VENUE BOOKINGS
Helping venues grow patronage and cultural identity
New patrons, loyal regulars, a vibe that fits your place. That’s what a strong music program creates, and it takes more than just hiring an artist.
Holy Pavlova provide full live music management for venues including bookings, marketing, paperwork, and cancellation replacements. However, the real magic is crafting the right program — a dive bar and a family pub call for entirely different artists, and understanding that distinction is where we add value. Each program is built for your room and audience, mixing local acts and touring talent to keep seats filled and your schedule working for you.
We typically operate as exclusive venue agents, representing you and your needs to sources the best musicians. Full service not for you? No dramas. We can keep it simple and have a deep artist roster to connect you with the right talent when you need it.
Over the past decade, we’ve worked with 50+ venues in the Illawarra, South Coast, Canberra, Sydney and Hunter Regions. Below are just some of their stories.
REUB GOLDBERG BREWING MACHNE, ILLAWARRA
Pub classics at the local.
We first started working with Reub’s in 2019 as their exclusive entertainment provider. During this time we transformed the venue into a humming program which includes rotating Saturday night DJ’s, Sunday arvo acoustic artists, and bi-monthly band events.
We also provide curated bookings for their annual calendar of events — oompah bands for Oktoberfest, Mariachi Band for Cinco De Mayo, First Nations artists for NAIDOC week, flamenco guitarists for Day of the Dead, or Jazz & Blues for their own ‘Dark As’ beer festival.
The relationship goes deeper than the music calendar. We secured grant funding to deliver a $50,000 music and entertainment infrastructure project, which went direct to the venue. Keeping an eye out for opportunities is all part of the service.
BUNDANON ART MUSEUM, NSW SOUTH COAST
Diverse and contemporary programming.
Over the past few years we’ve had the honour of delivering Bundanon’s free entry music program. An iconic venue who’s hosted ARIA winner Slava Grigoryan, Benedicte Maurseth, the Australian Guitar Quartet, Emma Donovan and Sarah Blasko.
Each month is different with Bundanon. Sometimes relaxing background music, other times uplifting artists to energise patrons during artesian markets. When a new works are staged, musicians are also curated to compliment niche exhibition themes.
Whatever the music. We’re there for them.
CAPITAL BREWING, CANBERRA
Big bands for big occasions.
Each year we run Capital Brewing's largest activations, each built around a full live band takeover of the taproom to match bespoke beer ranges.
Front Yard Fest kicks the year off with a lineup of local and interstate acts across the day. Come winter, Midnight Mass takes things dark and heavy, shadowy brews, fire, and a moodily atmospheric lineup of punk and electronic acts, Canberra's answer to Dark Mofo. we also help kick off their birthday celebrations, curating free-entry programming spanning live bands, solo artists and DJs.
Three very different rooms, three very different crowds, one dedicated program running across all of them each year.
