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:

We HAVE TO CLOSE at Midnight
No booze on the patio after 10pm
Music shall be no louder than 70dbs at the sidewalk and no louder than 65dbs after 10pm
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 typically from 7pm and 10pm with breaks, 11pm being the cutoff

- 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

- 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 them, and all social media posts/reels must use our branding elements / style guide to maintain consistency. Social media "collab" posts will not be approved if the post does not contain our branding / style format. Take a look at our Instagram to get an idea: @POPandHISS

These assets can be downloaded HERE

PAIGE & THE OVERTONES

RICKETTS FOLLY

IF ALL OF THIS IS AGREEABLE,
PLEASE EMAIL LINKS TO:

BOOK@POPandHISS.net
We look forward to reviewing your submission!

We listen to all submissions, but only contact acts we feel would be a good fit.
This follow up may take as long as a month---sometimes longer if there's no approproate date available... But if you're a good fit, you are on the roster and will be contacted eventually!
PLEASE NOTE: We do not confirm submissions, or follow up with acts deemed not a good fit.
Please review the guidelines again before submitting!