Nowhere for underage gigs?

Kois

So, my band are having serious trouble trying to get an all ages gig .
Laws and so on have been preventing it from happening and we've tried numerous venues, but no luck.
Anyone know anywhere at all?

Cheers.

colm101

The vault in carlow has underage gigs.

http://www.carlowys.ie/services/TheBankProject.shtml

colm101

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3nznbB0b6g

goblin59

try demented promotions, they do Saturday gigs that are all ages in the pint at 1pm till 5:30

Kois

Will do,
forgot to mention; needs to be Dublin based!

goblin59

the pints located bside the siptu building beside the liffey. about as central dublin as you get,lol.

Kois

Oh I know, I've played there before
Just we rang them and they said they wouldn't do it :S

goblin59

who did you ring? the venue or demented promotions?

Kois

The venue.
Told me to ring back in a couple of months.
Said he wasn't interested in doing them, but I guess this changes things?

maccored

a lot of venues are put off by underage gigs since they dont make as much cash and theres always the chance a few already tanked up teenagers will get them done for underage drinking. Usually more hassle than its worth. the vault in carlow works well as its a youth club

goblin59

Kois wrote: »

The venue.
Told me to ring back in a couple of months.
Said he wasn't interested in doing them, but I guess this changes things?

i did say ring demented promotions as theyre the only guys doing them and i know for a fact they still do under age gigs as they did one last sat.

off.the.walls

The good bits in dublin does underage gigs i think its around €500 to rent out with a engineer and all though so your going to have to charge a little extra if you want to make your money back.

iMADEtheBBC

Wow 500euro.

OP if I were in your situation I would ignore pubs. Find somewhere locally where your friends will be able to go. It can be a youth club, school hall, anywhere. See how much it would cost to hire a small PA system (definitely less than 500euro). Failing that have you considered an acoustic gig? That would be do-able in someone's house.

Find if there's a local youth club that would let you put on a gig. You'll get an audience but you'll have to work out how to get a PA organized. You won't need a large PA - just something to give your vocalist a chance to be heard above the guitar amps.

Good luck and don't be put off.

eire1

The Project Arts centre in Temple Bar are always doing all ages shows.

Kois

Guys!
This thread is from way back last year
We're all good now, done a few underage gigs in the Good Bits.
Even had a bit of a residency going on in it where played every 3 weeks or so and got a good deal - way less than €500 anyway.
Thanks for all the response though
If a mod wants to lock this, do!

Malice

Closed as mentioned.