​Facilities for Artists & Load In/Out

The Northcourt strives to make our visiting artists feel as comfortable as possible whilst they are with us. We have a private 'Green Room' for artists use to relax before and after performing. The room also contains a fridge and coffee and tea making facilities. Artists will also have access to showers and changing rooms to enable them to change into stage clothing and to clean up after performing. Persons wishing to make use of the showering and changing facilities will need to bring their own towels, shampoo etc.

Performance Times

• Headline artists should commence their set at 9-30pm latest unless by prior agreement
• Live music curfew is at 12am strictly because of surrounding residential properties. 
• If artists are performing two sets 8-45pm is the earliest permissible start time
• Doors open at 7-30pm 
• Support acts normally commence by 8-30pm 
• Licensed bar open 'til 1-00am 

Load in & Load Out

• Earliest possible Load In time is normally 4pm. Earlier by prior agreement
• Load Out should be completed by 01-30am.
• By prior agreement load out can be completed the following morning
• We will try and be as flexible as reasonably possible

PA & Lighting

• PA and Lighting will normally be supplied by the venue. Artists should in most circumstances only need back line.
• Sound Engineer is likewise normally supplied by the venue.
• PA for FOH is 7.2k HK Audio Linear 5 system with 6 powered monitors with multiple mixes available.
• SM58s or 57s will be used for vocals. There are dedicated drum mics comprising Sennheiser, Rode & Audix mics.
• Desk is a Behringer X32 with 40 inputs and multiple buses
• Midas D32 digital snake is employed, signal transmitted via dedicated Cat6 through the infrastructure with redundancy
• Up to 32 input channels can be easily accommodated on stage.
• Up to 16 return channels can be accommodated for foldback.
• Where an artist prefers to use their own lighting, PA or engineer this can be arranged by prior agreement.
• Where artists have preferences for using their own microphones we are happy to accommodate.
• Artist's own IEM systems can be accommodated please provide details to the house engineer
• Standard lighting rig is DMX controlled from FOH & comprises 16 LED pars (4 each to Front & Back, Left & Right), 4 moving head gobo LED lights, 1 hazer using water based fluid.
• Additional lighting can be deployed including multi-colour laser unit, further LED pars, lighting batons & four way LED par bars

ALL BANDS SHOULD PROVIDE A DETAILED TECH SPEC A MIN OF 7 DAYS PRIOR TO THE GIG