There's a sign on the door saying they require IDs & vax cards or negative tests within 72hrs OR "Hit the Bricks".
I tried to see a show there last night after getting rejected at the door last November for not having a vax card, so I wanted to see if they're still doing it.
Same fucking virtue signaling bullshit, same fucking bullshit excuses like "the mayor is making us do it" or "the city will shut us down if we don't comply because we're an all ages venue".
My friend and I sat in his car outside the place for a solid 20 minutes as we watched this venue turn away at least 40 people, some started arguing with the doorman/owner yet the rest just shrugged their shoulders and left.
This venue is causing a major rift in my local music scene and a good number of national acts have canceled their shows because of all this bullshit, so now the venue is charging even more money for local shows - many metal bands won't play there.
There's a show tonight and it's $25 for 5 local bands and that's fucking outrageous. I understand that bands and performers need to be paid, but that price doesn't justify it when the venue takes half of the door sales.
I saw Tommy Ca$h - a rapper from ESTONIA for $15 at another venue back in February - no vax cards or tests needed, and he's HUGE in Europe, Asia, Russia and China.
A semi-big metalcore band from the mid-2000s was booked to play 2 shows in July (because the 1st one sold out within hours) then they found out about the vax requirements and they canceled both shows, and now the venue is out thousands of dollars just from the ticket sales, along with all the food and bar sales they would've made from that night.
This place is shooting itself in both feet and still trying to walk.
There's a sign on the door saying they require IDs & vax cards or negative tests within 72hrs OR "Hit the Bricks".
I tried to see a show there last night after getting rejected at the door last November for not having a vax card, so I wanted to see if they're still doing it.
Same fucking virtue signaling bullshit, same fucking bullshit excuses like "the mayor is making us do it" or "the city will shut us down if we don't comply because we're an all ages venue".
My friend and I sat in his car outside the place for a solid 20 minutes as we watched this venue turn away at least 40 people, some started arguing with the doorman/owner yet the rest just shrugged their shoulders and left.
This venue is causing a major rift in my local music scene and a good number of national acts have canceled their shows because of all this bullshit, so now the venue is charging even more money for local shows - many metal bands won't play there.
There's a show tonight and it's $25 for 5 local bands and that's fucking outrageous. I understand that bands and performers need to be paid, but that price doesn't justify it when the venue takes half of the door sales.
I saw Tommy Ca$h - a rapper from ESTONIA for $15 at another venue back in February - no vax cards or tests needed, and he's HUGE in Europe, Asia, Russia and China.
A semi-big metalcore band from the mid-2000s was booked to play 2 shows in July (because the 1st one sold out within hours) then they found out about the vax requirements and they canceled both shows, and now the venue is out thousands of dollars just from the ticket sales, along with all the food and bar sales they would've made from that night.
This place is shooting itself in both feet and still trying to walk.
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