A CD Release is an EVENT that The Bull Run Restaurant will coordinate for you, the performer, providing a well-publicized celebration that will help you kick off your recording release. What it is NOT is a regular concert. Contract structure is different. And the responsibilities of the performer are different. Because this is not a concert, and The Bull Run Restaurant is taking a chance on the success of the concert to attract an audience, we are not offering a minimum monetary guarantee to the performer or band. However, we want it to be fair for both parties, so we are offering 65 percent of the door monies taken in for the concert if you use our sound engineers and PA. If you would rather bring in your own sound system and engineers, we will give you 80 percent of the door. Door price should be arranged in advance with our booking agent. We expect the performer to participate highly in getting an audience there. thus having a direct role in their own financial success that evening.

CD Release Parties are structured and often hosted by the performer. There are many possibilities for how to make this a special night. Please discuss all arrangements with our booking agent before the show.

To request a booking, the performer must first contact our booking agent and provide whatever either electronic press kit (epk) or physical CD and bio info. The agent will discuss all aspects of the show with you and help you make decisions about when and how the show will be structured. Are you going to do two sets with an intermission, or one long set? Please let our booking agent know so he and the crew are well prepared. Also, please provide stage plot and sound requirements if you are using our sound.

Once we decide on a game plan you must provide photos, the CD (if it's ready) and any posters or other PR material. We will send you our media list that you can work with to announce your show to the press.

If you'd like to, we can arrange a "pre-concert party" to have friends and family, other musicians and the press celebrate this special event with you? Menus and costs must be arranged in advance. We can provide appetizers, entrees, desserts, cakes, decorations, etc. For information on menu options, check out our web site.

We encourage you to send out your own announcement of the concert to friends and family and any other opportunities that you know of. We also hope that you will list the event on your web site if you have one, and set up a link to the Bull Run's website. If you do have a web site, please sent the URL to the booking agent so we can include it on our site listing of the event. We also expect that if the you have email and snail mail lists that you will send an announcement out to them concerning this event.

We will provide a table, but you should arrange for someone to sell your merchandise for you. If you need us to man the table there will be an addional fee.

You must also agree to not have another CD Release Party within the area prior to this event. This, of course, maximizes your audience for the evening.

You may offer up to 8 complimentary passes to friends and family, by giving a list of names of the recipients to The Bull Run Restaurant prior to the concert.

Based on pre-sales, The Bull Run Restaurant will determine the function room to be scheduled for the concert. The Bull Run Restaurant reserves the right to make the final decision. We know that the room location will affect the sound crew's equipment needs, so we will determine the room in advance. But the performer's sound crew must be in touch with The Bull Run Restaurant about the final decision as late as the day of the show. The biggest factor in determining which room will hold the concert is pre-sales. Again, the room decision is entirely up to The Bull Run Restaurant, and all decisions are final.

Special lighting options must be discussed with the booking agent prior to the show.

You are free to record the concert if you want to but you must provide your own engineer and recording equipment. Our engineers can also record you for an addional fee. This should be pre-arranged before the show.

We will handle the ticket reservations, and sell additional tickets at our outlets, as listed on our web site. Other arrangements (like selling your own tickets) can be arranged with our agent. If you do sell your own tickets, you must update us daily on the ticket count to assure that we don't oversell the show.

We will provide guests with for-sale menu options before the concert, and at intermission. The performer is not to bring their own food or drink unless prearranged with The Bull Run Restaurant.

If the concert is viewed as a success, we may offer at a later date an opening or main act concert date to the performer. This is not a guarantee.

Most of all, this should be an exciting and fun-filled night for all involved and we will make every effort to ensure your success. Please don't be afraid to communicate to us what your needs and expectations are.

Let's work together to make it happen.

Let's have a party!

NOTE: The Bull Run Restaurant reserves the complete right
to book or not book any given performer or group for a CD Release Party.