Luggage Store Creative Music Series

1007 Market Street
San Francisco California
(415) 255-5971

1st and 3rd Wednesdays 8-10pm
Admission $10-20 sliding scale
All ages welcome, no one refused for lack of funds.

The LSG New Music Series is the longest standing experimental music series in the Bay Area and California, with weekly Thursday night shows since 1991. The venue aims to be a welcoming, inclusive space for musicians of all backgrounds and levels - from artists trying a new project in public for the first time to well-known international acts. Founded by LSG Gallery Directors Laurie Lazer and Darryl Smith, the series has been curated by several Bay Area musicians. Since 2002 it's been curated by Outsound Presents and improviser/composer Rent Romus. They present a wide cross section of sound artists from every experimental genre.

The series is an artist-run, grass-roots DIY effort that relies on professionals in the community who volunteer their time. Please join us in setting up chairs, curtain, lights, sound once a week, and contact Outsound Presents to get involved in marketing and project coordination.

The Luggage Store Gallery is a non-profit corporation funded by the City of San Francisco, grants, and your contributions. Gallery hours are Wednesday through Saturday, Noon to 5pm. For gallery information call 415-255-5971.
BOOKING
The majority of our booking occurs when an artist contacts us.
For booking please fill out our survey. Please feel to follow up with Rent Romus after you have completed the survey. Performers of all genders, ethnic backrounds, identities, and sexual orientations are welcome. Our focus is the diversity of exploratory music in all forms.

Principle	Artist-run, volunteer, grass-roots DIY effort
Type of Music Presented	The series focuses on a wide bredth of music across genres from experimental, improvised, noise, electronic, lowercase, outrock, 21st century composition, new original and avant jazz, voice, and sonic art.
Format	Bi-monthly 1st and 3rd Wednesday nights 8-10pm Usually two or three acts per night. Load in and setup is at 7:00pm Setup Set times 45 min if two sets 30 min if three sets
Booking Lead Time	six to eight weeks in advance
Terms & Policy	70% of door proceeds is equitably split between sets. 30% of door proceeds go to the Luggage Store Gallery for use of the space. We volunteer our time and efforts to running the show. One comp admission per artist is recommended. No Open Rehearsals: Please prepare for your concert prior to the scheduled date. Luggage Store is an art gallery. We will not book acts that would endanger the series for future artists Destructive performance art is not allowed including the use of power tools, fire or fume generators. This is a no smoking environment including incense or scented candles.
Facility and Equipment	We have a simple PA (mixer and 2 speakers, 1 mic stands, 1 mics), as well as various size tables and power strips. If you plan to use the PA, please bring the cables you would need to plug in. We can take mono 1/4" cables or XLR. With enough notice, we may be able to secure a video projection surface. Max Capacity 75 (standing room)
We Do Not Have	We do not have a Piano, projector, music stands, drums, drum rug, or an official green room.
We Cannot Provide	We cannot provide a guaranteed payment minimum, hotel accommodations, transportation, rehearsal space/time, or a dedicated sound person. (We will set up the PA and help you sound check, but if you need someone to stand in different parts of the room and set custom EQ, then it's a good idea to bring your own person.)
Location/Parking/Loading	Located on Market Street near Taylor 1 block from Powell Street BART station, and several San Francisco buses stop right outside. Parking is best on 6th, Taylor or Golden Gate. Stay out of alleys. Loading in by double parking on Market is risky - you can get ticketed. We recommended using a cart for transporting equipment so you can park, load up your cart, and trek on over to the space. Be ready for 30 stairs, there is no elevator. Questions?, please email us
To Book a set	For booking please fill out our survey. Please feel to follow up with Rent Romus after you have completed the survey. Performers of all genders, ethnic backrounds, identities, and sexual orientations are welcome. Our focus is the diversity of exploratory music in all forms. Questions? Rent Romus

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Upcoming Events:

7Aug

Wednesday, August 7 2024 8:00 PM

8:00 PM Sarah Grace Graves, Eli Berman, and Eda Er - voice and electronics

9:00 PM Ari Micich - trumpet/projections

San Francisco trumpet player and composer, Ari Micich performs with orchestras, opera companies, ensembles and his own solo project throughout the Bay Area. He is a member of the San Francisco based brass quintet, Brass Over Bridges and the conductorless chamber orchestra One Found Sound.
Ari’s compositions explore new contexts for the trumpet, the interplay of organic sounds, melody, harmony and visual storytelling. His work with video is inspired by his background in visual arts, the interplay between musical and visual mediums and their shared language of line, rhythm, harmony and dissonance. At the core of Ari’s work is a desire to create pieces with an emotional core that capture the listener’s imagination and inspire new possibilities.

Sarah Grace Graves, Eli Berman, and Eda Er perform a set of voice and electronic solos, duos, and trios that explore storytelling as technology and voice that extends beyond the body.

Sarah Grace Graves is a singer, composer, and improviser connecting the physical and emotional landscape of the performer with the inner life of the listener through intimate and rare uses of the voice. A composer by formation, she has spent the past several years building an experimental vocal practice mining layers of unstable vocal sounds and now works as a freelance composer-performer, drawing upon both pools of knowledge to compose music that is body-centered, person-centered, and site-specific.

The artistic practice of composer/vocalist Eda Er is informed by her training in experimental theater. Her musical adventures started when she began to write casually experimental pop songs, and she now often improvises with interactive electronics and visuals. Her pieces often deliver a direct, witty narrative that tackles relevant issues such as heartbreak, body image, and societal expectations with wry humor and disarming honesty
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Composer/vocalist/instrument builder Eli Berman explores links between bodies, genders, ancestries, and environments. Through composition and improvised electroacoustic performances, she explores extended techniques in relation to western classical, Jewish cantorial, Yiddish, Slovak, and Appalachian singing traditions.

$10-20 Sliding suggested donation(no one turned away for lack of funds)

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