So you're performing on the Electric or Cabaret Stage?  Here's what you need to know ... before you perform.

Event Location: The building is located at 1201 First Street NE, Washington, DC. The building lobby faces First Street. The street south of the building is M Street, NE. The street to the north of the building is Patterson Street, NE.  The Electric and Cabaret Stages are located on the ground floor.  The venues are big and they rock!

Your Performance Date: It is your responsibility to understand where you are performing, when, and for how long. It is further your responsibility to ensure your performance date/time/length is correctly listed on the Artomatic Event Calendar (http://www.artomatic.org/event).

The Artomatic Event Calendar is the Official Calendar for the Event, meaning all timing questions will be decided in favor of the event calendar. If you believe the event calendar is incorrect, please let your stage managers know well before your performance, not on the same day. We may be onsite and offline and thus unable to assist in resolving the discrepancy.

Stage Management:

• Electric Stage: music@artomatic.org
• Cabaret Stage: cabaret@artomatic.org

Your Performance Time: Your performance begins as stated on the Artomatic Event Calendar. Further, your performance ends as stated on the same calendar. Please be aware we have built very short times between acts so there is no room for playing longer. The breaks may be as little as 5-10 minutes. Therefore you should begin setting up offstage before your performance. All setup time that occurs on the stage will be subtracted from your allotted time for performance.

Garage Load-In: The entrance to the underground parking garage is located on the south side of Patterson Street, NE. (This garage opened  yesterday, therefore we do not yet know how much the garage may choose to charge during the event.) Take the freight elevator to the first floor. The Cabaret Stage door is 10 or so feet from the bank of elevators (walk away from the building lobby.) The Electric Stage door is 25 feet in other direction (walk toward the building lobby.)

Street-Level Load-In and Parking: All equipment load-in must be done through the building's loading dock on the south side of Patterson Street, NE. No equipment may be brought through the building's lobby. None. Please abide by this restriction. (Thanks!)  The Cabaret Stage door is five feet from the end of the loading dock corridor. Event volunteers will be onsite to direct you. They will not, however, be available to help you move equipment. Their task is to watch the loading dock and help guide cars in and out. You may not park here, this loading dock is for loading and unloading only. Park on the street, in a surface level lot, or underground (if available, which see previous paragraph.)

Check-In and Arrival Time: When you arrive, please check in with the sound crew. We will have as many as two sound persons working the Cabaret and Electric stages. They may "float" between stages. It would be best to arrive at least half an hour before your set. If you have a drumset or any instrument with a time-intensive setup, please arrive that much earlier. Likewise, if you have any equipment more involved than something needing a microphone or a 1/4" jack, communicate that need to the sound crew upon arrival. If you arrive late, be aware the time may be deducted from your stage time at the sound crew's discretion.

What Do You Need to Bring? Bring your own amps, instruments and instrument cables, drums, CD players, turntables. You know what you need for your performance. We only have a PA. If it is important to your performance, please bring it.  And -- as mentioned above -- if it is more involved than something needing a microphone or a 1/4" jack, communicate that need to the sound crew upon arrival.

Sound Reinforcement: Both the Electric Stage and Cabaret Stage have venue-sized PAs and a professional sound crew. We should have all the microphones you need. Please don't expect any equipment beyond what has been described. If you have special needs please communicate this with the sound crew upon arrival.

Stage Size:  Each stage is 12' deep x 24' wide.  You should have plenty of room to shine!

Equipment Storage: There is some storage in the storage rooms adjacent each stage. This space is available at the sound crew's discretion based on the amount of space available in that room and on how busy the sound person is at the time you ask. His regular tasks will come first.

If the storage room is unavailable, there is ample space adjacent the stage. In fact, this is where drumsets and other time-intensive equipment should be set-up and broken-down. Owing to the very short time between acts (as little as 5 minutes) this activity should *not* be undertaken on the stage itself.

Bars: The Cabaret Stage and Electric Stage will each have a bar. These bars will be open each night of the opening week. They may be restricted to the weekends after that first week (liquor licenses in DC are expensive and thus the bar personnel may not purchase licenses for "quiet" nights.). Owing to restrictions by the event's insurer, no outside alcohol may be brought into the building. Please abide by this restriction. (Thanks!)

Restrooms:  These are located in the Electric Stage venue on your left as you enter the room.  There are no restrooms in the Cabaret Stage venue.

Issues? The sound crew are in charge of their stages. Please call the following stage managers if you have any problems that cannot be resolved by the sound crew. We will do our best to resolve the issues that arise.

• Mac Traore: dcmusicforrelief@aol.com / (410) 258-4510
• Mike Clayberg: claybergm@yahoo.com / (703) 362-8702

Thanks for participating and enjoy your Artomatic performance!