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Are there enough Columbia venues for small bands?

by Colin Elam | Apr 24, 2026

For small bands, finding a venue can be a challenge, but small venues and a busy DIY scene are helping out.

Some rock musicians performing Saturday said they see an obligation to use their music as a vehicle for activism.

Music lovers are afraid the 19-year-old music hall would disappear with the sale of the building it calls home.

by Trey Martin | Feb 9, 2021

The New Brookland Tavern, once a place where music lovers crowded together, has remade itself in the midst of the pandemic.