Please do not see this Rider as a list of “requests”, we do not need rose petals in our changing room! The Rider is a professional measure to ensure every client is made aware of what is involved when booking a band, from electricity to ideal performance space and it is ultimately in your best interest to fulfil it. Should anything on this Rider be difficult to achieve, please let us know and we will be happy to offer alternative suggestions. Do talk to us, we can help!

ELECTRICAL REQUIREMENTS: Please ensure that the band will have access to a minimum of 4x separate 13 amp sockets on the same phase, within 10meters of the stage. Please ensure these are actually 3 separate sockets, not just one socket with an added extension lead. (PS: A 13 amp socket is just a standard household socket, like the one you plug your kettle into, so most function rooms can accommodate this no problem! We are just being thorough. However, if the event is taking place in a marquee, then please check and double check this point with your power provider as inadequate power can not only spoil your evening, but also be extremely dangerous. We are very happy to talk to your power provider on your behalf if this helps. )

STAGE AREA REQUIREMENTS: A stage or performance area of ideally about 5 x3 meters. The performance area must be safe, stable and not exposed to the elements.

PARKING REQUIREMENTS: 1 van, 4 cars.

ACCESS / UNLOADING: Please ensure our equipment van can gain close access to the stage for load in and load out of equipment. The van needs to get as close as possible to the performance area as there is plenty of heavy equipment to be carried in. Should the crew need to carry equipment for a long way to the stage area, please note this will considerably delay set up and sound-check time, so please call us to discuss this point if you feel access to the stage is less than straight forward.

BACKSTAGE REQUIREMENTS: A changing room ideally with a table, chairs, a mirror and a clothes rack. The room needs to be big enough for 4 musicians and 1 sound engineer (and their belongings) to be based in when not on stage, eat in, get changed and made up for the performance and leave valuable belongings in whilst performing. Please ensure the room is indoors, is heated and lockable. Please understand that toilets are not acceptable as band green areas.

HOSPITALITY: 5 hot meals and soft drinks for 5 people are kindly required for the band members inc our engineer / roadie. Please organise these in advance as extra meals are hard to organise on the day. The band would prefer to eat after set-up but before the performance. The band, as working staff, will also be allowed access to soft drinks for the duration of their stay at the venue. The cheapest option for you is to arrange for glasses and a few bottles of water and soft drinks to be placed in the band changing room before arrival of the band. This will work out cheaper than a bar tap. Many clients worry about the extra cost involved in feeding and watering the band and often feel this is an unnecessary request. We would like to assure you that this really is not us being greedy: gig days are very long days for musicians, and to go on stage and perform 2x 1-hour long high energy shows and give the audience 100% without something hot in advance is really hard and would ultimately affect our performance. Some people even say we should be able to bring our own meals to jobs, but these would be cold and sometimes would be in a container for an unhealthy number of hours, depending on travel time and sound-check time. We would hope that you could see this cost as part of the performance cost. Thank you in advance for your kind understanding.

LOGISTICS: The band ideally need a minimum of 1 hour in between set up time and the beginning of the performance to allow for their food, getting changed, made up and ready to perform. A minimum of 20 minutes is also needed in between sets. Remember, the later the band goes on, the readier for the show your guests will be!

Setup: 1.5 hours

Standard playing finish time is midnight and we charge per hour after that. We Partner with a dedicated sound engineer for all our gigs.