26 April 2024, Part 3 of ELF, Every Last Friday – music marathon in Battle. Venue 3 this time was Sarah’s Cellar and the duo playing before us had obviously gone down well as the audience were enjoying themselves, They were also obviously enjoying the wine! The duo took a while to get packed up and had trouble with the PA so we set up our own. We got a lot of the audience on side listening, a little bit of back chat which was nice. One group were there as a ladies night out from work and they were having a great time at the far end of the room, but still clapped and cheered at the end of each song.
One thing I would say about the ELF event is that there doesn’t seem to be much feedback from the staff/owners of the venues – we get a ‘hello’ on arrival from Sarah here, but none of the other venues really acknowledge that the performers are there. I know they are busy but I think I would take the time to be polite. Maybe they deliberately stay out of the way in case the performers start asking for help with the PA or free drinks, I don’t know.
Another quick pack up then on to the final venue of the evening. It’s usually 5 venues but this time the Taproom was undergoing some work so wasn’t open.