The Haven Social Club

If you or the act you represent is interested in performing at the Haven Social Club please contact Steve Derpack at booking@thehavensocialclub.com. We typically book 3 – 4 months in advance. The Haven’s door deal, back line, sound system, in-house promotion, and other info is explained in detail below. Seating capacity is 150, cabaret raked seating, table and bar service. The venue does not serve food and is fully licensed.

The Haven is also happy to work with outside promoters and to book private functions. Special event catering is available upon request. The Haven also has a video screen for video releases and movie screenings. Please contact Steve Derpack at booking@thehavensocialclub.com for all booking matters. Please contact Brandy at info@thehavensocialclub.com regarding all promotional materials and inquiries.

Visual artists:
If you are interested in displaying your collection or having a gallery show, contact Brandy at info@thehavensocialclub.com. Exhibits are typically for one month and the Haven takes no commission for sales; all sales are directly through the artist. Art hanging and framing are the responsibility of the artist.

If you have just been confirmed with Steve Derpack that your gig at the Haven is confirmed from our end please follow these 3 important steps:

• Please send booking confirmation to booking@thehavensocialclub.com stating you have read and understand the Haven’s booking policy, as explained below. Until you do this we do not consider the gig confirmed and may give the date to someone else, as our calendar fills up rapidly. Once you have sent this confirmation your email serves as a contract between you and the Haven binding both you and the Haven to the policy outlined here.
• Send the following show details to Brandy at info@thehavensocialclub.com ( PLEASE send this all in one email if possible):
  1) show start time (up to you as long as it’s 8 pm or later)
  2) headliner vs double bill, order of acts on the bill
  3) if advance tix are available and where
  4) genre description
  5) gig poster in jpeg format, resolution 300 DPI or greater
  6) a link to your website or Myspace
• Send your tech requirements to Brian at redbullrising@gmail.com and arrange a sound check time with him, as per the details below. The Haven has a high end back line you are more than welcome to use (details below).

Booking Information

The Haven provides the following for the booked acts:

*online and print promotion/advertisement of your show (see below for details)
*professional sound technician (contract Brian Campbell at redbullrising@gmail.com to coordinate sound tech requirements)
*professional back line (see below for details)
*quality sound system and lighting (see below for details)
*greenroom and rider (see below for details)
*full bar and bartending/wait staff

The way the money works:

By playing at the Haven you are basically renting out a high quality music and special events room for FREE, including a sound tech, back line and the other things the Haven provides, as mentioned above. The Haven takes 100% of bar sales and the first $250.00 from ticket sales. The booked act keeps all the rest of the income from ticket sales, and 100% of their merchandise sales. Depending on what is charged for admission and how many people come it’s very realistic a booked act can make between $1300.00 and $5400.00, which is a frequent occurrence at the Haven. The reason for the Haven taking some profit from ticket sales is the bar sales do not compensate entirely for overhead costs, such as rent, the sound tech, other staff, back line, etc. Though alcohol is served, the Haven is not a bar/pub atmosphere; it is an A list room where music is given top priority, and its owner and staff take great care to insure all musicians who perform there have a great experience.

3 Week Radius Clause:

We ask that if you are playing at the Haven you do not book another show 3 weeks before of afterward within a 100 km radius of Edmonton. This is to insure your draw is not conflicting with any other venues in town. If you are a local band that just likes to play for fun every weekend in town the Haven is probably a place you would want to reserve for your CD release only, or some special occasion. We are open to making some exceptions to this rule, but we would ask that this be addressed PRIOR TO confirming your booking with us.

Cancellation Policy:

If you need to cancel your gig booked at the Haven we require 3 or more weeks’ notice, as communicated via email to booking@thehavensocialclub.com. Failure to give this notice will mean we still must charge you the $200.00 deposit for the room, as booking and promoting a replacement act at the last minute means extra work and labor for us, as well as a potential slow night.

Acts on the Bill:

There will normally be 2 artists per performance. How the door is allocated between the artist(s) can be one of two ways 1) an opening act and headliner, in which case the opener takes receive 30% of this profit, and the headliner takes 70%, or 2) a double bill, i which case the 2 acts take a 50/50 split of the door. The headliner will set the ticket price (minimum $10), or if you are sharing the bill we ask that you and the other act sort out what you’d like to charge (minimum $10). In either case please notify the Haven by emailing info@thehavensocialclub.com as to what the details of this financial arrangement is prior to your performance.

The Haven’s Promotion and Advertising for Booked Acts:

• Show submitted to all local print media listings one – two weeks prior to show date
• Feature show poster on the Haven’s Homepage the week of the show, list show and show details on the Haven’s calendar, and lists the artist’s bio and photos on the Haven’s website, which will remain in the Haven’s archives online in perpetuity even after the show has passed (unless otherwise requested)
• List show on the Haven’s Myspace and Facebook sites
• Send an email to our (very large) email list of Haven members regardingthe show (in our bi-weekly newletter)
• Optional: post one song you agree to make downloadable to us on the Haven’s Myspace, 1–2 weeks leading up to your show. Please notify us at booking@thehavensocialclub.com if you wish to do this, and when the song will be downloadable, so we can upload it to our site. Once your show is over we will be deleting the song to make room for the next upcoming acts.
• Poster in house and in the Haven neighborhood. Please bring your posters to the Haven during club hours and we would be happy to post them for you. We suggest 30 – 40 copies maximum. We will not print them, however.
• Sell tickets for your event during our club hours. Please bring your tickets to the Haven during club hours IN AN ENVELOPE with your contact info on it and we will sell them for you at the door. The Haven does not print tickets, but we recommend First Ticket Printing. (First Ticket Printing – 9562 111 Avenue NW, Edmonton, 780.496.9990). Tix On The Square (www.tixonthesquare.ca) also can sell tickets online, by phone, and in person during business hours, and gives Haven acts a discount for using their services.

Sound Check and Set Times:

We ask that the bands load in for 6 pm. We have a back door behind the venue that is near to the stage, or you can load in via the front. If the door is locked call the venue at 780 756 6010. We have a short window of opportunity for sound check which we have negotiated with our neighbors from 7–7:30 pm. We have to be very strict with this in order to maintain good relations. Because of the short window for sound check, we ask that bands use the house drum kit to save time. Feel free to bring your own hardware and snare, however. If this sound check time doesn’t work for you please coordinate with Brian Campbell at redbullrising@gmail.com, at much in advance as possible.

Show/Set Times:

Show/set times are up to you, as long as you don’t start playing before 8 pm. Please arrange your show/set times with the other acts on the bill, and notify info@thehavensocialclub.com as to your decision. If your show/set time in particularly unusual please also notify Brian at redbullrising@gmail.com. Folk and roots shows typically start at 8 pm, rock/blues/indie/jazz start later. Some suggested set times for the latter are:

*On a three set nights for Thursdays
930–1015 / 1045–1130 / 12–1245
*On Three set nights for Friday and Saturday
10–1045 / 1115–12 / 1230–115
*On two set nights for Thursday
930–1030 / 11–12
*On two set nights for Friday and Saturday
10–11 or 1115 1145–1 or 115

The Haven’s Hospitality

The rider provided for booked acts at the Haven is:

2 domestic beers or house wine per band member
1 fruit or veggie tray
chilled tap water and glasses

This will be provided in the greenroom, and is to be shared among the 2 – 3 acts on the bill. This rider is for the booked acts and booked acts only; you may not give the rider away to your fans or friends.

Accommodations for out of town acts are currently not provided, but we are working on a deal with a local hotel so check back soon

The Haven Back Line:

Guitar Amps
Fender Super Reverb
Fender Twin
Fender Vibroluxe

Bass Amp
Fender Pro 400

Keyboard & Amp
Nord Stage Keyboard
Rolland KC550 Amp

Drums
Sonor Delight 20”, 1—”, 12”, 13”, 14”, 16”
Gretch Jazz 18” Kit, 12”, 14”
mic’d and ready to go

Music Stand Avaliable

The Haven PA

Front Of House
1x Allen & Heath – GL2400–24-4 mixing console
more info

1x Rapco-24×4Ch 100Ft Snake (Will eventually be replaced by a Rapco split
in the event we require a monitor console to be brought in)

2x KV2-EX12T Speakers
more info

2x KV2-KX1.5 Subwoofers
more info

Monitors
4x Yamaha-MSR400
more info

EQ
There will be 31Band EQ on every output channel, but we still have to sort out the budget for this which will determine the brand/model (Hopefully Rane-ME60S / more info ).

Effects
There will also be some sort of effects processor, likely a TC Electronic M0neXL or two
more info

There will also be gates and compression, likely the DBX1074 for gates (more info),
and 1046 for compression (more info)

Microphones
As for mics there will be Shure 58s for vocals, E604s for the drums and a Shure-Beta52 for the kick, rode NT5s for Hi-Hats/overheads, Shure-Beta57A for Guitars and misc instruments, Radial-JDImk3 or Shure Beta52 for Bass Guitar

Thanks in advance for playing at the Haven, we look forward to seeing and hearing you.