Thanks for your interest in performing at Chaplin’s the Music Cafe.
Please review our booking guidelines. Then click here to contact us!
Overview
Chaplin’s the Music Cafe is an acoustically perfect, dinner theater-like venue with BYOB. Our maximum capacity is 142 with 100 as the optimum for quality viewing. Guests buy tickets to see you perform. With every show booked at Chaplin’s, both venue and performer assume the same goal to fill these seats. Chaplin’s operates on a shared risk; we provide a beautiful upscale setting for you to put on a high quality show.
What we’re look for
Great talent
Motivated artists who promote their shows
What we aren’t
Chaplin’s is not the place to look for “exposure”, as we are not a bar and do not have a built in crowd. We get many requests for traveling acts that are not known to this area, and unfortunetly, people rarely buy tickets for artists they don’t know.
Scheduling
Shows are scheduled on Friday and Saturday nights. Show time 8p till about 11.
Type of Acts/Draw Expectations
Opener: Draws 10 tickets minimum
Co-Bills: 2 acts draw 50 fans each, 3 acts draw 30 or more each
Headliner: Draws 70 or more
Pay Structure
Chaplin’s takes $150 off the top to cover some of the expenses to have a show, then we pay a 60/40 split on ticket sales. That is 60% to you. Minimum ticket price is 12 dollars.
Pay Scale
Opener: 50 dollars
Co-Bills: 60/40 split on ticket sales – after $150
Headliner: 60/40 split on ticket sales – after $150
Type of Shows
Opener with headliner
Opener with 2 Co-Bills
Co-Bills (2-3) – no opener
Booking Guidelines
·Please do not call the venue or Linda to book a show.
·All bookings done by email
Include your website/myspace link
List recent/local performances
Your honest estimation of ticket draw to Spring City
Submit request to Open, Co-bill, or Headline per guidelines above
Booking requests can be made by clicking here and filling out the contact sheet.
