Play at Lola

We're a small club and the gig takes place in our downstairs room. There's no raised stage: our stage is a carpeted section of the room, 4.7 by 2.7 metres, so space is tight. Please keep that in mind when choosing your gear, because here less is more really does help.

There are plenty of power outlets on stage, so sockets shouldn't be a worry. Still, it's worth bringing your own extension leads in case you plan to plug something in at an unusual spot.

The PA is a pair of active stereo Turbosound systems sized for the room. They can play clean and loud. Our mixer is a Behringer XR18, fully digital, with 16 inputs and 6 aux sends.

The 6 aux sends let us set up to 6 mono monitor mixes. Physically we have one stage wedge for the band, which can go anywhere on stage.

The band has two Shure SM58 microphones (with switches) at its disposal. We also own a drum mic set, but given the room's character we usually only mic the kick. On top of that we have two active DI boxes for instruments.

We have a basic drum kit you can borrow for your show. It consists of a kick, a snare and two toms, plus Zildjian ZBT and Paiste 400/Alpha cymbals. If you'd like to use it, let the venue know no later than the day before the gig.

We don't have a lighting tech on the team, so the stage lighting is static.

We suggest arriving no later than 2 hours before the scheduled start of the show. That gives us time to comfortably set up the stage and dial in your FOH and monitors. Cars can drive into the courtyard through the gate on Krupnicza street.