Future Tronfests - venue suggestions

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Future Tronfests - venue suggestions

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I'm thinking in the second half of this year we need another Tronfest - hopefully with more than 6 people. :lol:


Da Capo is officially closed as of today. I have some of the drum room wall padding in my office 8) Big thanks to Wayne.


We need to officially come up with a new suitable venue.

I did suggest Agora Events Centre where I go to church. HOWEVER it's just a large open room, and with many guitars and amps, it would have WAY too much noise in 1 room.
There is the up-stairs area, which again, is just 1 large room.

SO that pretty much is a no-go.

I'd say we need a venue with a similar situation to what Da Capo had - separate rooms 2-3 and 1 larger room.

Next Dilema - cost of venue.

We had a great deal with Wayne, and usually peoples donations covered the rental of the venue. :roll:
Cost will play a big part too, as if we have say 3 people show up, and it costs $200 for the day or something stupid. it's not very fair on the person organising it.


So, I leave it to you guys.

Suggest below venues you think will be suitable and cost efficient.


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We have a hall near us that would be pretty good. Has a large room (i.e a hall :rofl: ) with a stage and a smaller kitchen/dining area thats about the same size as the main decapo room.

obviously the main problem is guys traveling from the tron (not a problem for auck guys as its half the journey it would be to the tron). If there is any interest I will find out hire cost
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yep its that hireage that kills it. Great when lots of people attend and dig deep, not so good with 6 people.
I'm always happy to put small fests on here on one of the many decks surrounding our property. There wouldn't be much windage.
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Will put my thinking cap on...have some ideas...will follow up
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Have you seen my garage?!

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Seems to have good acoustics, nice fingers!
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Bump post,

Will be cool if we could figure something out in the next few weeks, that way we could have the gearfest in July
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I'll ask around and see what we have at Wintec that might be suitable.
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That would be cool
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I checked and I could get up to 5 classrooms on the same level of 'A' block (which is one of the more modern ones). Could be a bit pricey though at $115 (inc. GST) per room per day.
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jeez louise thats expensive lol - De Capo was around $80-100 for the whole day for every room lol..

Wintec would only work if everyone forked out at least $30 each and we had like 6-9 people 100% commit..
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how big are the rooms and would you need more than one?

The 1st Auckland gearfests @ clockwork were always my favourite with all the gear in one big room. Ideal for some round the room show and tells when things were organised, and some epic 10+ guitarist jams - the room had a drumkit, PA and bass rig in it too.

Don't mean to be scrooge mcduck, but after gas money to the tron, and beer money, $30 would break my budget for a gearfest day.

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jimi wrote:how big are the rooms and would you need more than one?

The 1st Auckland gearfests @ clockwork were always my favourite with all the gear in one big room. Ideal for some round the room show and tells when things were organised, and some epic 10+ guitarist jams - the room had a drumkit, PA and bass rig in it too.

Don't mean to be scrooge mcduck, but after gas money to the tron, and beer money, $30 would break my budget for a gearfest day.

$30 breaks my budget and I live in hamilton haha.
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SimpleSi wrote:jeez louise thats expensive lol - De Capo was around $80-100 for the whole day for every room lol..

Wintec would only work if everyone forked out at least $30 each and we had like 6-9 people 100% commit..

Yeah I was hoping they would give me no/low price but I don't really know the guy who manages the venue hire...I might try another angle but that's the best I've got at the mo.
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