With mainly all music venues and theaters throughout the nation in dire straits and few organized makes an attempt to safe them the assistance that they want, small venues are taking issues into their very own palms to remain afloat.
Houston’s Satellite Bar is the newest impartial music venue asking for a little bit assist to make it by means of one other month. The venue, an necessary staple for Houston’s impartial music scene, was very clear about their state of affairs in a current Instagram submit.
This month, the bar/venue opened its doorways for the primary time since March to assist pay the payments serving meals and drinks of their giant outside patio. In a submit, Satellite tv for pc described its final ditch effort to open its doorways with meals vehicles accessible for bar patrons and the way sadly, solely seven folks confirmed up.
“We’re at risk of closing! In case you ever wish to see a present right here once more, now could be the time to help,” the submit mentioned. Satellite tv for pc does benefit from a big outside area permitting it to have the ability to provide a secure and socially distanced expertise for patrons.
To date, Satellite tv for pc plans name for it to open Fridays and Saturdays with DJ’s and meals vehicles serving drinks within the patio the place they’ve added extra seating.
This previous weekend, Houston actually confirmed their love and help for the venue as Satellite tv for pc held a pop up store of classic items, meals from Umbrella Fellas, provided tattoos by native tattoo artist Jesse Castillo and dwell music by Gio Chamba on the outside stage.
A GoFundMe has been launched to assist them maintain the doorways open and they are going to be opening on weekends for what Satellite tv for pc is looking “the start of their ultimate push” hoping to make it by means of to the top of November at the very least. For anybody who plans on stopping by, masks are required and company are anticipated to stick to social distancing pointers.
Satellite tv for pc opened its doorways 5 years in the past and in pre-COVID-19 occasions could possibly be counted on to host lots of Houston’s best indie bands in addition to out of city acts with concert events virtually each evening of the week. With the top of the Walter’s period in Houston, Satellite tv for pc shortly took maintain of our metropolis’s impartial music group.
Nestled in Houston’s Better East Finish, Satellite tv for pc Bar could be arduous to search out and unassuming from the skin however behind its doorways the venue has created a big listening area that encourages music followers to get into the present. (Enjoyable Reality, it is also close to the Thunderbolt Motor & Transmissions that penetrated the unconscious of many Houstonians with their catchy adverts from the ’80s)
Many native bands, photographers, writers and music lovers of all types have counted on Satellite tv for pc as a house base for impartial, dwell music and visible artwork and if it closes, its loss would go away an enormous gap in our metropolis’s music group.
Native photographers Connor Fields and Aaron Moreno have each introduced through Instagram that they’re promoting prints of their images taken on the venue up to now with proceeds benefiting Satellite tv for pc Bar.
For particulars go to the Satellite tv for pc’s Facebook and Instagram. Satellite tv for pc Bar is situated at 6922 Harrisburg.
