the sky(bar)'s gone out

[alonewiththemoon]

The Skybar is closing :-(   This is a very sad thing, as with Anders doing the booking there it was one of the only venues in the city that was open to goth/dark/whathaveyou music.  From today's Herald:

Somerville's 8-year-old Sky Bar will host its final show July 15. The club's owner, Mike Qiu, has decided to expand the adjacent China Delight restaurant rather than bear the cost of installing a $40,000 sprinkler system to comply with safety regulations. Not surprisingly, New England clubs have faced more stringent inspections since the 2003 fire at the Station nightclub in Warwick, R.I.

"This is more than most people make in a year," [Anderson Mar] said of the sprinkler cost. "If (Qiu) expands the restaurant, he can get out of installing the sprinklers through a technicality."

"We'll have all kinds of crazy activities," she said. "I've been dealing with genres other venues wouldn't touch with a 10-foot pole. We were the only venue doing metal shows after O'Brien's closed (temporarily for renovations)."

Comments

[spitcurl.livejournal.com]

Damnit. 2nd goth venue to close right after I move to the neighborhood! >:P

Is the rumor of a SSD show there this weekend true, and do you know what time?

[alonewiththemoon]

yes, thanks for reminding me so that I remember to post about it--they go on shortly after 10pm, so be there by 10 to see them. Last show :-/

[spitcurl.livejournal.com]

That may work out perfectly for me. Unless I collapse from exhaustion. :)

[cassel.livejournal.com]

Sad. I always remember Skybar as the place I first saw Scissorkiss perform.

[julishka.livejournal.com]

i'm sad the restaurant is expanding, but not sad the skybar is closing. i really hated that place as a venue. wouldn't have minded if it was just turned into another irish pub., although maybe the owner will make it into some sort of tiki bar. that would rock.

[panzerkunst.livejournal.com]

And what's worse, the food at China Delight is less than delightful.