Booking Details - Read this before you email us
If you're a performer who'd like to be booked at Secret Loft, send us links to your work (published work for poets, mixes/tracks for musicians/DJs, performance videos for circus/burlesque) at secretloftnyc@gmail.com and we'll be in touch when we have a spot for you on an upcoming bill. You should be at a level where you perform regularly at mid-sized venues. We review all submissions but we get a lot of them, so you will only hear back once we have a spot for you. Pay rate/ticket split varies depending the on the event.
We are not currently hosting private events or events planned/booked by outside promoters.
Capacity
80 seated (we have chairs), 110 standing. Most events are all ages, the event details will tell you if it's 21+.
Tickets
We sell tickets through Eventbrite. We supply sound, lighting and door personnel. We promote shows through event listings like NonsenseNYC and The Skint, over social media, and via our mailing list of 4000+ contacts.
Time
We don't have a noise curfew but we usually end shows/concerts by midnight and weekend parties by 3 AM. We typically do doors at 7:30 or 8 and start the show a half hour after that.
Backline/Equipment
PA
2 x Electro-Voice ELX200-12P 12" 1200W 2-Way Powered Loudspeakers
3000 Watt Behringer Eurolive B1800XP Sub-Woofer
2 Yamaha wedge stage monitors
Mackie ProFX16 Mixer w/ reverb and delay
16-input snake located in back corner of stage (accepts stereo or XLR plugs)
Mics
2 Shure BLX288PG58 wireless mics
Shure SM-58 vocal mic, Shure SM-57 instrument mic, 6 Behringer XM8500 super cardioid vocal mics, Audix D6 kick drum mic
5 mic stands, 1 kick mic stand, two keyboard stands
Amps
200 watt Yamaha Keyboard amp w/ 4 inputs
150 watt Ampeg Bass Amp
100 watt Fender Champion Combo amp with effects
2 DI boxes for plugging acoustic guitars/violins directly into the PA
Instruments
88-key weighted Yamaha Motif keyboard
PDP Centerstage 5-piece drum kit. Drummers must bring snare, cymbals, and additional hardware if they need more than a hi-hat and two cymbal stands.
Pioneer XDJ-RX2 DJ Controller (compatible with Rekordbox)
In summary, we've got everything to amplify vocals, keys, bass, an electric guitar, two acoustic guitars, and anything else you wanna plug into the onstage snake. We've got a standard backline drum kit and a nice big keyboard.
Stage Lighting/Visuals
5 DMX-controlled ADJ 5P Hex LED par lights. We can do color washes and strobes of any mix of colors across the left, center, and right of the stage (red, blue, green, amber, white, UV).
Disco ball with color-programmable spot light
Color-programmabled pin spot light
Chauvet Hurricane Hazer 1DX (More subtle than fog, creates atmosphere without obscuring performers)
1080P 3200 lumen projector (HDMI connection located in the mixing booth), 9' x 6' projector screen
Circus Apparatuses
36" Lyra
Silks (point to floor with 1 meter of extra tail)
Aerial Hammock
Aerial Trapeze (single point)
X-Pole X-Pert spin/static chrome 45mm pole
Floaty pole (45mm chrome)
Lollipop (can be rigged or freestanding)
Aerial Net
Aerial Straps
The ceiling is 12'6", the point hangs at about 12'.
Multi-Camera Live Streaming A/V Setup
Main camera: Canon M50, 1080P HD resolution, great in low light
2 x Logitech C920 HD Pro Webcam, 1080P HD resolution, used for alternate/angled shots
Green Screen
2017 Macbook Pro running OBS Studio 25, can stream directly to Twitch or Facebook. Can stream to Zoom using NewTek NDI plugin for OBS.
We run sound to our stream directly from our mixer's digital output.
If you're a performer who'd like to be booked at Secret Loft, send us links to your work (published work for poets, mixes/tracks for musicians/DJs, performance videos for circus/burlesque) at secretloftnyc@gmail.com and we'll be in touch when we have a spot for you on an upcoming bill. You should be at a level where you perform regularly at mid-sized venues. We review all submissions but we get a lot of them, so you will only hear back once we have a spot for you. Pay rate/ticket split varies depending the on the event.
We are not currently hosting private events or events planned/booked by outside promoters.
Capacity
80 seated (we have chairs), 110 standing. Most events are all ages, the event details will tell you if it's 21+.
Tickets
We sell tickets through Eventbrite. We supply sound, lighting and door personnel. We promote shows through event listings like NonsenseNYC and The Skint, over social media, and via our mailing list of 4000+ contacts.
Time
We don't have a noise curfew but we usually end shows/concerts by midnight and weekend parties by 3 AM. We typically do doors at 7:30 or 8 and start the show a half hour after that.
Backline/Equipment
PA
2 x Electro-Voice ELX200-12P 12" 1200W 2-Way Powered Loudspeakers
3000 Watt Behringer Eurolive B1800XP Sub-Woofer
2 Yamaha wedge stage monitors
Mackie ProFX16 Mixer w/ reverb and delay
16-input snake located in back corner of stage (accepts stereo or XLR plugs)
Mics
2 Shure BLX288PG58 wireless mics
Shure SM-58 vocal mic, Shure SM-57 instrument mic, 6 Behringer XM8500 super cardioid vocal mics, Audix D6 kick drum mic
5 mic stands, 1 kick mic stand, two keyboard stands
Amps
200 watt Yamaha Keyboard amp w/ 4 inputs
150 watt Ampeg Bass Amp
100 watt Fender Champion Combo amp with effects
2 DI boxes for plugging acoustic guitars/violins directly into the PA
Instruments
88-key weighted Yamaha Motif keyboard
PDP Centerstage 5-piece drum kit. Drummers must bring snare, cymbals, and additional hardware if they need more than a hi-hat and two cymbal stands.
Pioneer XDJ-RX2 DJ Controller (compatible with Rekordbox)
In summary, we've got everything to amplify vocals, keys, bass, an electric guitar, two acoustic guitars, and anything else you wanna plug into the onstage snake. We've got a standard backline drum kit and a nice big keyboard.
Stage Lighting/Visuals
5 DMX-controlled ADJ 5P Hex LED par lights. We can do color washes and strobes of any mix of colors across the left, center, and right of the stage (red, blue, green, amber, white, UV).
Disco ball with color-programmable spot light
Color-programmabled pin spot light
Chauvet Hurricane Hazer 1DX (More subtle than fog, creates atmosphere without obscuring performers)
1080P 3200 lumen projector (HDMI connection located in the mixing booth), 9' x 6' projector screen
Circus Apparatuses
36" Lyra
Silks (point to floor with 1 meter of extra tail)
Aerial Hammock
Aerial Trapeze (single point)
X-Pole X-Pert spin/static chrome 45mm pole
Floaty pole (45mm chrome)
Lollipop (can be rigged or freestanding)
Aerial Net
Aerial Straps
The ceiling is 12'6", the point hangs at about 12'.
Multi-Camera Live Streaming A/V Setup
Main camera: Canon M50, 1080P HD resolution, great in low light
2 x Logitech C920 HD Pro Webcam, 1080P HD resolution, used for alternate/angled shots
Green Screen
2017 Macbook Pro running OBS Studio 25, can stream directly to Twitch or Facebook. Can stream to Zoom using NewTek NDI plugin for OBS.
We run sound to our stream directly from our mixer's digital output.