It occurred to me that I never followed up to tell you what ever happened at this gig, so here we go:
I went down to scout the place out and it was worse than I had thought! The ceiling was acoustic tiles stapled to wood beams, painted black. (Small club!!) In my electrical inspection, I determined that all of the questionable wiring and equipment was routed through one box. I agreed to do the job as long as that box could be disconnected for the duration. This was agreeable, and left said
house system as a dead clutter. My only rigging option was to manufacture a
pipe grid which was bolted to the floor and the ceiling, with 4 verticals (self supporting.) The strange chain you see in the picture is actually unrelated and is used to hang a
marquee sign for the band. I had intended on draping to hide all the nastiness, but ran out of time. It was a simple
plot of about 30 fixtures, mainly 1000Q par64s and 250w intels. Not a night I would like to repeat, but the show was fun. I left the
house system disconnected when I left, and emailed them a list of suggested work, which I am sure went over like a lead balloon.