Comments on: Putting Posters Up

By: Pete Green

Pete Green — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:07:30 +0000

I was in a print and copy shop the other week and there were loads of posters for wibbly-woo dance music all-nighters. Weird, eh? Maybe the fans hang out in print and copy shops to try and get wasted on the ink and toner fumes.

By: dunc

dunc — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 23:41:57 +0000

Some places it’s not a problem - posters seem to stay up in record shops for ages, and wherever you go it’s worth trying to find a unique space somewhere for your posters every month to reduce the chances of it happening (I love the little spot by the 7″ records at Tempest). That helps with consistency too, so people know what the night is before they read it.

The main places where I’ve noticed it is a problem is when you’ve got a small wall or window in a good position, which can become a bit of a free for all. The more people who use it, the bigger the turnover of posters will be I suppose. Liquor Locker was really well used, but didn’t have the square footage for that level of use. I don’t think I ever saw a poster stay up for more than 2 days there.

I think *most* of the places that I’m using now are fairly reliable, but it helps to be able to spot places where a poster may have a limited wall-life.

By: Russ L

Russ L — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 22:13:38 +0000

Just out of interest, is the matter of people taking down other other peoples’ posters a big problem these days?

I put on a small handful of gigs (and quickly got fed up with it. Plus I wasn’t very good at it) some years back, but there was only one promoter (*CoughDaveJusteCough*) known for that sort of unsavoury thing back then.

By: Created in Birmingham » The Art of Postering

Created in Birmingham » The Art of Postering — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 22:03:29 +0000

[…] very handy post from Autumn Store Dunc on putting posters up for gigs in Birmingham in which he goes through the methodology (”If you’ve got blu-tac then offer […]

By: Simon

Simon — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:22:11 +0000

People who run the guild (union) at Aston uni get rather arsey with posters on campus advertising anything that isn’t at the uni or supported by the uni so yeah. It might be worth trying Aston Wines on the road by the fire station as they seem to have RnB night posters in the windows but I guess they sell tickets for some of those things so that might be why. If you can entice an Aston society to have a night out with you then there would almost certainly be posters advertising it inside the uni buildings and once they’re up they tend to stay up for bloody ages. If there is a web address on the poster with a list of bands then maybe peeps will see it and yeah. It’s a shame that the alternative music society is being run by chocolate cutlery this year.

I won’t proof read that as I don’t think there will be much left if I do. Hope it helps though.