Overview
This work involves the organization, production, and promotion (and also occasionally, performance) of the semi-monthly event, throughout the year, at a bar in downtown Ithaca.
Background
The Downstairs is a bar in downtown Ithaca. In August 2023, I started doing a twice-a-month show called AFTIES, in conjunction with Team607. The initial goal was to do a music event to give people a reason to stay after (hence the name) two of the regular events the bar had earlier in the evening.
After a year of this, we had our last AFTIES on 15 August 2024, so echnically this one is already completed, and is being added in hindsight. Given the amount of effort it took to produce this, it seemed appropriate to include this.
The Work
Each month involves two events, the second and third Thursdays of each month. Retrospectively, from January through August, this was 16 events.
I’m not sure how to parcel this out into 5 discrete units, but the things I think I will probably write about are:
- Paying performers and charging a cover
- Promoting local events in a competitive landscape
- Running sound at a DIY skunkworks event
- Doing b2bs, both Analog/Digital and Analog/Analog
- A year of AFTIES, a retrospective