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Contact
Information
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The
Heartland Cafe
773-465-8005
7000 N. Glenwood Ave
Chicago, IL 60626 |
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The
No Exit Cafe
773-743-3355
6970 N. Glenwood Ave
Chicago, IL 60626 |
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The
Heartland Studio Theater
773-465-8005
7016 N. Glenwood Ave.
Chicago, IL 60626
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General
Questions or Comments?
Contact the Owners
Email Michael
Email Katy
Booking
Please read the booking information below, then
Email Booking
Promo,
Press and Media Relations, Etc,
Email Media
Relations
Bar Related Questions - Brands we carry, products we should
Email The
Bar Manager
Webmaster
Email Webmaster
General
Booking Information
These are the general rules, etc. for booking at all of our
venues. Each venue has specific genres of music they book,
so please scroll down this page to see what genres of music
each venue accepts before you submit your request for booking.
Please
give us about 2 to 4 weeks to listen to your demo. We do listen
to every demo we recieve and will get back with you as quickly
as possible. Pleaes be patient, due to an overwhelming amount
of submissions, it takes a little time to get through them
all.
Please Note: Booking is handled by email
only; no calls will be taken for booking
(meaning if you want to be booked here, DON'T CALL - EMAIL
BRETTLY).
So if you are submitting a demo via US Post, please include
an email address you can be contacted at.
All follow up booking inquiries, requests for information,
set times, sound information, etc, should also be done via
email only.
Please email a link to your website, or a link to what you
want us to hear and see.
Generally, we prefer a website, where we can see when and
where you have played, hear your music, and get a general
idea of your band and what you do. If you don't have a website,
a Myspace page or Something similar will do.
We do accept and prefer EPK's (electronic press kits). We
accept them through Sonicbids
only.
To submit your booking request through Sonicbids, please scroll
down this page to the venue you are specifically seeking booking
at and click on the Sonicbids logo. The Sonicbids website
will direct you on what to do from there. DO NOT
email us your EPK.
We do accept submissions from all genres of music, however
each venue has specific genres it accepts. Please see each
venus genre information. (Near the bottom of this page)
If you must use snail mail :
Demos (CD's ONLY) and Press kits can be mailed to:
Attn: Brettly
The Heartland Cafe
7000 N. Glenwood Avenue
Chicago, Il 60626
Please do not mail cassette tapes, dvd's or vinyl - we can't
play them
We generally expect all acts playing at any of our venues
to have some local draw, so touring acts, we may not be an
ideal venue for your first times out to Chicago, however,
we do book out of town acts as we can fit them in.
To all acts playing at, or intersested in playing our venues,
we ask that you do not play any other local shows (25 Mile
radius of our venues) 2 weeks prior to and 1 week after your
shows here. It's not that we don't want you to play out, however,
by playing too many local shows, you hurt your attendance,
not just at this show, but shows you have booked in other
venues as well.
We are usually booked 2 to 4 months in advance.
We do not book cover
bands, so don't ask!
After You have Been Booked
You will receive a confirmation letter via email from the
venue within about 2 - 3 weeks of your show. Please make sure
you and your bandmates read it, and follow the instructions
in the letter, by doing so, it will just make the night go
along a little more smoothly.
Upon load in the soundperson will instruct you on where to
store your gear, etc.
Volume is an issue at our venues, as we do have neighbors
directly behind us. Please listen to the soundperson's instructions.
If you are asked to turn down, please do so, odds are you
are too loud for the room, and, who really wants to hear LOUD
GUITAR PLAYER and XYZ band that you can't hear because your
amp is too loud. It's also nice to actually be able to hear
everything, including vocals.
Posters/Flyers/Promotions
Please drop off posters at our venues or mail them
in. It's a good way to help promote your show to people who
patronize our venues. Additionally, DO NOT
Post any posters, etc. on City Of Chicago Property. There
are several locations in the city to legally leave your posters.
Additionally, we also deliver posters for shows within our
venues to several locations on the north side of Chicago and
In Evanston. If you would like us to drop off yours as well,
please include an extra allotment for us to do so.
For acts playing at, we do send our weekly listings to a number
of local media and press. Please, don't rely on this as your
only form of advertisement. Please drop flyers and play copies
off to us, so we may post them in our venues, and play your
CD in our venues as well, so please, do your part in booking
a show here as well. If you did not promote your show, and
no one comes out to see you, well you know the reason why.
Media/Press you can contact to promote your show
The
Chicago Reader
The
Illinois Entertainer
New
City
The
Onion
Chicago
Innerview
Metromix
The Heartland Cafe, Red Line Tap, or the No Exit Cafe or The
Heartland Studio Theater cannot be held responisible
for any equiptment left behind after performances. If you
get to drunk and can't remember where you left something,
it's not our fault (remember you're the one that got drunk),
however if we do find something after a show here, it's held
in the main office; check with Brettly
(via email only).
Artists performing at any of our venues may tell people coming
to see you that the Heartland Cafe offers Free Parking
in The Trilogy Building's Parking Lot, located at the corner
of Estes and Glenwood. It's 2 blocks north of the Heartland
Cafe.
You can park there between
the hours of 5 PM til close Monday through Friday, and all
day until close Saturday and Sunday.
After you have been booked, and you do not see a link to your
website on our site, please email the link to the WEBMASTER
Heartland
Cafe Booking
The Heartland Cafe provides a full
PA, with Mic's, Stands, Monitors, etc. Since the Heartland
Cafe is a restaurant, patrons present for dining only do not
have to pay a cover; however, if they decide to stay after
dinner because they like your music, we do ask they pay the
cover.
Likes : World, Reggae, Country,
Bluegrass, Funk/Jam, Folk, Jazz, Blues, Americana, Blues.
Click here to submit booking request to the Heartland Cafe
via Sonicbids
Red
Line Tap Booking
The Red Line Tap has a Sound Engineer,
full PA system, with monitors, mics, stands, etc. We ask that
bands do not bring in any PA gear. Currently, we do not allow
outside soundpeople to operate our system. All shows in the
Red Line Tap are 21 and over. There are NO exceptions to this.
Our beloved regulars do not pay a cover, however, while you
are playing, we do go around with the tip jar and ask that
they throw a few in the jar for you.
Likes : Punk, Rock, Power Pop,
Indie, Country, Bluegrass, Alt Country, Metal, Alternative
Rock.
Click here to submit booking request to the Red Line Tap via
Sonicbids
No Exit
Cafe Booking
The No Exit has A full PA, with Mics and Stands, etc, However,
there is no monitor system.
Likes : Theater, Folk, Americana, Jazz
Click here to submit booking request to the No Exit
Cafe via Sonicbids
Private Party Booking
Looking to have your party here at the Heartland Cafe, Red
Line Tap or No Exit?
We'd be more than happy to arrange a party package that fits
your parties needs.
Generally we would need 3 to 6 months time prior to the event
to make your reservation.
Please contact Brettly
for private parties, etc.
Links, ETC:
ASCAP
The American Societyy of Composers, Authors and Publishers
ASCAP is a membership association of more
than 285,000 U.S. composers, songwriters, lyricists, and music
publishers of every kind of music. Through agreements with
affiliated international societies, ASCAP also represents
hundreds of thousands of music creators worldwide. ASCAP is
the only U.S. performing rights organization created and controlled
by composers, songwriters and music publishers, with a Board
of Directors elected by and from the membership.
ASCAP protects the rights of its members by licensing and
distributing royalties for the non-dramatic public performances
of their copyrighted works. ASCAP's licensees encompass all
who want to perform copyrighted music publicly. ASCAP makes
giving and obtaining permission to perform music simple for
both creators and users of music.
Sonicbids
Musicians. Promoters. ONE Way To Connect.
With over 100,000 members from 100 countries, Sonicbids makes
it super-easy for musicians and promoters to connect with
each other online. The Sonicbids Electronic Press Kit (EPK™)
is the new submission standard that's saying: "Goodbye
post office. Hello convenience!" It's cheap, easy, and
environmentally friendly.
Myspace
Both the Heartland Cafe and Red Line Tap have our
very own Myspace pages, however we DO NOT book bands via Myspace.
Please follow the booking instructions for each venue listed
above.
Click here to go to the Heartland Cafe's Myspace Page
Click here to go to the Red Line Tap's Myspace Page
MySpace is an online community
that lets you meet your friends' friends.
MySpace is for everyone:
Friends who want to talk Online
Single people who want to meet other Singles
Matchmakers who want to connect their friends with other friends
Families who want to keep in touch--map your Family Tree
Business people and co-workers interested in networking
Classmates and study partners
Anyone looking for long lost friends!
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