I am Lizzy Novak, the General Manager over at Graze Restaurant in Downtown Madison! I am reaching out because Graze would like to begin hosting Live Music during our Happy Hour on Thursdays and we would LOVE to feature UW Madison Music Students while doing it!
We are looking for solo artists or duos to join us from 4 PM – 5 PM on Thursdays in our dining room and grace our guests with music! With the acoustics and space in the restaurant, we unfortunately cannot have more than two people, nor instruments that produce too much reverb -so keyboards, acoustic guitars, cajon, wood-winds, and stringed instruments are what we have in mind (but are open to other ideas!). It would be a scheduled performance (not a jam session), so if there is interest, musicians would need to reach out to me directly to set up a Thursday to come in! Our hope is for this to grow onto our patio in the summer months where we could welcome larger groups/louder instruments, but we are starting small!
We would pay the musicians $30 for the gig itself, plus a free meal for each person, as well as a free parking voucher to park in our building (US Bank Building) – though I know it doesn’t seem like a ton, it adds up to around $100 in value. Your musicians would need to bring all of their own equipment (mics, chords, amps, stands, instruments), but would have assistance with set-up (beginning at 3 PM).
Again, please let me know if this is something you and your students would be interested in! Any interest or questions can reach out to me personally at elizabeth@grazemadison.com.