The Hotel Café is a small music venue in Los Angeles, California. It is known for starting up the careers for many musical acts. It was founded by two aspiring screenwriters, Max Mamikunian and Marko Shafer in the year 2000. It started as a coffee shop, but soon became widely known as a performance base for female acoustic-based acts, like Sara Bareilles, Ingrid Michaelson, Priscilla Ahn, Charlotte Martin, Laura Jansen and Meiko. Since it's opening, the Hotel Café has released two albums, started it's own record label, and assembled its own "Hotel Café Tour" on March of 2008, which Katy Perry performed in.
Katy Perry has said that her first fans were the ones who came to see her acoustic performances at the Hotel Café.
Albums
- Live from Hotel Café
- The Hotel Café Presents...Winter Songs
- "White Christmas" performed by Katy Perry
Performances
- July 24, 2006 [only recorded songs are listed, others might have been played that night]
- "I'm Still Breathing"
- "Thinking of You"
- "Wish You the Worst"
- Everybody's Changing (Keane cover)
- 2006 [unknown date, among other songs]
- God Only Knows (The Beach Boys cover)
- January 12, 2009 [10:00 ]
Set list
- "I'm Still Breathing"
- "Black and Gold"
- "Hot N Cold"
- "I Think I'm Ready"
- "Brick by Brick"
- "Playing House"
- "Mannequin"
- "Thinking of You"