Billsburg Brewery is an all-ages Williamsburg brewery on a marina near the Colonial Parkway, built as a gathering place for lagers, ales, and live music. Shows run Friday through Sunday, with a busier calendar in summer. Programming is limited to solo, duo, or trio cover acts working in Acoustic, Country, Pop, Soft Rock, and Top 40. Email submissions must include the act name and size, pricing, set and break lengths, genre, two or three performance links with at least two covers, promotional plans, sound-equipment details, and Williamsburg routing. Artists should also confirm the performance area, technical support, compensation structure, and weather plan. The booking ritual is unusually specific, so complete answers beat a vague sales pitch every time.
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Berret's Seafood Restaurant & Taphouse Grill
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Berret's Seafood Restaurant & Taphouse Grill is a live-music stop with its own local physics. The listing describes it this way: "Berret's Seafood Restaurant and Taphouse Grill offers two great dining options in one convenient location." Live music is held Tuesday--Sunday nights in the taphouse, April-October. All music must be over by 9:30 PM. That information matters because a band should play the room that exists, not the imaginary version waiting in a press photo. Think about the likely crowd, the time of night, and whether the show needs to invite people closer or keep their evening moving. Start with a song that earns attention, vary the energy, and treat the volume knob as an instrument rather than a declaration of war. The public listing does not provide a detailed booking route. Confirm what sound support the room provides. Confirm the performance location, engineer, PA, inputs, microphones, monitors, backline, power, load-in, parking, soundcheck, set times, breaks, curfew, food, hospitality, ticketing, merchandise, payment, and settlement. The public listing does not establish those current operational terms. Send a concise pitch with live footage, dates, musical fit, realistic draw, and a clear technical plan. Arrive with a tidy rig and enough judgment to leave the room happier it booked music in the first place. This is not mysticism; it is how a good show gets invited back.
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- Contact
- Michael
- Role
- Talent Buyer
Booking email
mkellum@berrets.comMember booking tools
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- Capacity
- 80
- Capacity notes
- - 100
- Age policy
- All Ages
- Genres
- Acoustic, Americana, Blues, Country, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Singer-Songwriter, Top 40
- Sound & production
- Confirm with venue
- Address
- 199 S. Boundary Street, 23185, United States
- Venue phone
- (757) 253-1847
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