So, my band has been invited to perform at Six Flags as part of their "live and local" initiative. This is where they find local bands who are willing to perform some sets at a venue that might be a little larger than they're used to hitting.
The caveat? It's unpaid.
I searched around the internet to make sure someone had talked about it publically before talking about it here, so you can see the basic setup here:
http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=386962948&blogId=481965766
Basically you perform for 90 minutes
you get the run of the park for free (about $40 or so value, I think tickets are)
You can sell merch.
you can eat in the employee area for a discount.
The cons: You can't get your family in for free
it's unpaid
they want us to perform on St. Patrick's Day, which is when Irish bands usually make a ton of money.
Looking at youtube for live and local performances, it looks like the stages may hold about 500-600 people for the audience which is the biggest crowd my band has performed at, but not the biggest crowd I've performed for. I've played for about 3000 people once.
I'm disinclined to do it, personally. It's on a work day, it's for no pay, and I'm 40 years old and don't really care about riding free roller coasters in exchange for my sweat equity. What do you guys think?