HARPERS FERRY BOOKING FAQS PLEASE READ THE WHOLE THING BEFORE YOU ATTEMPT TO BOOK YOUR BAND AT HARPERS FERRY! For Booking Contact Andrew Wolan e: booking at harpersferryboston dot com   voice:  617-254-7380 Please do not send press kits / CDs / Cassettes.  Almost all of our local/regional band bookings are done via EMAIL. We are strongly committed to the Development of GREAT MUSIC here at Harpers Ferry and we want to form LONG TERM PROMOTIONAL relationships with all the Bands and Acts we get behind.  Harpers Ferry is a 400 capacity room, it’s the size of an airplane hangar, and can be very depressing to play when it’s empty.  Therefore please think about how many fans you can pull into Harpers Ferry before you ask for a gig here.  There are many smaller clubs in the area.  If you are just getting established, it may be better for you to play some of the smaller rooms and build up a fan base before you try to play Harpers Ferry too early on.    What kind of music do you book? We book what we consider to be the best National, Regional, and local bands of ALL styles.  We look for Exciting, Energetic, Crowd Pleasing bands who have an intense and borderline shameless desire to promote themselves.  Do you book touring bands? YES WE DO and we love them – BUT – if you are a touring band, you will need to have your poop together and give us reasons why you won’t be playing in a big empty room.  Distribution, radio, decent PR, a label, some infrastructure behind you, some history of playing other clubs here, lots of college friends in Boston – these are some great reasons why we’ll want to book your band.   How does my band get a gig at Harpers Ferry? Send us a LINK, a LINK A LINK A LINK – Not a file – again, A LINK, NOT A FILE – A link to where your music is posted online.  If you don’t have a website with music posted on it, that’s probably a good indicator that you aren’t ready for primetime.  Myspace links are not only ok, but fantastic. Give us a month or so to digest it (sometimes it’s faster, sometimes it’s slower) and then send a followup email.  Please don’t add that email address to your elist. I know I can pack Harpers Ferry on a Saturday Night, why do I have to play a Monday or a Tuesday? Hey, we start off all new bands on crappy nights, that’s just how it is.  We hold the hoop up really high and we want you to Bust Your Ass to jump through it.  We’ll help you of course, but we want you to put the same effort in when you finally ARE playing on good nights.  If your fans are committed enough to you, they'll come out and see you!   Once I get a gig, what’s expected of me? PROMOTE THE LIVING HECK OUT OF YOURSELF!  Send us posters, send us jpegs of your band and your logo.  Show up on time for soundcheck.  Leave your ego at the door. Give your fans an amazing show.  Do everything within your power to put as many thirsty heads in here as you can – we’ll be doing the same on our end.