Seems to me you have the best hours for a Monday night, Most people have to go to work on Tuesday, they are not going to drink as much on a Monday, and they are going to go home about 10:00 or 11:00 at the latest, the band doesnt have the hours, you have the best hours, now if they were doing this on a friday and Saturday night, you would see the place is kinda dead up until 10:00 and then the people would start showing up.
Nothing about your show, just a fact they people get home and take a bit of a rest before they go out, I don't get to where I sing until about 10:00 on Friday or Saturdays just because I am too busy some times to get out that early, however I buy dinner at 10:00 and drink a few drinks before I leave.
Alan Bingham
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Originally posted by CochrellGary
Here's my situation. We recently got a gig at a country/western lounge that has a live country dance band every night from 10pm to 2am. To try and increase business the lounge is having karaoke from 6pm to 10pm on Monday evening. We are finding that we attract a decent karaoke crowd but 99% of them leave when the karaoke is finished. They are not staying for the live band and the dancing. The manager of the lounge is expressing some concern. My questions to the forum are:
1. Is the manager expecting too much from a karaoke show? Is it realistic to expect a karaoke show to draw in and keep a late Monday night dance crowd?
2. Are any KJ's in the same situation and if so do you have any success?
I want to help out the lounge, that's why I'm there. But I have a feeling that I may be trying to mix oil and water and I should tell the manager to stick with country/western dance and forget karaoke. HELP!
Gary
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