I seem to have written this on a few other threads but as it's been put on one forum, I suppose I should write it again.
The Benn hall is a popular venue in Rugby and to get the same dates every year, we have to book up to 7 years in advance...
And we still get people offering us money to use the Benn for their wedding etc.
I do put up the dates on here and on the web site.
And as Chalky says, a lot of us do talk. I can give out my dates to anyone who wants them...
But because of this, it does make it hard for us to be flexible for the soul scene.
I have even had apologies from other promoters who clashed with us because of not being able to get any other date.
It is a free world and no one has the given right to demand that their date is theirs and no one elses but I've got to admit, it does effect numbers and it would be a perfect world if there were no clashes.
Another point, I know the all-niter crowd like them to start and finish later but as we started as a soul nite and still get support from a lot of those who don't wish to stay all-nite, we decided to run from 8pm and offer those who came in the first hour, a discount.
We have no choice in the finish time as that is as late as the management will allow.
I'm not sure that this thread will help in anyway but I suppose it's a good way of putting your own point across...