Building a bar up from scratch and I mean nothing.

**Defiance** · 06-20-2012, 12:03 AM

So this particular place keeps bugging me about building a night up there. I played a saturday there 2 weeks ago, and you would of thought I was curing cancer and making magic at the reception I got from who actually showed up there.

I started at 9, with the dinner crowd, that dwindled down to NO ONE by 10:30 and they were about to let me go (with full payment mind you) by midnight, but a wedding crowd showed up at 11:45 and they sucked, they wanted it turned down and most likely wanted a coffee shop type of place instead of a bar.

Anyways, the town this particular bar is in, is in the middle of no where. I live in no where and this is 20 minutes MORE into no where, but is the only bar in the area.

Right now they have a nice little area for a DJ to be setup but no sound system. I offered to put a sound system in there and handle entertainment for a mere $200, but I'd be providing guys with skills, not laptop DJs playing Itunes.

They are iffy, for the obvious reasons, since they don't exactly get a crowd each weekend, sometimes no wedding crowds show up and they close early.

Has anyone built up a crowd in a small-ass town like this? Any suggestions?

**Minksy** · 06-20-2012, 12:08 AM

Talk to Hausgeist

**Detruence** · 06-20-2012, 07:30 AM

which town is this in?

**Drewbdo** · 06-20-2012, 07:38 AM

Originally Posted by Detruence

which town is this in?

West Moose Nostril, Michigan

Actually, he could be playing in Paradise, or in Hell...

both are towns in Michigan.

**Austin GoGreen** · 06-20-2012, 07:39 AM

$.50 Cent drafts and $2 mixed drinks. Keep the cups small, doesn't matter. From there it's the effort of getting word spread. Good luck. If he's dead 6 nights a week then he has nothing to lose, and neither do you so don't be affraid to demand GREAT speacials to work with.

**Defiance** · 06-20-2012, 10:53 AM

Originally Posted by Austin GoGreen

$.50 Cent drafts and $2 mixed drinks. Keep the cups small, doesn't matter. From there it's the effort of getting word spread. Good luck. If he's dead 6 nights a week then he has nothing to lose, and neither do you so don't be affraid to demand GREAT speacials to work with.

I didn't think of drink specials.

I was more worried about simple marketing lol and just how to get the word out, would you think that the standard flyer/street level marketing would work?

Trust me though, it kills me to play for an empty building when the weekend before it I was playing for 500+ throughout the night.

**Ignotus** · 06-20-2012, 12:30 PM

welcome to my world, building an edm night from scratch in colorado springs...

if you need help pm me, first night was 100 ppl, our capacity is 400.

we have had some private bookings that pack the house for all ages shows once a month or so, but i really would like to see that every weekend haha

**Defiance** · 06-20-2012, 12:37 PM

Originally Posted by Ignotus

welcome to my world, building an edm night from scratch in colorado springs...

if you need help pm me, first night was 100 ppl, our capacity is 400.

we have had some private bookings that pack the house for all ages shows once a month or so, but i really would like to see that every weekend haha

No offense but you have it MUCH easier, Colorado Springs is what? 400,000 population? This 'town' has a population of 800. Colorado Springs is the size I like and the type of town I come from. I've just been offered this particular offer and might take it because they have 3 bars, all similarly sized and they pay is the same as what I was making doing big clubs.