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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Daddyo's Tavern is a live-music stop with its own local physics. The listing describes it this way: "Local Tavern, Friendly Atmosphere." Shows are held on Friday and Saturday nights when they have them. 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. Artists supply their own sound system and gear. 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
- Jolene
- Role
- Talent Buyer
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daddyostavern@gmail.comMember booking tools
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- Capacity
- 75
- Capacity notes
- - 80
- Age policy
- All Ages
- Genres
- All Genres
- Sound & production
- No house sound system
- Address
- 7500 Richmond Road, 23188, United States
- Venue phone
- (757) 920-5043
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