DO YOU WANT TO PLAY AT POP & HISS?
Please read on,
to see if YOUR ACT would be a good fit.
Pop & Hiss is a half Record Store / half Bar, with a large patio. We are an all-ages space, and we strive to appeal to as demographically diverse a crowd as we can. Typically we book acts that hover around the genres of country/Americana, jazz, indie rock/folk, singer-songwriter, Latin, reggae, and power pop. We have made exceptions for punk and harder rock, but those acts are booked more sparsely and reviewed with a little more scrutiny, as we are in sleepy Pacific Grove and the city has some specific rules we have to follow:
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We HAVE TO CLOSE at Midnight
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No booze on the patio after 10pm
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Music shall be no louder than 80dbs at the sidewalk
and no louder than 65dbs after 10pm
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There is a DB reader on the wall
everyone MUST STAY WITHIN THE DB CAP
or we will pull the plug on your seT
These conditions are strictly enforced, and there is a police station a block away, just itchin' to bust us if these rules are broken.
Further things to consider:
- Our little stage measures 7.5" high, and is 9 x 12'
- We have two (2) mains and two (2) monitors
- We do not allow outside PAs
- Outside sound engineers are at the artist's expense
and must work with our house tech
- Music is preferred from 6pm to 10pm; 11pm is max latest
- We strongly prefer ONE act per night,
but TWO acts are the MAX per bill
- Load-in/Sound check is typically two hrs before your set
- We ask that you do not play another venue
on the Monterey Peninsula two weeks before OR after
your date at Pop & Hiss; this is to encourage a healthy
turnout and a financially robust event for us and you!
- Two Drink Tickets will be issued to each band member
- La Pizza Piccolo will provide a discount on band food
- We have VERY limited space for dead case storage
- We have no lodging, but can sometimes hook up a discount room rate through the Chamber of Commerce
- All flyers must use a variation of our logo on it, and all social media posts/reels must use our branding elements / style guide to maintain consistency; these assets will be emailed to you as soon as your date is confirmed
