Basic Instructions:
1. Go to Hell, only if you are 21 or older.
2. Ask for a membership application
3. Fill It Out.
4. Present completed application to the bartender.
5. Hand the bartender your Driver's License or Passport along with a $5 bill.
6. Wait an inordinately long time for your laminated membership card

Extended Instructions and General Notes about Admission Into Hell:
-If you have no intention of ever becoming a member of Hell, you must know that you will be required to be SIGNED IN by a member if you want to hang out here. So either come to the bar with a member, or find yourself a member to sign you in once you get here. Please know that the doorguy will rarely tell you you have the option of getting a stranger to sign you in. It is against ALE law for us to tell you this. It's silly, but it's the rules.

-Here at Hell we do not believe in forcing cover charges upon you for our events. However. There is a $5 cover for all NON-MEMBERS for our monthly Dance Parties which take place every 2nd Saturday. ALL MEMBERS GET IN FREE WITH AN ID!!! So listen. . .we do NOT allow you to buy a membership at the door on Dance Party nights due to the long, long line. Please come to Hell a few days BEFORE the dance party to get your membership. You will not have a card immediately, but we will put your name on a list and you will be able to enter as a member as long as you have your ID. If you are NOT a member and you want to come to the Dance Party, please bring $5 and a member with you or make friends with one in line so they can sign you in. YOU MUST BE SIGNED IN if you are not a member.

-We do NOT mail the cards to you. Wait a couple weeks after you apply, and then ask the bartender or doorguy to check the files for your card. If it is not made yet, do NOT despair. You are STILL a member, just not a card-carrying member. The lamination process is long and arduous, and so we wait till there's a stack of cards before we complete a batch.

-If you would like a picture drawn on your card, or your nickname included in quotation marks between your first and last name, please indicate these instructions on your application. Our card-making gnomes will be more than happy to do this for you. Please note that your real name, the one on your ID, must be on the card as well.

-If you are a shithead for any reason, we have the right to revoke your membership. Here in Hell we want everyone to get along. If you can't be nice to us and all of our friends, we don't need you here. And we're not scared of you. We have the best doorguys in town.

-Thanks to all you wonderful regulars who come in. You are very special to us. And thanks to those who don't put up a fight when we do not recognize you because you've only been in here once and we ask for your ID. It is never an insult if the doorguy or bartender asks for ID. It is a LAW.

-And please, if you already applied, like, last year, and you haven't ever picked up your card, come in and ask us for it. It's just sitting here, crying, lonely, and it will be thrown out soon. If your card gets thrown out because you haven't picked it up in a year, there will be a $2 charge for a duplicate card.

-Please do not argue with us if you have no membership. We have a hand-written list, every hard-copy application, an email list, a master list, and several reliable human sources, all of which will be cross-referenced if, for some reason, we can't find your card. In other words, if you're lying, we will know. And you'll look stupid.

If you have any additional questions, please email us at hellbucket@chapelhell.com

GENERAL INFO:

- Email hellbucket@chapelhell.com to book a show. Trying to call us on the phone really doesn't work.

-If you are an out-of-town band we MUST pair you with a local band, and more often than not, the show will be on a weekday. Friday and Saturday Nights are fine as long we can get a local draw with a well-known act. If you know anyone local, great. We will do our best to pair you up, but we can't promise anything.

OFF LIMITS NIGHTS: No shows will be booked on the FIRST TUESDAY of each month (that's pool tournament night), or the SECOND SATURDAY of each month (that's Dance Party night), or on ANY THURSDAY AT ALL (that's trivia night).

-If you'd like to send a press kit and/or flyers, please send it to:
Hell Bar
103 W. Weaver St.
Carrboro, NC 27510

-We always welcome your flyers for your shows. Bring some down, and we'll put them up around the bar. Of course, it's always a good idea to flyer around town before your show, as well.

-We are a 21+ bar, and we prefer that all your band members be 21+ as well, but if this is not the case, that is okay as long as the young'uns know that they will be watched like hawks. We have a squeaky-clean ALE record, and we're keeping it that way. ALL BAND MEMBERS MUST BRING IDENTIFICATION. If you do not have a valid driver's license or Passport with your picture, name, and birthdate on it, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DRINK. "I lost it on tour in Arizona" is NOT an excuse.

LOAD-IN and SHOW TIMES

-Our shows usually start around 10:30 if we have three bands, and around 11:15 if we have two bands. The order of the bands is completely up to. . .the bands. Duke it out. Sometimes it's obvious, sometimes not.

-Load-in time during the week is anytime between 7pm and 9pm. Saturday and Sunday, we don't open until 9pm, so please let us know if we need to be here to unlock the door for you before 9pm.

PARKING

We have our own small, relatively narrow parking lot. It will fit your van quite nicely. It will not, however, fit your Dually-with-a-double-wide-tour-trailer. Please come early if you have one of these vehicle situations so you can load in without blocking our entrance. There is a gravel lot directly adjacent to our lot, but sometimes there's a guy named Chip manning it and he will charge you whatever he wants (rarely over $5) to park there. We have nothing to do with Chip. He owns the lot. On the two other sides of the building, there are "No Parking" signs. Listen to them. You will be towed. . .those are NOT our lots. There's also a parking deck across the street. It's $5 most nights. Also, there is street parking, but be prepared to walk a block or two on a busy night.

OUR EQUIPMENT, HAVES, and HAVE-NOTS

-Playing Hell is just like playing a House Show, honestly. We are NOT fancy. We do NOT have a sound guy. We do, however, have a nice, bright red, pretty large stage, backed by a recently finished a "Ten Plagues" Mural.

-We do NOT have a Green Room, just a couple of shitty bathrooms.

-What we DO have: Three (3) microphones and three (3) stands, JBL PA/mixer, and one monitor that feeds back if you turn it up too high. Yes, we're working on a better array of equipment. As of now, no, we will not have it by the time you play a show. Keyboards can run through the PA, obviously vocals run through the PA, and other instruments can be miked if you bring your amp.

-We have a REEAAALLLY nice projector and an 8'x6' framed screen. This means that if you have some weird footage on DVD or on a Mac, we can certainly hook it up to the projector and it will play on the screen during your show. Please note that the screen is to the right of the stage, NOT behind it, and the sound for the DVD player runs through four speakers set up all around the entire bar. Therefore, the sound will not be interfering with your vocals through the PA. It will be a completely separate entity, controlled behind the bar where you can't reach it. Take this into consideration.

BAND PAYMENT

-Here at Hell, all of our shows are free. We do pass a tip bucket several times throughout each show and most people are willing to give a couple bucks for a good time. Keep in mind that this may not be a huge money-making event for you.

-All band members 21 and up will get FREE Shiner Bock, PBR, or Yeungling starting at about 9 or 9:30. We're happy to do it, but don't ask us to start drinking early. The answer is no.

-If, during the musical performance as a whole, we find that bar sales have exceeded $500, a 10% cut will be taken out of the bar register and the bands are free to divvy this up as they please.

-No, you cannot have your friend charge at the door and check IDs. We have the best doorguys in town checking ID and all of our shows are free. No exceptions.

Please email us at hellbucket@chapelhell.com if you have any more questions. Happy Bookin'!