Brooklyn DIY venue Suburbia shut down by cops last night
Brooklyn DIY venue Suburbia was raided by police and shut down last night (6/9). According to tweets and instagram posts from bands playing the show and people in attendance, cops broke up the show in the middle of Timeshares’ set, and ASTPAI never got to play (Such Gold and Pass Away both played before the raid. Correction: while Pass Away played before the raid, Such Gold, who were due to headline, did not). Suburbia updated their facebook today saying they are unable to comment until the situation is resolved, but at least one upcoming show has been cancelled; Broken Field Runner tweeted that their upcoming show with No Thank You and Never is now off. Below are more accounts of last night’s raid and closure.
Currently scheduled upcoming shows at Suburbia include Camp Cope’s first NYC show with Katie Ellen, Worriers, and Thin Lips.
Some of you may have heard about what happened at Suburbia last night, but if not, police raided the show and shut it down. We, and all…
— Timeshares (@timesharesmusic) June 10, 2017
the other bands are fine, but people were arrested including most of the folks who operated Suburbia. I think it's important that we all…
— Timeshares (@timesharesmusic) June 10, 2017
keep on top of what happens next, because those people have performed a tremendous service for this community at great risk for years and…
— Timeshares (@timesharesmusic) June 10, 2017
beyond that are fantastic individuals by any measure. It goes without saying, but we should do whatever we can to help and support them in..
— Timeshares (@timesharesmusic) June 10, 2017
whatever happens next. Lots of love to @astpai and @SuchGold who travelled (different but still long) distances to not get to play, we…
— Timeshares (@timesharesmusic) June 10, 2017
love y'all and it was at least nice to have you guys around if we had to sit through that nightmare anyway.
— Timeshares (@timesharesmusic) June 10, 2017
I've seen some of my fav shows ever at @suburbiabklyn and it was over the top how extreme the police handled breaking up a show.
— Tyler OโNeil (@thetyleroneil) June 10, 2017
https://www.facebook.com/events/1924022607834639/permalink/1938266039743629/
@suburbiabklyn forever. #notmynypd
— maxwell stern (@maxwellstern) June 10, 2017
Our thoughts go out to our boys @suburbiabklyn for what happened last night. Unfortunately, our show in Brooklyn next week is cancelled.
— ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ค๐๐ง ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐๐ซ (@brokenfieldrun) June 10, 2017