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Speakers and crowd at COMBO's "How to Hold a House Concert" - photo by David Barber - Rock on Colorado .com

Speakers and crowd at COMBO’s “How to Hold a House Concert” – photo by David Barber – Rock on Colorado .com

Thank you to our speakers at COMBO’s meeting on “How to Hold / Book House Concerts”. Lori & Roger Drienka, Carol Morris of Behind the Ogden House Concerts, and Shon (booking agent for Plume Varia) and moderator Alex Teitz, all gave us lots of insights into how to hold a successful house concert.

We also want to thank our helpers after the meeting for moving the tables and bar stools back into their places — Paul Fiorino, Angela Whaley, Jonathan Bray (of The Hollow), Annette Cannon, Drew Schempf, Mark King, and David Barber.

And, of course, a GREAT BIG THANK YOU to Bowman’s Vinyl and Lounge for the terrific venue. Their little side room looks just like someone’s livingroom so that gave the group an awesome idea of how a house concert would work in their (or a friend’s) place.

We also talked “outside the box” (in this case, the house) and came up with some other places to hold House Concerts. First, let’s define “House Concerts”. These are usually short shows put on by solo singer/songwriters although, if space allows, a duo or a trio is acceptable. No one is amped except maybe the vocalist but only through very small PA systems. COMBO brought a sample PA to show the crowd. You do not want to do anything at these concerts to attract the police – so that means inviting your neighbors, keeping the noise down, and not selling alcohol, or serving alcoholic drinks to attendees under the age of 21.

We’ll have more on this in the coming weeks.

http://www.bowmansvinylandlounge.com
http://www.behindtheogden.com
Contact Shon at SoFarDenver@gmail.com

Bowman’s is located at 1312 South Broadway (and Louisiana). Open at 2:00 p.m. until 2:00 a.m. Check out the vinyl records for sale and enjoy their television events and the patio.

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