Closing Time for Bar 411

If you've read this blog before, you'll know that I often note the passing of rockers as they happen. (Pretty much that's all I do with this blog!) So it was only after I began posting this message this afternoon that I realized that this, too, is an obituary of sorts.

I was adding gigs to the various calendars I use on the website, and today, the following message greeted me as I went to add things to Bar411.

After much thought, we've decided to shut down bar411.com.

We've had fun doing our small part promoting the music scene... We've gotten to see great bands play at great venues. We've met many, many people who love seeing live music as much as we do. It's been an awesome 8 years!

Sadly, we no longer have the time we feel is necessary to make this site as good as it should be.

If you'd like to drop us a line to thank us or yell at us or anything else, you can still use the bar411@bar411.com email address or the Bar411 Facebook page.

Thanks for all the memories and keep supporting your local bands!

- Mark, Brian and the rest of the Bar411 team

I am sorry to see this go--I don't know how many of you may have used this to keep track of us, or to have stumbled on us for the first time through this (I can think of at least one person), but every bit of publicity does help.

We're like a lot of bands out there--scuffling for shows, trying to make the shows we do get memorable and of high quality, and attempting to keep things fresh and fun in the face of our everyday lives and occupations. If you know of other places where we might get some helpful publicity and web presence, please let us know. And I hope we can see you at a show sometime soon. We've got one in April, then a bunch in May. As the Bar 411 team says, keep supporting your local bands!