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What's the going rate for Xmas and NYE ?


bethnalgreen
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I know this is a bit of a "how long's a piece of string" question but using the following parameters:

- Five-piece covers band been building a good reputation in the local pubs for the past year
- Normally charge £250 for a Fri or Sat night pub gig
- Hertfordshire based

We've been asked to do a pub gig the week before Xmas (17/12) and a separate pub gig on New Year's Eve. We've gigged both pubs before so they like us.

The 17/12 might warrant a slight uplift?

For NYE, I don't yet know if the pub will charge an entry fee, but what would others feel is a reasonable performance fee?

Thanks.

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Well I think, for what its worth, If its a usual £250 fee and its a pub where people come and see you/go down well, double to your fee for new year, is not unreasonable and not too greedy.
be careful not to "bite the hand that feeds" if its a regular pub gig and especially they support you throughout the year!
The likes of Crez(ect on the forum), is in a "Proper" pro function band will go out for lots & lots more that night ie xmas/NY eve
(I'm only guessing that youre describing a similar situation to me where you play most weekends to regular crowds and band/landlord have "symbiotic" type deal.)
in short double, usual fee and possibly a wee bit more (£100) for NY is fair and if its a busy place, Thats fair.
the key is to negotiate dont pitch too low though, It could be your night off too! otherwise!
hope this helps in some way

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It really depends what you'll work for...

We decided we would want £200-250 per man for a 5 piece and a 2 hr set
but since that is unlikely, we aren't going to bother.

If you will work for £100 per man, then that seems a reasonable fee to ask for.
I'd put NY's above xmas eve money-wise...and if the pub is ticketed, I'd ask for £750 for NYE...

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Like you've already stated - it does depend on who you are, where you are and the type of venue / gig.

We're out on NYE - 3rd year running at the same venue. It's pretty local (which is good because my wife will be 8 1/2 months pregnant so I can be on call to shoot over to the hospital if needs be) there's a full house PA with eng supplied - it's a 'proper' venue so it's got proper gear. We also get looked after with meals etc.
We're doing it for £1800.00 - it's nothing like double our normal fee but given the locality of it, the fact that the PA and Eng are provided etc we're happy with that.

Re christmas gigs - we've got a load of party nights at a local(ish) nice spa hotel. Again, we've done this for the last 3 or so years and we do quite a lot of work there.
We're doing them for roughly £900 per gig as they're all 1 hr sets, they're on consecutive days (its like Thurs, fri, sat and sun) so we can leave the gear set up - 1 load in and set up, 1 pack down and load out.

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The singer in my band is doing a solo gig on NYE and he's getting £900!! Xmas eve, my bands playing a local pub, it gets very, very busy every year, we've asked for £100 per member. Thats a 5 piece band.. We was offered a gig on Xmas eve at another place and was asked to play for £200, no thanks! We charge between £200 and £300 on a normal night, depending on how busy the place gets when they have live bands on. The band could of played a pub on NYE for £1200 but its pointless when our singer is else where and earning £900 for himself.

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  • 2 weeks later...

Bit late I know but we just got booked for NYE at a very busy pub / club in a market town for £500 for a 4 piece covers band. We had to turn down umpteen offers of £200 which we saw as a p### take as we usually go for £300 and have been getting really good reviews. We've seen other bands around us getting their prices squeezed lower and lower recently as the financial climate gets worse.

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My main band normally got out for £250-350, depending on venue. We're playing two of our regular venues on Christmas eve eve eve (i.e 22nd) for £550 and NYE for £700 (plus all the booze we can drink, plus rooms). We're a guaranteed draw at both places so it wasn't hard to bump the fee up.

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