Future-Faires + Meta-Lounges

[Sc'Eric (dj.darkFIN)]

Sc'Eric (dj.darkFIN) wrote:
> So, instead of Renn-Faires, how come no one ever puts together a summer-long Future Fest... where you put on funny clothes that you think looks futuristic (instead of renaissance or euro-dark ages) and folks play all manner of music that purports to have a futuristic aesthetic?

I think those are called "Star Trek conventions".

Matt



Touche, Matt...  But from what I've seen (on tv and such) Trek conventions aren't an immersive experience the way ren-faires try to be.  (And where are the rides and roller coasters and cyber-corndogs?)  I'm talking full-on immersive holodeck experience, baby!  lol 
 
 As to the lounge idea.... why do all Pgh events seem to start off as weekly and die soon after for lack of interest / venue satisfaction?  My point is: If you're gonna try an experiment that ppl think is cool--but you're not certain the bottom-line numbers will work--why not do a MONTHLY test over a six-month period instead? Weekly is overkill for something that everyone agrees is specialised.  If something is truly cool and people like it, they'll go out of their way to make it out when it is offered.  But if you do it weekly, most folks just aren't going to show up every week. You'll end up getting, say 20, people show up every week, while if you did it monthly you could potentially pull 60.  You'd just cut your costs by a factor of 4 and increased your bottom line by a factor of three.  Sure, there's gonna be folks out there who simply can't make it the one night you choose to host your event, but there's some folks who simply can't make weekend events at all because
 they have to work. (No difference really.)  Another plus: some venues will be more likely to book a freak-friendly event monthly over weekly as it leaves open the option to book other subcultural gigs those other nights of the month (like the very awesome bigband 20s/40s social club idea, for instance =) ...or a chance for the venue to have a night that doesn't piss off their "regulars" (if their usual crowd is not the dark-alternative crowd).  [Joe, you know what I'm referring to here.]

Still, all this would imply that different promoters work TOGETHER in friendly competition toward a common end--crosspromotion and such.  As it stands, many promoters won't even take the time to promote their events in online message boards that cater to the scene outside of Pgh or at clubs in other cities.  (Wouldn't want folks from outside the area to get excited about your event, would you?)  

~sc'eric


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