Okay. Here’s the deal. We’re always looking for new bands. Local, touring, international. We only book original music and typically folk and rock bands, but have dabbled in pretty much every genre you can imagine. We don’t really like it when you drop CDs or press kits at the bar. Honestly, we usually lose them and spill drinks all over them. We’d much rather you email us a link to where we can find you and your music online. We’re crazy high-tech like that. You can use the email below:
ottawatavernadam[at]gmail[dot]com
We learned early on that when we try to explain why a band isn’t a good fit with our bar, no one really gets it, so if you don’t hear from us within a week or two, it probably isn’t gonna happen. If we like what we hear, we’ll get back to you and set up a show and give you more details. Feel free to throw out some dates that work for you and we’ll try to make it work.
We typically put on 2-band shows and they usually start later than at most venues. We start shows when a crowd shows up. Sometimes that can be midnight or later. We always have live music Thursdays through Saturdays, but will put on off-day shows if you’re a touring band passing through town Sunday through Wednesday. We also pride ourselves on the fact that 99.9% of our shows are free, but we are still able to offer bands guarantees. But we’ll talk about that later.
For more info, feel free to email the address above. Also, to get an idea of what we’re looking for, here’s the obligatory list of bands that we’ve booked in the past. There’s a lot, but we’re proud:
The Hard Lessons, Henry & June, Shivering Timbers, We Are Hex, Pomegranates, The Red River, The Lighthouse and the Whaler, Poison Control Center, Vandaveer, Dinosaur Feathers, Motel Motel, HotChaCha, Rev. James Leg, The Devil Whale, The Black Atlantic, Flotation Walls, We Were Lovers, Univox, The Fuckng Hotlights, Patrons of Sweet, Dynasty Electric, Slothpop, Pollens, We Love You, Lemuria, The Sidekicks, Blind Eyes, The Powder Kegs, Ninja Gun, Old Hundred, The Sacred Broncos, Sleeping in the Aviary, Coltrane Motion, Karate Coyote, Icarus Himself, Pawn Shop Roses, My Other Friend, The Main Street Gospel, Bethesda, Vug Arakas and the Stallions, True Widow, Parlor Scouts, The Very Knees, Fuck Knights, Night Beast, Charlie Slick, Carjack, ALBUM, HotChaCha, Child Bite, Prussia, Monolithic Cloud Parade, Leeroy Stagger and the Wildflowers, Ornery Little Darlings, Bethesda, Timothy Monger State Park, Chris Bathgate, So So Radio, Mindfish, Jack Klatt, House of Bread, The Antivillains, Boogaloosa Prayer, Matt Truman Ego Trip, Zimmerman Twins, 1959 Hat Company, Homeville Circle, The Saw Had Eyes That Sea, Big Kitty, Charlie Slick, Carjack, Marco Polio and the new Vaccines, Frank & Jesse, Great Lakes Crew, GoLab, Wicked Lung and the Wookalar, Lord Grunge, Height with Friends, The Climates, Sinker, Fangs Out, Lollipop Factory, Blnd Bobby Smith, GOLD, Miracle Vitamins.
