As the world’s eyes turn to New York for CMJ Music Marathon week, another of the city’s great venues has announced its closing. The eight-year-old Glasslands, distinctly identifiable by its stage backdrops and ceilings, will close on January 1, 2015.
The Brooklyn venue announced the news this afternoon via its website and social media.
The room’s CMJ shows this week include performances by Public Access TV, the Wytches, Kate Boy, Verite, and countless others. Check their calendar here. It doesn’t appear that the final New Year’s Eve show lineup has been announced, but no doubt it’ll be spectacular.
Here is Glasslands’ statement in full…
Dearest friends –
You’re probably getting used to hearing news like this in Williamsburg, so we’ll cut right to the chase: this New Year’s Eve will be Glasslands’ final night of music.
When Glasslands opened in 2006 as an experimental community art space, Kent Avenue felt like a forgotten backwater, scattered with old warehouses playing temporary home to non-profit arts collectives, galleries, and DIY shows. During that time, our single block saw a handful of historically ambitious art & music spaces open: Secret Project Robot/Lives With Animals, Paris London West Nile, Pyramids, Death By Audio, 285 Kent… we’re proud to have grown up in this place and time.
It was an awesome blur: there were shows with MGMT, TV On The Radio, Bon Iver, Yeasayer, Disclosure, Alt-J, there were Soul Clap dance competitions, there were aerialists, comedians, theater groups, fashion shows, raves.
Most importantly, the staff, artists, and party people that have been a part of Glasslands for the past 8 years made the venue a special creative home for music, and a joy to run. It’s impossible to fully communicate how grateful we are for all your love and support.
We’ve got a few months left, and we intend for them to be our best ever. Please come by and help us celebrate our final season.
Goodbye for now, but not forever.
Love,
Glasslands