On the advice of the venue, we're moving the TIME of the shows up by an hour. So we'll be playing from 6:00 to 10:00. This works better for a couple of reasons, most prevalent of which is we'll be able to be louder for 3 hours, and then dial it back for the last hour before hitting the bars.
If my set is going to end up during the drums-allowed period, then, I might like to take advantage of that. Some of my arrangements just aren't sounding right without drums...