The beloved dive bar received its cabaret license after nearly a year of no live music, and is testing out monthly drag shows.
"I'm better than I've been in about a year," laughs Richard Granville, a bartender over at Carioca Cafe, the beloved dive bar at 2060 Champa Street known simply as. He has a lot to be happy about: On Thursday, May 4, the city granted Bar Bar its cabaret license, and the venue will not only be hosting live music again — it'll also be adding monthly drag shows to its bill., despite hosting live music for years.
"We had a few acoustic acts Thursday night; I got in there a bit last minute," he says."Friday we were just kind of testing out PA stuff, and one of my bands brought in a drummer and just played as a three-piece, just house-band style." The PA system"needs some work," Granville adds."We've got to buy some new PA gear. That's not unusual, though. We figured we'd probably have to replace a couple of things."
While Bar Bar has historically held punk or rock shows, the venue isn't sticking to just one genre says Granville, who plays in punk bands Poison Politix and Drink Drank Punk."We've hosted folk and all myriad of electronic music DJs, jazz, blues," he adds."I'll get hip-hop in there. Pretty much everything."
The concerts are donation-based, with all proceeds going to the performers. Granville is booking shows for Thursdays through Saturdays at the moment, but says he'd like to expand to Sundays and weekdays. People can find out about upcoming shows through the venue's
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