked us to back on a regular basis on Sundays throughout the summer which we're talking about.
"But what about the smokers?" you might ask. This place still has some covered space close to the front door and of course the car park and even beer garden when the weather's good. I think I'm going to start looking at beer gardens and smoking shelters elsewhere a little more closely...
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Wouldn't that stink???
Good point. May become a problem as times goes on and the shelters get older/more use. Though they are obviously outside so the fresh air circulates better than when we had to play in smoke filled bars....
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