Venue Specs
About Us
The Button Factory is available for private and corporate hire as well as band hire outs. We can cater for bookings from 80 up to 900. All you will need for your show can be arranged in-house, including PA System, Lighting, DJ Equipment etc.
All shows 18+ unless expressly stated otherwise.
Accessibility
The main entrance of the Button Factory is fully wheelchair accessible. Staff are available to assist all patrons, no need to join the queue. There are dedicated toilet facilities for disabled patrons just off the foyer at the entrance. There is a ramp from the foyer that brings you in to the main room in front of the stage. The advised viewing position is in front of the stage which is also a security position. The stage is 950mm high.
The Main Venue
A state of the art, 550 capacity black box room, capable of hosting the highest calibre of live bands and DJ’s, corporate events, conferences and everything in between.
Crowbar Terrace
The Crowbar Terrace is an 80-100 capacity space, perfect for intimate gigs, listening parties, after parties, album launches, live podcasts, birthdays and everything in between.
Crowbar
Established in 2013 and holding up to 60 people, Crowbar is our main bar renowned for it’s vast array of craft beers, hand-picked whiskey's and gins and an assorted list of spirits, wines and cocktails. Pop in for a pre-show drink here.
Outdoor Smoking Area
With all artwork and decor commissioned by the wonderful Garlic Designs, this is the optimal location for Summer parties, Barbecues, or daytime DJ sets.
Main Venue Tech Specs
Sound Limiter: There is a sound limit on the pa of 112dB-C weighted which cannot be bypassed and must be adhered to. ALSO Crossover settings cannot be changed.
Main FOH System
FOH Desk Digidesign D-Show Profile console 48 input,
16 output 8 outputs @FOH – 4 in use for PA 8 outputs @Stage – Used for monitors from FOH MAIN SYSTEM L & R
Microphone and D.I List
1x Shure Beta 52a
1x Shure Beta 91a
1x Sennheiser e902
1x AKG D22
2x AKG D40
10x Sennheiser e604
3x Shure Beta 56a
7x Sennheiser e614
6x Shure SM57 LC
2x Sennheiser e906
4x Shure Beta 57a
8x Shure SM 58 LC
6x Stageline Dib-100 Passive DI Boxes
3x Radial J48 Active DI Boxes
8x BSS AR-133 Active DI Boxes
Stacked on Stage
L’Acoustics ARCS Two way active speaker x 6 (3 per side) L’Acoustics dv-Sub. Compact Bass x4 (2 per side) L’Acoustics SB28 dual 18″ subwoofer x 2 (Under the stage @Centre position) Powered by L-Acoustics LA8, DSP/ Networked remote x3 Amplifier, 4 x 2000 Watt, with Presets Balcony:
Left and Right Balconys
L-Acoustics 12XT, Passive 12” x2 (1 per side) Main Balcony Centre Cluster L-Acoustics 12XT, Passive 12″ x2 All Powered by L-Acoustics LA4, DSP/Networked remote Amplifier, 4 x 1000 Watt, with presets
The Button Factory Dimensions
Stage:
6000mm Wide
5000mm Deep
954 mm High
Dance Floor:
81 square metres
From Stage to Truss:
4000mm
From Stage to Moving Lights:
3600mm
Front Truss to Stage:
2000mm
Front Truss To Dance Floor:
6200mm
Projector From Screen:
13000mm
Lighting Dept :
Equipment List
Console:
Avolites Titan Mobile (v15.1)
w/ Mobile Wing
w/ 16” Touchscreen Monitor
Lighting Fixture Report & Plot:
On Stage
6x Clay Paky Alpha 300 HPE Spots
8x Martin Mac 101 LED Washes
4x Martin Atomic 3000 Strobes
2x Sets of CP60 ACL bars
3x 4-Cell Blinders (1 Channel)
5x FOS Glow2
3x FOS CyclePro (JDC1 replicas)
Front Wash
1 x 6 way PAR 64 bar, CP61
4x ETC Source 4
2x 19 degrees lenses2x 36 degrees lenses
Over Dancefloor
2x Martin Atomic 3000 Strobes
1x Fixture a side
6x Treblyz OK7Q LED Washes
3x Fixtures a side
Projection:
1 x Panasonic Pt-ew 630. 5,500 Ansi-lumen Projector
4.5m width electric screen 16:10 ratio (positioned upstage centre)
Viewing area in cm (WxH): 350 x 219, 400 x 250, 450 x 281
Overall dimensions (A - C) 311 - 304, 361 - 354, 411 - 404, 461 - 454
Signal Supply from Stage
1 x HDMI
Signal Supply from Ops Position
1 x VGA
1x HDMI
Truss:
32 Meters of Thomas 22” Box Truss
10 Meters of Globe 12” Triangular Truss
This is a fixed position truss.
On Stage Power:
1 x 63A 3 Phase 240v (Positioned upstage right)