BK venue Bodega is closed 'for the foreseeable future'

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Ninjasonik @ Bodega 7/5/08 (thepiratehat)
Death Set @ Bodega

Hello everyone,

If you are receiving this email, it is because we have scheduled a show with you and/or your band at BODEGA in the coming weeks.

It is with great disappointment that we have to cancel all BODEGA shows in the coming weeks. As some of you may know, we had a problem with the bathroom last week that revealed serious structural damage to the space. At risk of injury and serious disaster, we have been forced to close down for the foreseeable future in order to repair damages and conduct major renovations.

I am very sorry, certainly we do not want to cancel shows and close our doors but the situation is dire and catastrophic. Even right now, there is a massive hole in the floor, no bathroom, and structural damage to the building.

We hope to reopen in October, if possible. Again, I am very sorry and hope to reschedule these shows when the repairs are completed.

All the best,
Andy

That didn't last very long. Andy is Andrew Smith the event coordinator at Bodega. Hidden Power and Frat Dad were scheduled to play there Friday night (and are looking for a new venue if you know anywhere).

Tags: Bodega, Frat Dad, Hidden Power, Ninjasonik

posted at 10:02 AM on August 21, 2008 in music | venues | Comments (29)

Comments (29)

weird...i never heard of dilapidated buildings in the ghetto.

Posted by Anonymous | August 21, 2008 10:29 AM

ghetto, what's the ghetto? my trustfund has never heard of it.

Posted by Anonymous | August 21, 2008 10:35 AM

it's where you say you go to get your indie cred.

Posted by Anonymous | August 21, 2008 10:37 AM

sausage party

Posted by Anonymous | August 21, 2008 10:51 AM

The was the best Carlton Banks & The Showering Jesuses show ever.

Posted by Frank Lloyd Wright | August 21, 2008 10:54 AM

Looks like that place would do better to reopen to Chelsea.

Posted by Anonymous | August 21, 2008 10:59 AM

^^^Speak English much?

Posted by Anonymous | August 21, 2008 11:17 AM

Yeah, you tell him dude! His English stinks!

Posted by Anonymous | August 21, 2008 11:20 AM

Looks like that place would do better to reopen in Chelsea or at 11:17's basement, apparently.

Posted by Anonymous | August 21, 2008 11:21 AM

This is great news!

Posted by Anonymous | August 21, 2008 11:23 AM

http://i37.tinypic.com/w6ql40.jpg

its pretty bad

Posted by pierce | August 21, 2008 11:32 AM

bring back Coney Island High, Wetlands, and keep the Knitting Factory in Manhattan... how come no one is fighting for that btw?

if all the good NYC venues didn't get forced out, people wouldn't have to breathe in asbestos and fall through floors to see bands play

Posted by Anonymous | August 21, 2008 12:36 PM

dudes i'm hosting a show in the hole in the floor! the new space is called "hole in the floor"! sick!

Posted by Anonymous | August 21, 2008 12:40 PM

places like this ARE the current manifestation of the good clubs of the past. no one with enough money will back a real club (that's not some bowery-sized monster), so it's left to kids with no money pooling their resources. i am not super optimistic about the building owner stepping up quickly to repair Bodega. can we have a "Bathroom Raising" benefit?

Posted by Jimmy Legs | August 21, 2008 12:40 PM

cuz asbestos gets you fuuuuuuuuuckin stoooooooned. get with it.

Posted by Anonymous | August 21, 2008 12:40 PM

Fun Fun Fun Fest in NYC please... anyone?

Posted by Anonymous | August 21, 2008 12:45 PM

this is a bummer

Posted by Anonymous | August 21, 2008 12:57 PM

let's hope they get this resolved and get back open

Posted by Anonymous | August 21, 2008 1:00 PM

they can play in my living room. it's probably the size of bodega, or at least death by audio. it's in williamsburg and i don't think the people upstairs would care. we have a patio too.

interested?

Posted by Anonymous | August 21, 2008 1:25 PM

i love hidden power.

that is all.

Posted by david | August 21, 2008 1:37 PM

looks like Kang on the wall

Posted by Anonymous | August 21, 2008 2:07 PM

Quick, someone call Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.

Posted by Anonymous | August 21, 2008 2:40 PM

anon 2:40 best comment ever! hahah. i actually liked that space but yeah they needed to renovate fo shizzle

Posted by a | August 21, 2008 2:59 PM

dude, real rockers fall through bathroom floors. grown up.