Strange Place Club

Today i have started to research a new area in the Music, club scene and dance section.

i've been researching all about the 'Strange Place Club.' 

They put on gigs at venue's around Cambridge and other places in england such as hertfordshire. 

They book venue's such as the Portland Arms(pub in cambridge) The haymakers(another pub in cambridge) and the Junction in Cambridge. If they were to book the haymakers or the Portland Arms the headline act would usually be either an acoustic artist or a smaller up and coming band, but when they book the junction it's usually a more established band to headline.

They usually book an up and coming band to headline who would have a big following then get a couple of local bands to support who could get bring a large amount of people to come so the headliners can get more fans from the fans of the support band.

The local support bands are usually given out a number of tickets that they're expected to sell, for either the Portland Arms or Haymakers it would be around 50. Or if it's a bigger headline act and they book the junction they would be expected to sell 75.

I sent an email to their Facebook fan page and got a reply almost straight away which was efficient.

I asked them the following questions.

1. How did you start putting on bands at these kind of venues.

2. What are your favourite bands and artist that you have put on during the past.

3.What other area's do you put shows on.

 

He told me, him(Mark Kemp) and a freind started a promotion company for local bands only around the hertfordshire area, and overtime they started to book bigger and bigger acts and they got more people in the music industry to work for them. 

Mark Kemps personal favourite artists he has put on are, Foals, Dizzee Rascal and The Maccabees. 

He said they now cover the area's of Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Cambridge, Kent, Essex, Surrey, Oxford and Sussex.

I found all there myspace pages, they have a different page for each city, www.spclive.co.uk is thier website.

I have chosen not to write an article or review on this as i personally don't think it is local enough to cover. I originally thought it would be a good article but since researching it and finding out it covers so many other area's in England i have decided against it.