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Fruit Bats Booking Agency Profile

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Fruit Bats is an American rock band based out of Chicago, Illinois, comprised of members Eric D. Johnson (singer/songwriter), Sam Wagster, Ron Lewis, Graeme Gibson and Christopher Sherman. Their music inspirations include The Grateful Dead, The Byrds, The Kinks’ album The Village Green Preservation Society, and Supertramp. They have recently toured all across the United States with fellow rock group My Morning Jacket. Frontman Eric Johnson was an instructor at The Old Town School of Folk Music, led his own space-rock band named I Rowboat, and has been a guitarist in several bands, including Califone and The Shins. Fruit Bats’ debut album Echolocation was released on Perishable Records, after which the band toured with the likes of Modest Mouse and The Shins. They signed with Sub Pop the following year and have released four albums with them, including Mouthfuls, Spelled in Bones, The Ruminant Band and Tripper. They also created the album You Be My Heart to benefit 826 Valencia, which is a charity whose mission is to aid children and young adults in developing their writing skills and to help teachers inspire students to write. The band’s song “When U Love Somebody” from Mouthfuls was featured in the movie “Youth in Revolt”..

How to hire Fruit Bats for an event

Learn how to hire Fruit Bats or research availability and pricing for booking Fruit Bats to perform at a corporate event, fundraiser, private party, social media campaign, fair or festival, tradeshow or conference, endorsement project, or hire Fruit Bats as a guest speaker, please submit the form to our agency.

Frequently Asked Questions about booking Fruit Bats to perform.

Many performers, actors, speakers and other talent like Fruit Bats in certain cases will consider virtual appearances via live streaming. They perhaps may accept lower fees too. If you are seriously interested in booking Fruit Bats or other talent shown on our site, we will research their desire and the specific fee for your live-streaming event or project request.
Fruit Bats's current work schedule and location in relation to your event's type, date, budget, and locality will play a primary factor in the acceptance of booking Fruit Bats for your party. As long as your funding is commensurate with the price range to book Fruit Bats, CTI will propose your event to the official agency representing Fruit Bats. After we consult with them, we will provide a personal and accurate quote that includes: final costs, availability, and actual interest in being hired for your specific event or party.
CTI can give you the accurate Fruit Bats booking price once we submit your event details to their camp. "How much does it cost to book Fruit Bats for an event?" is a frequent question we get. The final Fruit Bats booking price is contingent on many variables and the booking fee we may show is based on a range derived from our past experience with what will Fruit Bats charge for an event. An example fee to book Fruit Bats is in the starting range of $15,000-$24,999. However, any recent popularity change would cause a price fluctuation well beyond this example. Also, their speaking fee might be different than the fee shown for the cost to perform or to just appear. Popularity, career stage, along with current demand will cause fluctuations in their speaking price as well. The final booking price may be more than what is shown, but you should at least have a budget within that range for them to consider an appearance, performance or speaking engagement.
CTI negotiates on behalf of professional event planners and talent buyers for paid appearances! We cannot give out direct contact information of the Fruit Bats agent or help distribute fan mail, personal messages, gifts, requests for free appearances, or donations of time. The Fruit Bats manager and agent will only work with us if we present them with funded offers for their client to work your event.
There is low probability to book Fruit Bats for a party with anything substantially less than the published booking cost price range. We will negotiate with the Fruit Bats agent on your behalf if your funding is in place. By not having funding ready then it will more difficult to book Fruit Bats, because they get many offers to work events that are at or above asking price. It is also important to consider the travel costs when researching the Fruit Bats booking fee, as additional expenses like this, as well as an entourage of staff and equipment, are not necessarily built-in to the booking fee range shown. If your budget does not factor that in, then there is no benefit for them to want to be hired. We do not personally speak for Fruit Bats, but in our experience in booking talent for over 25 years, this is generally the outcome of inadequate funding.
Type
Performer
Style
Rock
Range
Rock, Folk-Rock, Male, Age Group-18-30's, Age Group-30's-50's
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