Per Bristol Rising member Barbara Brady…
She visited Infinity Music Hall & Bistro in Norfolk, CT and loved it — thinking perhaps a venue/establishment like this would be great to have as part of Bristol’s new Downtown mix. What do you all think?!
Here’s a little bit about the place from their web site:
“Built in 1883 in picturesque Norfolk in northwest Connecticut, Infinity Hall is an intimate music, dining and entertainment destination beyond compare. Newly renovated, the historic building features its original proscenium stage and wood, as well as many other notable details. Whether it’s dinner and a show, high quality casual dining or simply drinks and music you’re seeking, Infinity Music Hall & Bistro can provide it.
The music hall seats 300, ensuring each and every seat provides front row entertainment. Newly renovated, the hall hosts more than 200 music and entertainment shows by quality national and regional artists annually. Infinity Bistro, the music-themed restaurant and bar, serves gourmet delights and spirits.”
Please check out–and LIKE–my new entry for a real, non-theoretical “intimate live music venue.” Fellow Riser Mike Seery and I are making live music available to Bristol ALREADY, through our lighter, quicker, cheaper Ingraham House Concert Series. We’re poised to up the ante, but we need your support to make it happen! Thanks!
Also came across
The Space, Hamden CT
Seems like a pretty cool, eclectic place that marries art w/ live music. Here’s their Web site http://www.thespace.tk/index.html
and an excerpt about them:
The Space (since 2003) exists to build a safe, positive community for people of all ages through music and the arts. Physically, we are a listening room venue located in an unlikely industrial park in a sleepy suburb of New Haven, Connecticut. So we definitely have that whole mystery thing going for us.
We’re somewhat small in venue size (150 capacity), but we house a whole lot of love and a whole lot of decorations. You can spend a few months mentally cataloguing all the weird random things hanging from our walls and ceilings. We have a large stage that is the focal point of the room. We have a Vintage Boutique (The Attic) and 80s arcade upstairs. We also have a Cafe that serves awesome food and there is an expansive outdoor patio area that has comfortable seating.
The Space is basically halfway between an underground arts collective and a sticky floor rock venue. There’s carpet, A checkered Floor and a staff of awesome people. There are velvet couches crazy lamps and over 50 different flavors of tea. There’s also rock and roll, folk, acoustic orchestras, independent film, SKA, experimental, indie shows, and more happening on our stage. We have hosted hundreds and hundreds of national, regional and local bands since we opened in early 2003. We are excited to announce that we will be opening a second stage in early 2011. We are a venue run by musicians for musicians and we go out of our way for our community and scene.
places like Infinity Hall are made by people with vision..that place was a rat trap..now it is truly a wonderful venue. I’ve also been to the Iron Horse. Simple venue, folks…How nice it would be to find or create a place like these venues, yet unique in it’s own right. LOVE THIS IDEA!
This is definitely something we’ve been missing in Bristol. I’ve got tons of friends with a tremendous amount of talent but no venue for them to showcase that talent locally. Myself included, I’ve worked on several projects with different musicans but finding a place to perform live in Bristol has always been a struggle.
Yes, we ABSOLUTELY need more space for music!