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for your benefit, here's an example of 5 listings in the Los Angeles area. This would help if you could be this verbose about venues...

Venue name: Coffee Gallery Backstage
Address: 2029 N. Lake
City: Altadena
State: CA
Zip: 91001
Venue Phone: 626-398-7917
Venue Fax: 626-798-6236
Email: bstane@earthlink.net
WWW: www.coffeegallery.com
Contact: Bob Stane
Contact #: 626-794-2902 Monday through Friday after 10 A.M.
Books 1 month in advance. Call first.
Audience: All ages.
Genres: Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Capacity: 60
Sound: Has PA and an in house Sound Engineer.
Comments: Is just Plain Folks friendly. Bob has been in the business for a
long time and is helpful with comments for budding artists. The sound system
is very well suited for the room and has great recording potential. Books
local and national acts 2 to 3 nights a week.

Venue name: Gengis Cohen Restaurant
Address: 740 N Fairfax Ave.
City: Los Angeles
State: CA
Zip: 90046
Venue Phone: 323-653-0640
Venue Fax: 323-653-0701
WWW: www.genghiscohen.com
Contact: JT
Contact #: 310-578-5591 EXT. 1
Booking Advance: 1 to 2 months. Call first.
Audience: All Ages.
Genres: Acoustic, Folk, Singer/Songwriter, Small Acoustic Bands, Jazz
Capacity: 80
Sound: Has PA and an in house Sound Engineer.
Comments: Is just Plain Folks friendly. JT has been in the business booking
venues for a long time in Los Angeles. Must have an ability to draw an
audience, or have a good fan base in the LA area. Books local and national
acts for every night of the week. Pay is based on a cut of the door fee.

Venue name: Hallenbeck's General Store
Address: 5510 Cahuenga Blvd
City: North Hollywood
State: CA
Zip: 91601
Venue Phone: 818-985-5916
Venue Fax: 818-985-0113
Email:
WWW:
Contact: Andrew
Contact #: 818-537-1603 (pager) Prefers to be paged after 3p.m. (PST) He
will return the call faster if you just put in your phone number instead of
leaving a voice mail.
Books 6 weeks to 2 months in advance. Page first.
Genres: All styles
Capacity: 70
Sound: Has PA and an in house Sound Engineer.
Comments: Is just Plain Folks friendly. Hosts the LA chapters acoustic
showcase every month. Sound is very good here. Stage is fairly small, any
bigger than a trio and it's crowded. Pay is based on $5 cover where the
first 10 people go to the house then the artist gets $3 for every person
after the first 10.

Venue name: Paladinos
Address: 6101 Reseda Blvd.
City: Tarzana
State: CA
Zip: 91335
Venue Phone: 818-342-1563
Venue Fax: 818-342-0424
Email: mojossteve@aol.com
WWW: www.paladinosclub.com
Contact: Steve Sano (venue manager may send you elsewhere)
Contact #: 818-342-1563 Tuesday through Friday after 10 A.M.
Books 2 months in advance. Call first.
Genres: Pop
Capacity: 300
Sound: Has PA and an in house Sound Engineer.
Comments: Is just Plain Folks friendly. Has hosted the Los Angeles chapter's
band showcase. Has very good sound quality with a good stage. Book's mostly
local acts with some nationals 4 nights a week.

Venue name: Rusty's Surf Ranch
Address: 256 Santa Monica Pier
City: Santa Monica
State: CA
Zip: 91001
Venue Phone: 310-393-7437
Venue Fax: 310-260-0147
Email:
WWW: www.rustyssurfranch.com
Contact: Cindy Pfeiffer
Contact #: 310-399-8886 Monday through Friday after 10 A.M.
Books 1 to 2 months in advance. Call First
Genres: Pop, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Blues, Country
Capacity: 150-200 (Has an outdoor patio as well).
Sound: Has PA and an in house Sound Engineer.
Comments: Is just Plain Folks friendly. Play amongst the tourists in a laid
back atmosphere right on the Pier of Santa Monica. Stage is long and narrow
but can fit a 5 piece band without much trouble. Books mostly local and some
national acts. Pay is based on artist draw.

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[This message has been edited by Whitesides (edited 08-09-2002).]

Good examples, Jody!

How about putting up a template that people can cut n paste and then fill in the info. Might make it easier. They can even bring a copy of the template to the venue and write the info down there.

JeanB

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Bumping this up.