24 Bar
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[Image:http://www.flickr.com/photos/howwastheshow/2471743233/ |frame|right|24 Bar Flyer from 2/26/1994]
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History
Date Opened:
Once known as: 24th On The Avenue
Date Closed: February, 1994
Owners:
Address
24 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis (demolished in 1994)
Staff
- David de Young - Booker and Soundman
- Troy Flemming - Booker and Soundman
Anecdotes
- Who can forget the now legendary 24 Bar - including the final weekend extravaganza that included 30+ bands over 3 days headlined by Tea and Sympathy and Lily Liver.
- Prior to its resurrection as a new music venue in 1992, it was much frequented by U.S. Postal workers from the Minneapolis Central Post Office, just across the street.
- Though it closed in February of 1994, The 24 Bar just turned up in the Rank Strangers' song Curtains. Read the lyrics [here http://howwastheshow.tumblr.com/post/32356305].
Bands who played the 24 Bar
- Lily Liver
- Pop Smear
- Acid Fly
- Everybody's Mother
- Tea & Sympathy
- Brooks & Foley
- Martz and Menton
- Lucky Cow
- My Dog Charlie
- Beyond Zebra
- Bean Girl
- Saucer
- Trailer Trash
- Unbelievable Jolly Machine
- Chair
- Thorn
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