Woah The Most Kick Ass Awesome New Venue To Open In October !

They already popular and totally radical bar/restaurant JOHNNY BRENDA'S located in the Fishtown section of Philadelphia will be opening it's upstairs to local and national bands from around the country. They spent months and months to make the 2nd room into the ABSOLUTE NICEST small room in Philadelphia. Check out the pictures below. On top of that there is the best beer selection, a balcony (where you can actually see the bands), fancy handcrafted tables and stools, great food and a sound system that DESTROYS.

JBs is located right at the intersection of Frankford and Girard Sts. Just one block from the El stop. A 13 minute bikeride from center city. I even sometimes jog there from my house in South Philly. The shows will be 21+ ONLY. Sorry Kids! As you know we have always done all age shows but the church is getting too costly and expensive for these smaller shows. This give sus the opportunity to book shows for smaller (and more local) bands that we like, but can not host at the church. I would estimate that 90% of the bands that we will end up hosting at JBs will return to the church to play an all ages show within the year.

Just to make sure we are all on the same page - we are NOT moving our operations over there. We are just going to be doing the occasional show that is too small for the church. Johnny Brenda's is not an R5 venue. They are running and booking their shows. Again we are just doing the occassional show with them over there. That said we are so stoked and lucky to be working with such wonderful people.

Guys get ready - this room is really going to change the scene here in Philadelphia. And that's a good thing !

BALCONY :


THE BAR :


VIEW FROM THE FLOOR :


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Here is what we have booked so far !
* Fri Oct 13th - Viva Voce / Silversunk Pickups / 1 More TBA
* Fri Oct 27th - Usaisamonster / Animental / Vialka / 1 More TBA
* Mon Oct 30th - Cold War Kids / 2 More TBA
* Sun Nov 5th - Irving / 2 More TBA
* Wed Nov 8th - Say Hi To Your Mom / 2 More TBA
* Sat Nov 18th - Evangelicas / 2 More TBA
* Wed Nov 22nd - Dirty Projectors / 2 More TBA