A Vision for a New Columbia - part 5: entertainment

I’ve been giving this a bunch of thought and Columbia 2.0 makes me worry a bit. It the Sun article concerning the group, there was a member of the group that books entertainment acts. I really hope there isn’t another venue for crappy cover bands that makes a barely tolerable night out on the town. Nottingham’s and Sonoma’s covers that market rather well, thank you. Then there’s the folk music, which is cool, but that won’t drag in the youth market. Then there’s the high art events, which many young people would go to, but it’s not exactly the sort of thing that people would go to on a consistent basis. As I stated in my first post. There’s easily 500+ people who go to either Baltimore of DC to see acts doing original music. That’s a demographic work pursuing. And that’s just the punk and indy rock scenes. Let’s not forget the various jam bands in the area. Put that all together, and you have the economics of a vibrant music scene right here in Columbia.

There’s also the bands who originate in this town, but they usually don’t make it past high school and the others are