Tea Lounge
based on 2 Reviews
Genres:
Paid via…
- Lump sum?: No (1 vote)
- Cover?: No (2 votes)
- Donations?: Yes (1 vote) No (1 vote)
- No pay at all?: Yes (1 vote) No (1 vote)
- Free food?: No (2 votes)
- Free drinks?: Yes (1 vote)
- Paid to play?: No (1 vote)
Business practices
- Non-profit?: No (2 votes)
- Musician-run?: No (2 votes)
- Rental fee?: No (2 votes)
- Books local acts?: Yes (2 votes)
- Books out-of-town acts?: Yes (1 vote)
- Promotes the acts it hires?: No (1 vote)
Backline
- Piano?: No (1 vote)
- Piano in tune?: No (1 vote)
- Drumset?: Yes (1 vote)
- Keyboard amp?: No (1 vote)
- Guitar amp?: Yes (1 vote)
- Bass amp?: Yes (1 vote)
- Direct box?: Yes (1 vote)
- PA system?: Yes (1 vote)
- Sound person?: Yes (1 vote)
The room
- Stage?: Yes (2 votes)
- Backstage/Green Room?: No (2 votes)
- Space for dancing?: Yes (1 vote) No (1 vote)
- Primarily background music?: Yes (1 vote)
- Serves Food?: Yes (2 votes)
- Liquor License?: Yes (2 votes)
- Capacity: 50-300 (2 votes)
Reviews from musicians
10-03-2012
You won't make any money playing here, but it's a great place, run by cool people. This is a great place to try new stuff out.
07-28-2009
Tea Lounge is a fun and fashionable place to play. It's a large room, with a full bar, some food, and obviously tea and coffee. They program good music, ranging from straight-ahead jazz to more adventurous jazz and improvised music.
To my knowledge (I was paid out of leader's pocket when I played here), they don't pay the band anything, just help solicit donations. Which depending on the night, seems unfair.
The other negative to this venue is that some nights, there's a substantial proportion of people in the club there with their computers, not really listening but working or otherwise occupied with their screens. It can be a weird vibe, performing there with half the audience not paying attention, or even talking, but staring at different screens.