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Originally Posted by Brian Krashpad

OK, I stole this idea from another board. Sue me. List places you've played. If you wish, you may concentrate on places with interesting or unique names, or places where memorable events occurred (in the latter instance, a parenthetical explanation of what happened would be swell).

Or just list all of them (or all you can remember)

Here's a lot of mine. All are/were in Florida, mostly Gainesville, but also Tallahassee, Jax, Tampa, Orlando, and Ft. Myers.

Hardback Cafe (bar that had formerly housed a bookstaore)
Full Circle
Pizza Factory
Civic Media Center
Alachua Music Harvest (fest at Alachua County Fairgrounds)
Alachua County Fairgrounds (during Alachua County Fair)
Florida Music and Film Harvest (at Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park)
Covered Dish
Lyric Cafe
People's Peace Party (this was a weekend-long fest/party in an oak grove surrounded by orange groves)
Cow Haus
Moto Lounge
High Note
Down-Lo
Purple Porpoise
Higher Learning
Brick City Music Hall
Common Grounds
D.I.Y. Records
Media Play (a chain mega-store-- got thrown out after one song)
University Club (one of 2 gay bars I've played over the years)
Brass Mug
Market Street Pub
Florida Theatre
The Shamrock
Eddie C's (and later when it was re-named the Backstage, best part: there is no backstage there)
Krieger's Warehouse
Lillian's Music Store (a bar, not a store, usually shortened to just "Lillian's")
The Atlantic
1982 Bar (have yet to hear an explanation for the name)
Bar One
Orange & Brew (UF on-campus bar)
The Rathskellar (UF dining hall that doubled as on-campus bar, long since burned down)
Colonel's Fried Chicken
Skeeter's
Artitorium
Madonna Mama's
Club Rev
Jewells (club wehere I played bass for Bo Diddley)
Florida Theatre
Club Demolition
Boofest (annual Halloween outdoor fest on private property on a lake)
Wagfest (held at Wagner's Automotive in the service bays)
Admiral Spaccoli's (St. Augustine, FL 2-day gig ending in a money dispute, venue called the cops on us after the bar stiffed us the second nigh

Oh, almost forgot the venue where I performed almost every week for 10 straight years:

Abiding Savior Lutheran Church

A couple other churches I've performed at:

First Lutheran Church
St. Patrick's Catholic Church

Your turn!

The Hardback Cafe sounds so cool! I love books