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Cure Coffeehouse & Brasserie is a 48-capacity, All Ages room in Norfolk, Virginia. Cure Coffeehouse & Brasserie are a cafe style eatery serving the best pour-over coffees, signature lattes, craft beers, and selective wines. They host an open jam on Thursday nights and shows sporadically on Friday and Saturday nights. Musically, Cure Coffeehouse & Brasserie accommodates Acoustic, Americana, Bluegrass, Blues, Folk, Folk Rock, and Jazz. Cure Coffeehouse & Brasserie handles booking by email, and submissions should include preferred dates. Artists need to confirm Cure Coffeehouse & Brasserie’s sound system, monitoring, available backline, and technical staffing. Confirm Cure Coffeehouse & Brasserie’s show schedule and any unlisted deal terms before routing around the performance.

Fork in the Market sits in Roanoke's historic City Market Building, running Friday music, a regular every-other-Sunday band, and open mic on the last Wednesday. The patio and location make it a useful downtown stop, but the raw feedback is mixed enough to remind an artist of a basic rule: be professional, read the room, and do not assume a venue's history will manage the night for you. Friday is the main show. Bring a set with energy, good pacing, and songs that work around dinner, drinks, and a downtown crowd. Wednesday open mic is the inexpensive way to learn the room; play well, stay civil, and do not vanish after your slot like you are fleeing a tax audit. Sunday regular work is about reliability, which is still a rarer talent than guitar speed. The contact form and Facebook are the booking routes. Send a live clip, lineup, desired date, patio or indoor needs, and a clear description of the act. The venue needs to know you can add to Friday without turning the whole place into a complicated story. You bring PA and mics. Confirm power, patio weather, load-in, sound limits, set length, pay, and promotion. Keep the rig compact and the behavior cleaner than the comment section. Fork in the Market is for musicians who can make a Friday downtown crowd stay out a little longer. Bring the songs, keep the drama onstage, and let the market do the scenery.

The Guild brings live music to Charlottesville, Virginia with an All Ages door policy and room for roughly 100. A Venue for World-Class Live Music Experiences. Most shows take place on weekends. Artists working in Acoustic, Americana, Folk, Jam Band, Old Time, Roots Music, and Singer-Songwriter fit The Guild’s stated range. The Guild does not have a confirmed public booking route, so artists should establish the correct submission method before pitching. The available PA and production support at The Guild are not confirmed; settle those requirements before accepting the date. Confirm The Guild’s show schedule and any unlisted deal terms before routing around the performance.