The booking process begins with you sending a cassette tape, CD or LP (no DAT, video tape, 8-track, please!) to:
Bill Hsu
1014 Bryant
San Francisco CA 94103
Bill's our head booker and schedule coordinator currently - we operate by committee just to make things hard for everyone, including ourselves! That means that perhaps 5 people will have to listen to your material before a decision can be made. At Beanbender's, we're interested in anything that's extraordinary in some respect - unusual instrumentation, composed & improvised, multimedia... Preference is given to groups and individuals who come up with actual proposals for events. If you don't hear from us after a very long time, you might want to know Why Your Band Hasn't Been Booked.
If you're coming from out of town, and are on a strict schedule, please let us know what days you are available. Normally we only book Sundays, on rare occasions we can get the gallery for other nights.
Oh yeah... and there are some other places to try:
For more details, send mail to: Dan Plonsey.