Welcome to Westville Pub.
Performer Info:
Important Notice: 11/11/07:
Due to circumstances beyond our control (Don't even ask!) our
normal email address booking@westvillepub.com is NOT WORKING.
Please direct all booking related email inquries to
Also, if you've emailed us at the previous address in the last
couple of months please resend to the one above. We're sorry for
any inconvenience.
General Info:
Before playing at Westville Pub there are a few things that you
might want to know:
· The pub is owned by Greg Turner and Lu Young. Greg does
the booking, Lu handles the PR. Drew Smith is the onsite manager.You are welcome to send Promotional
Kits to:
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· Address: 777 Haywood Road, Asheville, NC 28806
· Phone: 828-225-9782
Address all booking inquiries or other questions to:
defunct email: booking@westvillepub.com
correct email: bookthepub@yahoo.com
Please do not call the pub as it will get you nowhere. The bartender,
he just don't care about art, he's busy.
· We are a smoke-free pub; there is a smoking area on the
covered patio outside in the back.
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· Promotion:
We advertise all performances in The Mountain Express, The Asheville
Citizen Times and certain shows on WNCW public radio (25 radio spots in the 5
weekdays preceding most shows for $45)
· If you are booked at the pub, you should contact the above outlets stating so.
For press coverage you will need a CD and a glossy photo. There
is nothing like face-to-face contact to increase your chance of
being featured in these outlets. To increase the number of folks who come
out for your show it is a good idea to place posters around the area.
Do not put posters on telephone poles as Asheville has an enforced ordinance against this (you can be fined up to $100/day for each poster violation). Be sure send 4-6 posters to the Pub.
· You may contact The Mountain Express at 828-251-1331 or by email (see below) as
far ahead as
possible and they may feature your gig or write a small article
in "Smart
Bets." In order to be featured Mountain Express will need a
CD and a glossy
photo. You can send {} a press kit {} to:
Steve Shanafelt, Mountain Express, 2 Wall St.,
Asheville, NC 28801; e-mail is sshanafelt@mtnx.com
· WNCW has on air interviews and play time during the week
and is a great
way to get your name out. Crystal Scruggs at crystal@wncw.org
is the WNCW
contact. If WNCW plays your music you only need to send them a press
kit. If
not, please send them a CD. Their address is:
PO Box 804, Spindale, NC
28160, attn: Kate.
Web address: www.wncw.org .
Phone: 828-287-8000.
· Contact Tony Kiss at The Asheville Citizen Times,
14 O'Henry Ave.
Asheville, NC 28801
Phone: 828-232-2855;
email: tkiss@citizen-times.com
for a possible feature. Be sure to send him a glossy photo and CD
as well.
· We also post our calendar with various other local publications
and websites as well as on our own calendar and website. We always
place your posters in our windows. Please send them 2 to 4 weeks
ahead.
If you have a website and would like us to link
to it, please provide our web guy, Derrick, with the URL. He will
include the link in our monthly Music Calendar and on our home page,
if appropriate. It's a very good idea to include "Westville
Pub somewhere in your email's subject, as Derrick gets a lot of
spam from this very public email link.
Click here to email him.
We are interesting in linking to mp3 files, so that
potential listeners can check you out before your show. If that's
appealing to you, email
Derrick and he can help set things up. Again, please be sure
to include the words "Westville Pub" in the email subject
line, so he doesn't dump your email with all the spam.
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Play times and Sound check:
· Music starts around 9:00 on Thursdays and
10:00 on Saturdays. Sound checks should be at least one hour prior
to performance. Please be sure you are here at least an hour
early to get set up for this. On Thursdays the music goes till around
12pm and on Saturdays till 1:30 or so.
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Sound:
· We have a house PA with 12 inputs. We also
have an upright piano. help get you up and running with the sound system and to provide an occasional tweaking throughout the night. If you need constant attention with the board, you will have to provide a person for that.
Please make us aware of any special sound needs you have as early
as possible.
· Sound can be tricky in our place. Our patrons
are music lovers but struggle with excessive volume, sometimes even
leaving after paying the cover. Please make every effort to keep
down the noise level. will insist that you acknowledge and respect our judgment and take immediate measures to remedy the problem. We reserve the right to stop a show and withhold payment to
non-compliant acts..
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Cover Charge:
· We reserve the right to charge whatever
we feel is appropriate for your band at the door. We base this on
how well you are known and the amount of following you have. We
seldom charge a cover on Thursdays. On Saturday the cover is usually
$4 to $6. We keep the cover low because we are a community pub and
do not want to become exclusive to our usual patrons.
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Food/Drink Allowance
· We offer a band food/drink allowance of
$15 per person or $50 maximum if your band is 4 or more. The food/drink allowance does NOT include liquor. It only covers food, beer and wine. Sorry. This allowance also does
not include tips. Please take care of your servers. We serve food
until 11:00pm on weekdays and 1:00am on weekends. Be sure you get
your food order in at least 30 minutes prior to the cutoff if you'd
like it after your performance.
· North Carolina law requires that no alcohol can be purchased
after 2 am.
We will sell beer or wine to go, but it must be bought and in your
car by 2 am. Also NC law requires a valid driver's license in order
to verify you are over 21. If you look young bring your driver's
license. NC law also forbids us to serve alcohol to anyone drunk;
if our bartenders decide to stop serving you, we stand behind them.
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DIRECTIONS TO WESTVILLE PUB:
at 777 Haywood Road, West Asheville
**Be aware there is also a Haywood Street in downtown Asheville.
This is different from Haywood Road in West Asheville.**
From south and west: I-26 west (or I-40 east} take
I -240 east toward
Asheville. Then proceed to exit 1, the Brevard Road exit. Turn left
on Brevard road and go about 1 mile to the stoplight. Turn left
on Haywood Road. Go one block, through the light and park in front
of the building on your right, directly across from Wachovia.
From the north and east take I 240 west across the
French Broad River and toward the airport and "to I-40 and
to I-26". Bear right after you cross the river and go around
a big curved exit. You will exit on exit 2 - West Asheville, business
19/23. Turn right on Haywood Road at light at end of exit. Go 0.6
miles. After you pass Ingles on the right we are located on the
right just past the second stoplight (across from Wachovia). Park
in front of the building.
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