Promote Your Show

FYI- The Bugle Boy is a true listening room with fabulous acoustics.  We do not allow talking during the performances. Respect for the performer as well as the ticket holder is not an after thought but rather our business model. Since The Bugle Boy is a point of destination venue, it helps to let your fan base know that seeing and hearing you perform here is a valuable experience and well worth the drive (60 miles from Austin, 90 miles from Houston, 120 from San Antonio).    Folks traveling from out of town will often get a B & B and make a night of it.   Lodging suggestions can be found here and it is always important to encourage advanced ticket purchases for folks coming from out of town.

 

MINIMAL PROMOTION REQUIRED BY ARTIST

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At least 12 weeks prior to your show:

1. Mail us 4 Posters that list:
   Concert Day /Date &
Time (8-10 pm)
   The Bugle Boy, La Grange, TX
   www.thebugleboy.org
   979-968-9944
   If you have handbills, include them and send a minimum of 40.
2. Send us links to download your music and we will spin your music during The Bugle Boy’s “Company B” show on our local KTIM 89.1 community radio station.
3. Send us a five-ten sentence BLURB for our website. A short description that would catch anyone’s attention, and describe your music accurately.
4. Send us a high res JPG and a high quality VIDEO for our website promotions.
   
5. List your SHOW DATE on your online tour calendar with a link to The Bugle Boy and encourage fans to pre-purchase their tickets.
6.  Post show announcements on all of your SOCIAL MEDIA  and recommend that your fans pre-purchase their tickets.
   IMPORTANT: If artist is creating a Facebook Event, please include the following verbiage to avoid the unfortunate situation of a fan showing up at a sold out show without a ticket, thinking that clicking “Going” was sufficient.

   “Limited Seating – Purchasing Tickets In Advance Strongly Recommended”

7. INFORM your fan base of the venue (see below blurbs)

“BUGLE BOY IS A POINT OF DESTINATION VENUE”

Because The Bugle Boy is a point of destination venue, it is recommended in your marketing efforts that you incorporate the below blurb to help generate support and additional interest for your Bugle Boy show:

Blurb

Bugle Boy wishes media to mention: “The Bugle Boy is a great weekend destination in the small Texas town of La Grange. Folks will drive from Houston, Austin, San Antonio and even Dallas to hear a performance in this room. It is a true listening room with fabulous acoustics where no talking is allowed during performances. Many folks have said, ‘This is the best listening room in Texas.’ Tickets, overnight accommodations and restaurants can be found at thebugleboy.org.

ADDITIONAL PROMOTIONAL TIPS
Please use the below suggestions that make the most sense for you. If you have a separate promoter, please share these suggestions with them.

ONLINE CALENDARS:

List your show on the following online calendars:

• Bands In Town
• ReverbNation
• KPFT-FM 90.1 blueshound@kpft.org (Weekly Concert Calendar)
• Austin Chronicle:
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gbase/Calendar/index – must be submitted two weeks prior to the Thursday issue.
• KGSR Radio: Concert Calendar (contact Chris Edge to find out who to send submissions to cedge@emmisaustin.com
• Southcentraltexas.net – Events Calendar or send your PRESS RELEASE to Bea at bea@southcentraltexas.net

 

PRINTED MEDIA:

Austin Statesman /Xcellent

Email a short press release to: bestbets@statesman.com

(1-3 paragraphs with JPG photo)

TELEVISION:

Austin FOX TV will often do a early morning interview. – REQUEST AT LEAST 2 MONTHS OUT.

Contact Alyce Kerr at aly.kerr@foxtv.com for interview / live performance request

KEYE AUSTIN LIVE 6.22 – Leslie Coons LCoons@keyetv.com

 

RADIO:

You can get full list of radio stations & press info from the Texas 
Music Office website.

STATIONS THAT DO LIVE SHOWS AND INTERVIEWS:

• KTEX & Lone Star Radio will usually interview our artist by phone or in person. Their format is Texas Music, Country + Singer Songwriters
• KUT – Austin (new releases)
• KOOP – Austin
• KGSR – Austin
• KPFT – Houston – does live shows on Roark’s Wide Open Spaces, M-F, 11 am – 1 pm, or Tom Tranchilla’s show HAAM / Songwriter’s Studio, Sundays, 6:00-6:30 pm

 

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