The Anniversary of Kings Death
King’s was a nucleus for downtown music and tomorrow, April 8th, marks one year since its closing. The space was a funky, affordable venue that hosted roots music, punk, hip-hop, metal - anything. Recently there has been talk that Kings will re-open in the old Greenshields space; prior to that we heard rumors that it would be taking over the Martin Street Music Hall space. It seems impossible to piece together what King’s was, but there is hope that its spirit will soon materialize somewhere.
In honor of the day, our friend Proactive Busy Body, has a slide-show remembering the final night of Kings.
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hank
04/08 12:28 AM
Kings is gone but not forgotten.
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Dana
04/08 01:30 PM
Well, it’d be nice if we actually had some better local bands to demand more live venues. It’s not like Meeker and crowd are doing anything more than Fetzer did to promote the culture of local, live music.
How about beefing up the Arts Commission to address live music. Promote the concept like Austin and Nashville do. Austin has a full-time city employee who goes around dealing with night club issues, with the idea of trying to make their lives easier (loading zone issues, accommodating public advertising space, dealing with complaints, etc).
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Dave
04/08 04:15 PM
This area has some great bands.
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Kermit
04/10 04:56 AM
Seriously, when’s the last time anybody truly rocked out without the help of their mayor? Local politicians are the key.
If Thomas Crowder isn’t crowd surfing between J?ger shots - what’s the point?
When the weekend rolls around, I call up my bros Jimmy West and The Rodge and we hit downtown like a hurricane, then we crawl S. Glenwood, and finish things off with some late night Charburgers. This is how we do. And if, by chance, we come across some awesome live music along the way… man, it’s like a crescendo in the City of Oaks.
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