The Haven Social Club

If you or the act you represent is interested in playing at the Haven Social Club please contact AV at booking@thehavensocialclub.com . The Haven’s door deal, back line, in-house promotion, and other info is explained in detail below. Seating capacity is 150.

If you have just been booked and asked to send confirmation that you have read and understand the Haven’s booking policy and info, scroll down to the large yellow heading marked “booking confirmation instructions and policy”.

The Haven is also happy to work with outside promoters and book private functions. Special event catering is available upon AV request for an extra charge. The Haven also has a video screen for video releases and movie screenings.

Bands/acts: Please send your promotional material (bios, photos, links, etc) to alexis@thehavensocialclub.com , tech requirements to Brian at redbullrising@gmail.com , and booking confirmation to AV at booking@thehavensocialclub.com .

Visual artists
If you are interested in displaying collection or gallery show, contact Phil Alain at noabiz@hotmail.com

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
*door/ticket/merch person (available from 8 pm – 12 am Thu – Sat)

The way the money works:

Explanation:
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 keeps sales from alcohol and food, and the artists takes 90% of the profit from the door/ticket sales. Depending on what you charge for admission and how many people come it’s very realistic you can make between $1350.00 and $5400.00, not including merch sales, if the room is at full capacity (150). However, if less than 80 people come in the Haven takes a larger percentage of the door profits. The reason for this is the Haven has overhead costs, such as rent, the sound tech, other staff, back line, etc, that only is covered if more than 80 people are spending money on food and drink.

So, this is the door policy the Haven has come up with to make this work for everyone:

*The MINIMUM door charge will be $10 per person.
The door deal split for *THURSDAYS works as follows: If the artist(s) bring 25 patrons or less, the venue keeps all door revenue. Between 26 and 45 patrons, the artist(s) will receive 50% of the door revenue, INCLUDING the first 25. Between 46 and 65 patrons, the artist(s) will receive 75% of the door INCLUDING the first 45. 66 up to capacity (approx. 150) patrons and the artist(s) will receive 90% of the door, INCLUDING the first 65
The door split for *FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS : If the artist(s) bring 25 patrons or less, the venue keeps all door revenue. Between 25 and 50 patrons, the artist(s) will receive 50% of the door revenue, INCLUDING the first 25. Between 51 and 80 patrons, the artist(s) will receive 75% of the door INCLUDING the first 50. 81 up to capacity (approx. 150) patrons and the artist(s) will receive 90% of the door, INCLUDING the first 80.
*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).
*The Haven reserves the right to refuse pay to any artist(s) that damage or steal any of the venue’s property.

The Haven’s Promotion and Advertising for Booked Acts:

• List your show in our weekly SEE Magazine ad, SEE Magazine listings, feature your show poster on the Haven’s Homepage the week of your show, list your show on the Haven’s website, and feature you in our upcoming Haven newspaper.
• Post and promote on the Haven’s Facebook. This includes a mailout via Facebook the week leading up to your show.
• Send an email to our (very large) email list about your show.
• Post your event on the Haven’s Myspace.
• Post your event on the Haven’s Facebook page.
• 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, AB T5G 0A7 – 780.496.9990)

The Haven Back Line:

Guitar Amps
Fender Hotrod Deluxe
Fender Twin
Vibrolux

Bass Amp
Fender Pro 400 with tuner

Keyboards
Roland RD 700

Drums
Sonor drums mic’d and ready to go

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

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.

Set times are as follows:

*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:

maximum of 18 beers (combination of Grasshopper, Trad, and XO Lager)
1 fruit or veggie tray

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 may be provided, if this helps you out please discuss in your emails with AV at booking@thehavensocialclub.com .

Booking Confirmation Instructions and Policy

Once you and the Haven have mutually decided on a date, here’s what you need to do to be officially booked at the Haven:

#1. Send an email to booking@thehavensocialclub.com , stating you’ve read the information and policies posted on this site (above) and are in agreement with them (regarding door deal, promotion, set & s/c times, tech & PA, hospitality, and the 3 week radius clause)—all this is explained in the paragraphs above in great detail. This email to us will then serve as a contract b/w you and the Haven—neither party can change anything after it’s sent without the other party’s approval. UNTIL WE RECEIVE THIS EMAIL FROM YOU WITH THE AGREED UPON DATE OF YOUR SHOW THE HAVEN HAS THE RIGHT TO GIVE YOUR DATE AWAY TO SOMEONE ELSE —we need to book up our room, and tentative bookings go to the first act that gets back to us. Once we DO receive this email the paper trail between us serves as a legal contract between you and the Haven that is binding to both parties.

#2. As soon as possible (and AT THE VERY LATEST within 2 weeks of your show) we need the following info from you:

a) What you will be charging at the door . The Haven requires you charge a MINIMUM of $10 per person . A door person is provided by the Haven, who can also sell your merch for you (100% of merch sales go to the artist). Guests comped on the guest list will not count for the door count. Please work out with the artist you are sharing the bill with how many comps you will have.
b) If you are printing tickets , and if so, where they will be available. The Haven can sell tickets for you during business hours, though we recommend also selling them at places that are open during the daytime, ie: Tix on the Square, music retail stores, etc, as well as selling them yourselves, of course. You are not REQUIRED to print tickets.
c) send your tech info to Brian Campbell, redbullrising@gmail.com , regarding all tech requirements. Mention your band name and the date you are playing, and indicate if you are playing 1st or 2nd. Include how many players and what instruments, how many vox, stage plot, if you will be using back line or your own gear, etc. The details about the back line and PA can be found below under “tech”; pls see the Haven’s blog about back line before you contact Brian. NOTE : if you can’t make the load in / sound check time referred to on this blog be sure to let him know in advance and arrange an alternate time—the Haven is committed to providing high quality sound so please maximize your opportunity for a proper sound check. Please note Brian is not always the house tech; other professional capable techs sometimes sub for Brian (Mike Brazeau, Mike Tulley, etc) but Brian will coordinate your details with them.
d) Send the following promotional info and material to alexis@thehavensocialclub.com for promotional purposes on the Haven’s Myspace, Facebook, website, blogs, Haven newspaper and mailing list, SEE Magazine, etc:
## Band/act name, as you wish it to appear, and that you are the opener, double bill, or headliner (in the case of a double bill please indicate in what order the 2 acts are playing)
## Show date
## Genre description
## Link to website/Myspace
## Brief bio
## Poster (in JPEG format)
## We will not chase you down for this info so failing to do this means you don’t maximize the promotion we are offering you, including our weekly ad in SEE Magazine and in the SEE listings
# optional: 2 weeks prior to your show make ONE of your songs on Myspace downloadable, then notify booking@thehavensocialclub.com , and we will post the song on our site leading up to your show. We have a maximum of 6 songs we can post at any given time, so hence the 2 week window only.
e) Promote your show. Posters and tickets can be dropped off at the Haven during business hours (Thu – Sat, 5 pm – 2 am), deets about this please find in the blog under “promotion”. Don’t forget to post the gig on your site(s), Facebook, and Myspace.
f) Don’t forget: we ask that you not play a gig in the Edmonton city radius 3 weeks before or after your gig at the Haven, to insure turnout for your show —both for you and us. Exceptions to this rule are private shows, and TV and radio performances.
g) Set times are up to you, depending on what would be most ideal for your audience (within reason; the earliest start being 7 pm doors, and the latest set ending at 2.a.m.—unless you are booking an after hours gig). Please note: One exception is if you are a louder rock or metal band we can’t start earlier than 9:30 pm due to an agreement about noise restrictions with our neighbors in the building. WHATEVER START TIME YOU DO DECIDE PLEASE COMMUNICATE THIS TO OUR PROMO PERSON SO IT CAN BE POSTED ACCURATELY AND CONSISTENTLY .

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