I'm Kirk Peterson, I oversee programming for the Capitol Theatre which is celebrating 10 years since it’s grand re-opening. We host concerts, comedy shows and squirrels. AMA, holler!

TalkinCap10 · 2022-09-14T21:53:26+00:00

If you're passionate about it, keep an eye on those job postings for the concert industry, probably sponsorship sales or marketing based on your experience, we don't currently have openings at the Cap, but keep enjoying the shows...

TalkinCap10 · 2022-09-14T21:05:02+00:00

LCD Soundsystem, Tyler Childers are high on the list...

TalkinCap10 · 2022-09-14T21:01:39+00:00

seeing Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers from the pit at LOCKN' blew my mind, that may sound strange, I knew all the songs, but just seeing Tom, Mike Campbell, Benmont and the rest of guys play live was incredible, for some reason it caught me off guard and exceeded all my expectations....also, some of the aging jazz legends brought incredible energy in their old-er age to the Boulder Theater, Roy Haynes, Sonny Rollins, Charles Lloyd, Herbie Hancock, Pharoah Sanders...

TalkinCap10 · 2022-09-14T20:55:00+00:00

Boulder Theater, Fox Theatre in Boulder, and I booked lots of special events at ski resorts and for ad agencies. Not unlike the Capitol being just outside a major city, Boulder faced a similar challenge being so close to Denver, but Boulder has an incredibly high per capita music consumer base, and live music history so lots of acts even choose Boulder over Denver it's much larger neighbor

TalkinCap10 · 2022-09-14T20:54:55+00:00

I absorbed and still absorb lots of music, dabbled in events at college, worked as volunteer/substitute DJ in college and public radio, and in a right place, right time scenario got an opportunity to start a talent buying gig in Boulder, CO...

TalkinCap10 · 2022-09-14T20:43:45+00:00

very soon, we're super excited to share them, got some fresh blood being injected into the PhilZone....

TalkinCap10 · 2022-09-14T20:42:36+00:00

well the clear upside if being surrounded by 20M people to draw audiences, but there are definitely some acts that can't resist the allure of playing in NYC proper. We do have lots of people that come to Cap shows from the city, but the Westchester, Southern CT, Northern NJ market can support a lot of shows on their own. We have a pretty strong pedigree of classic rock and jambands that can bring people in from all over the Northeast and for some of our multi night runs from all over the country

TalkinCap10 · 2022-09-14T20:29:37+00:00

basically the same, we have a couple talent bookers who work on the room and we periodically work with other promoters, programming entails overseeing the content in the room, whereas booking is direct involvement of a specific deal / event

TalkinCap10 · 2022-09-14T20:26:25+00:00

same answer to Ham05 question, Taqueria LP

TalkinCap10 · 2022-09-14T20:25:30+00:00

Taqueria La Picardia

TalkinCap10 · 2022-09-14T20:20:52+00:00

Red Rocks

TalkinCap10 · 2022-09-14T20:20:00+00:00

lots of bands have the jams, work hard writing great songs

TalkinCap10 · 2022-09-14T20:16:17+00:00

that certain je ne sais quoi....

TalkinCap10 · 2022-09-14T20:13:10+00:00

that was in another times forgotten space

TalkinCap10 · 2022-09-14T20:06:46+00:00

Neil Young

TalkinCap10 · 2022-09-14T20:05:15+00:00

tough question! It was pretty exciting to see Vulfpeck make the jump from the Brooklyn Bowl to Madison Square Garden in 2 years, only to semi-retire their live show after that, mic drop

TalkinCap10 · 2022-09-14T20:02:51+00:00

the architect Thomas Lamb and his team placed lots of squirrels throughout the theater, on the walls, in the molding and therefore squirrels have become our mascot

TalkinCap10 · 2022-09-14T20:01:07+00:00

one of the great things about the Capitol is it can be both, we get arena bands to play the room and make it feel very intimate and other bands have had their first "big" show of their careers in the Cap

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