VENUE CHANGE FOR TONIGHT: LIKE BATS, DEADLIGHTS, BABY GRAND, FIRE FIRST @ POPEYE'S GARAGE
Thursday, July 22, 2010
7:23 AM
Labels: deadlights , fire first , july 2010 , like bats , popeyes garage , venue change , wallingford american legion , wallingford american legion shut down , 1 comments
Labels: deadlights , fire first , july 2010 , like bats , popeyes garage , venue change , wallingford american legion , wallingford american legion shut down , 1 comments
DEADLIGHTS
LIKE BATS
FIRE FIRST
CALIFORNIA
BABY GRAND
MUTE WITNESS
CALIFORNIA
BABY GRAND
MUTE WITNESS
@ Popeye's Garage
50 Goffe St | New Haven, CT | Right next to Popeye's
6PM | $5
Discuss the show here and the venue change here. RSVP to the event here.
The venue for this Thursday's show was changed after a major decision by the board at the Wallingford American Legion to not allow bands to play the hall, effective immediately. Shows booked there in the future will most likely be relocated. Check back here for further information.
Mike Nagy of Fire First helped put together the show, and roughly explained the shut down:
Basically what happened is the American Legion members had an unscheduled meeting tonight because the guy who lives across the street hired a lawyer so he could meet with the board members and make a case for why they shouldn't do shows there, and how he was considering suing etc etc etc. So he brings his lawyer to the meeting, and the lawyer makes a long speech to the legion members about how there are people doing intravenous drugs, having sex, drinking, urinating in public, making noise past the noise ordnance time etc. That's the abridged version. Is everything that happens at the legion squeaky clean fun? no but what this guy and his lawyer were saying was over the top, and obviously the board members bought it and they passed a motion to ban bands from playing there.
Mr. Smith has handed over the hall rental responsibilities to whoever is in charge of the legion now, and it looks like no shows will be happening there anytime soon.
Check back for further news/opinions about the shut down of this important hall that's housed so many shows in the past couple of years.