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Club
Bohemia is back booking bands in the Cantab Lounge basement space in
Central Square, and aggressively seeking talent wanting stage time.
The supposedly final show was Sept. 1,
when the live music booked regularly by club manager Mickey Bliss was
replaced by music programmed by the Cantab itself, with an emphasis on
DJ nights. With the closings of All Asia in 2013 and the Out of the Blue
art gallery in 2017, that left The Middle East complex – including
Sonia, which last year filled the space left when T.T. the Bear’s Place
closed in 2015 – as the square’s sole regular source of the rock that
has formed so much of its identity.
“The
computer DJ format that the Cantab had instituted in September when it
closed down Club Bohemia failed to generate any significant traffic or
sales,” said Mickey Bliss, agent and owner of the club and its related
Hitman Records. “The Cantab has asked Hitman Records to recommence
booking live entertainment.”
Club
shows will be Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays – and have already
started, Bliss said, having sat on the news for at least a week and now
urging bands, artists and promoters interested in booking shows to make
contact for its many open dates. “We anticipate that the club will offer
a full schedule of shows three nights a week once the club gets up and
running at full speed,” Bliss said in a press release. (Wednesdays remain the Boston Poetry Slam night.)
Bohemia started at The Kirkland Cafe in 1993 before moving to the Cantab Lounge at 738 Massachusetts Ave., meaning the club shut down and relaunched in its 25th anniversary year.
The
first bands for the Club Bohemia return were Glider and Mr. Airplane
Man on Nov. 3, a “one-off deal” that served as a test for a return. “It
was kind of a gradual process,” Bliss said by phone Friday. The tryout
benefited from some lower expectations – though “skyrocketing” rents for
the Cantab have “everyone on pins and needles,” the reality of the
situation is that band nights that used to bring in 60 or 70 people now
can be expected to bring in only around 3o to 40.
Nina performs in March at Club Bohemia under the Cantab Lounge in Central Square. (Photo: Nina via Facebook)
An iconic music club in Cambridge that shut down a few months ago is back in business.
According to musician and radio host/consultant Michael Scott Stewart, Club Bohemia has returned to its space in the basement of The Cantab Lounge in Central Square, with Cambridge Day confirming this (via a press release on Facebook), saying that the computer DJ format that The Cantab had replaced it with was not doing well, according to club manager Mickey Bliss. As of now, Club Bohemia is slated to have shows Thursday through Saturday and is currently looking to fill open dates.
Club Bohemia, which shut down in early September, has featured many local and regional acts over the years, while the Cantab itself was once known for being home to legendary R&B group Little Joe & The Thrillers.
The address for Club Bohemia (and The Cantab Lounge) is 738 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02139.
Club Bohemia, which shut down in early September, has featured many local and regional acts over the years, while the Cantab itself was once known for being home to legendary R&B group Little Joe & The Thrillers. The address for Club Bohemia (and The Cantab Lounge) is 738 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02139. [Earlier Article] Club Bohemia in Cambridge's Central Square to Close Follow us on Twitter at @hiddenboston https://bostonrestaurants.blogspot.com/2018/12/club-bohemia-in-cambridges-central.html Club Bohemia is BACK!
TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2018
Club Bohemia in Cambridge's Central Square to Close
It looks like another iconic music club is shutting down.
Vanyaland is reporting that Club Bohemia, which is located in the basement of The Cantab Lounge in Cambridge's Central Square, is closing on September 2, with the website for the place statingthat its final show is September 1--and also mentioning that The Cantab will remain in operation. No reason has been given for the closure of the club at this point in time, and a post on its Facebook page discusses starting an online petition to save the place, so stay tuned for any updates as they come in.
Club Bohemia has featured many local and regional acts over the years, while the Cantab itself was once known for being home to Little Joe & The Thrillers, an R&B group that played there countless times (Cook passed away in 2014).
The address for Club Bohemia (and The Cantab Lounge) is 738 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02139.
[August 30 update: Based on a blog post, it looks like the last night at Club Bohemia will be Saturday, September 1.]
