Plays: Canopy Club (Urbana)
Played: Cannery Ballroom (Nashville)
I can’t believe the band still plays the Canopy Club after all these years. That place is a dump but the Goldberg’s seem to have hooked on the nostalgia factor. Not even sure what the last ticket prices were…pushing $50 a night I’d assume.
The Cannery Ballroom was an L-shaped abortion of a venue. Reminded me of a mini-House of Rules but you couldn’t see the stage if you were in the wrong part of the L.
What do you got? They obviously play cool venues like Red Rocks and almost Harpa Conference Center but let’s focus on the negatives today.
In Colorado? I went there for a film festival and was bummed when I found out UM played it. Beautiful venue, no idea how show logistics would have worked out but it was great for the film festival.
Crystal Ballroom looks really cool visually but the split drinking vs non drinking section is a pain in the ass. That place was one of my least favorite places to see a show. Plus it’s basically just a mini version of everyone’s favorite venue the Aragon Ballroom (which is also really cool looking from a visual perspective).
Merch tables, the only bar, and the bathrooms are all right by the entrance so it’s a huge clusterfuck with no room to move after you got your ticket scanned. Then there’s some steps in the back corner that aren’t marked for shit. Soundboard also cuts off the left/right of the venue so people were walking through it until Mitchell flipped the fuck out.
Yeah, Boulder. They had two entrances inside the venue and no alcohol allowed inside. The beer garden was so flooded at set break half the crowd missed the first part of the second set (which was the best part of the show and the wooden benches were weird to dance in front of.
Plus side was I got to chill with JoJo the whole show.