Starlight Ballroom Temporarily Shuts Down - Justice, Stars, Between The Buried & Me, Go Team Move
Hello -
Last week there was an unfortunate incident outside of The Starlight Ballroom during a private birthday party (not an R5 event). After a group of people left the venue once it was closed - two individuals began to fight over a woman. The argument escalated and security directed the two men to leave the block. Once they were across the street and down the block (away from security and a stationed police officer) - an individual produced a handgun and shot at the man who he was arguing with.
Sgt Wilkins from the Philadelphia Polce department has made it known to us (and the media) that there was no fight inside the club, adding that" Starlight Ballroom has ample security and is not known as a trouble spot" but as a precaution the City of Philadelphia temporarily closed down the venue - to make sure that the club was not attracting violent people or creating a nuisance. There will be a private meeting later this week where venue officials (including R5) and city officials will meet to discuss what kind of events The Staright palns to host in the future.
So far the City of Philadelphia has been helpful and surprisingly easy to work with. As a pre-cautionary move - The Starlight Ballroom has agreed to hire two uniformed police officers for all future events and shows (to put all your minds at ease). We expect the venue to be reopened in two weeks.
To make sure that none of the touring bands we work with are "left out in the cold" - we have moved our upcoming shows for October to new homes.
This includes the following shows :
* Sunday Oct 21st w/ Justice
* Wednesday Oct 24th w/ Stars
* Fri Oct 26th w/ The Go Team
* Sun Oct 28th w/ Floorpunch
There are different and individual circumstances behind each show move. Please read below for each show and the circumstances ....
Sunday October 21st 8:00pm
JUSTICE AND MIDNIGHT JUGGERNAUTS
- The show has been moved to The Trocadero Theater located at 1003 Arch Street (only 4 blocks away).
- The show is still all ages to enter / 21+ to drink
- Doors are still scheduled for 8pm
- The show is sold out - there are no more tickets available
- All previously purchased tickets for The Starlight will be honored at the Trocadero
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Wednesday October 24th 8:00pm
STARS AND NEW BUFFALO
- The show has been moved to The Trocadero Theater located at 1003 Arch Street (only 4 blocks away)
- The show is still all ages to enter / 21+ to drink
- Doors are still scheduled for 8pm
- There are still tickets left for purchase. They can be obtained by visiting The Trocadero Box Office, R5Productions.Com or Any Ticketmaster Location
- All Previously Purchased Tickets For The Starlight Will Be Honored At The Trocadero
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Thursday October 26th 8:00pm now Wednesday October 31st
THE GO! TEAM AND MATT & KIM
- This show date has now been CHANGED to Wed Oct 31st (Halloween!)
- The show has now been moved to The TLA / Filmore (334 South Street) - again now on a new date of Wednesday Oct 31st.
- The show is still all ages to enter / 21+ to drink
- Doors are still scheduled for 8pm
- There are still tickets left for purchase. They can be obtained by visiting The TLA / Filmore Box Office, R5Productions.Com or Any Ticketmaster Location
- All Previously Purchased Tickets For The Starlight Will Be Honored At The Filmore/TLA
- No. R5 has not sold their soul. We want to help the band from another country make sure they have an actual & fun show in Philadelphia. This was the only date and time that worked for everyone (every oter venue was booked on the 26th). Tickets are still just $14 and now you can wear a costume and act like a big crazy person (we are trying to work out a costume ticket deal now)
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Sunday October 28th 1:30pm
FLOORPUNCH REUNION SHOW / BENEFIT
- The show has been moved to The First Unitarian Church located at 22nd and Chestnut Sts.
- Since the venue is smaller - and lots of people from around the world wanted to attend - we have added a second show at 7pm.
- If you already purchased an original tickets for when the show was scheduled at The Starlight Ballroom - your ticket will be honored at the 1:30pm. The 1:30 Show / Show #1 is now SOLD OUT. There are plenty of tickets remaining for the 7:00 Show / Show #2.
- The 1:30pm Show lineup is : Floorpunch / Cold World / Have Heart / Meltdown / Let Down
- The 7:30pm Show line up is : Floorpunch / Blacklisted / Trash Talk and 1 More TBA.
- If you purchased original Starlight tickets (aka for show #1) and you would rather attend the later show (aka show #2) please e-mail : Sean@r5productions.com and we will try and help you out (no promises though!)
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Thursday November 1st now Tuesday October 30th
BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME & HORSE THE BAND
- This show date has now been CHANGED to Tue Oct 30th
- The show has now been moved to The First Unitarian Church (22nd & Chestnut Sts) - again now on a new date of Tuesday Oct 30th
- The show is still all ages to enter
- Doors are still scheduled for 7:30pm
- There are still tickets left for purchase. They can be obtained by visiting The Relapse Records STore (4th and South) or R5Productions.Com
- All Previously Purchased Tickets For The Starlight Will Be Honored At The First Unitarian Church
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Phew! Okay - that is it!
(and you thought you had a bad or busy week - imagine dealing with all of this while running 14+ shows a week)
If you have any questions - please get in touch
