how long is a show for you?

[axe2 2001]

The standard around here is 4 hours, maybe i'm gettin old but {censored}, by the end of the night my throat is toasted from singin, my shoulder is getting sore and instead of partying all night like usual, I wanna grab some food and go home to crash.

[Terry Allan Hall]

Anywhere from 45 minutes ("institutionals" and some festivals) to 5 hours (private parties and business "Grand Openings"), depending on the venue, but the majority of mine are 2 hours.

 

I know what ya mean about longer gigs, axe2 2001!

[orfalot]

4 hour show and usually 3 hours 15 minutes actual performance. And those nights do get long sometime but I prefer that to short shows. We charge the same for short shows simply because the work involved is set-up and tear-down, the music is pretty much free. Thats why we generally stay away from festivals and have set a two hour minimum performance, hell, we want to play.

[srsfallriver]

Usually 4 - 5 hours. I've done (Portuguese) weddings (usually western Ma/western Ct) in the past that lasted 13 hours. We'd share the stage with a DJ and trade sets.

[noisewave]

we play around 2-2.5 hrs with an opener playing 45 minutes to an hour.

[XamendedX]

45min. for local shows that have to move through bands fast.

 

1:15 for headlining shows

[light_without_heat]

Usually about 15 minutes. But I have to wait around and subject myself to everyone else's music for about an hour at least. That's right-the beauty of open mic night.

[Brian Krashpad]

Both my bands do originals, so in neither case do we do the whole night. One set and then the next band.

 

The roots-rock side band's set is 40-45 minutes, the punk rock band's set is about 35.

 

BK

[KeysBear]

Tribute band shows for us are two hours.

Classic rock shows are four hours which for us is three long sets with two twenty minute breaks.

[worthyjoe]

Standard around here is 3.5 hours. Usually 10 - 1:30 (last call).

[GZsound]

Our normal festival show sets consist of one 45 minute and one 60 minute set for a two hour gig or just a one hour show set if that's all they want.

 

Club sets are 9 - 1 and are usually four 45 minute sets. We run our show sets at clubs with a "normal" set before and after the show sets. But we only play a couple of clubs.

 

Rarely do we play more than four hours. Weddings, corporate gigs, etc. can sometimes stretch to five hours, but I really crank our rate for anything more than four hours so it rarely happens.

[brassic]

God, those are long shows. Are the majority of you cover bands? Most bands that I go to see play for about an hour max, and the support bands are usually about 35-45 minutes each (these are bands playing original material, first one on at about 8pm, with the headline band finished by 11pm).

 

Our set is about 35 minutes long, but we haven't been gigging very long and so far have played at mostly "events" (eg, last night we did a fashion show/performance art event) or parties.

[noisewave]

I'm in an original band....although we play a couple of covers too....

club shows start around 11 with an opener...we go on around 12:30 and play til 2:30-3am.

[HuskerDude]

Opening: About half hour

middle: about 45 minutes

headlining: about 1-1.5 hrs

All originals.

[Sir Don]

Three 45 minute sets generally.

[Blackwatch]

usually 3.5 hour shows, and we play all original. We usually start at 9:30 and go till 1:00 am. The hardest part is do you play the last set straight through or take a break in the last set? Whe've done both.

[B. Adams]

I play originals, and I could play for 4 hours. But it seems like no one wants me to play that long...

 

The shows I do are usually around an hour or so, which doesn't seem like much time. I don't take breaks during a show, so a couple hours is easy. More than that takes a little more planning.

 

Most cover bands that I see, playing in bars, etc, have shows that are 3-4 hours, with a break or two.

[thisboyshouts]

we keep it close to thirty minutes.

 

it's all original material and part of our plan is not to make songs 'flabby' - no long intros or overlong instrumental sections or whatever. for me, self indulgance is really offputting with live acts. we just like to get on their, do our thing, then get off leaving the audience wanting more....

[Retrospex]

9 pm -1 am for almost every show. 3 sets.

[zookie]

Most of the venues I play have 3 hour shows. Sometimes we'll play straight through for 90 minutes or 2 hours and take a short break then play a couple of shorter sets.

[BC Powder]

Rock band, 45 min to an hour

 

Country band, 9 to 1 or 8 to mid.

[rock drummer]

4 hours most of the time 8:30 to 12:30

[justcrash]

4-5 hours. Like you said, at the end of the night my throat is tore up, my lungs, shoulders and back hurt from holding the guitar all night (and i use my light strat for just that reason), my feet and legs kill me.

[Next to Nothing]

 

Originally posted by HuskerDude Opening: About half hour middle: about 45 minutes headlining: about 1-1.5 hrs All originals.

 

 

Same for us.

[ratthedd]

Cover band - we play 5 sets of about 45 minutes each and about 10-15 minute breaks in between.

 

We start playing around 9 and finish up around 1:30. That means I get to the venue about 6:30 - 7:00 to set up the PA and don't get home 'til after 3.

 

Lessee, 8 hours... ...$400 split 7 ways... ...Man, no wonder I've got so much freakin' money!!!!

 

 

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