9:30 Club, Rams Head Live rank high on Pollstar's Top 100 Club list
Two area clubs ranks high on music industry trade magazine Pollstar's list of the top 100 clubs around the world for the first half of this year.
The list is based on the number of tickets sold.
The No. 1 spot is, unsurprisingly, the 9:30 Club, with more than 135,000 tickets sold in six months. That's quite a bit more over the No. 2 spot, the Belgian club Ancienne Belgique, which sold 98,215.
Rams Head Live in Power Plant Live ranked sixth with 75.460 tickets sold, the Birchmere in Alexandria was 37th with 39,755 tickets sold, Rams Head On Stage in Annapolis was 43rd with 36,736.
But wait, there's more ...
The Recher Theatre in Towson was 85th 19.074 tickets sold and Main Stage @ Sonar was 96th with 16,034 tickets sold.
Some interesting facts: Rams Head On Stage holds about half as many people as Sonar's main stage. The 9:30 Club, which holds fewer people than Rams Head Live, has topped this list for the past couple years at least, if not more.
Here is a link where you can download the whole list.
(Baltimore Sun archive photo of 9:30 Club owner Seth Hurwitz)
Erik Maza is a features reporter at the Baltimore Sun. He writes for several sections of the Sun paper and contributes weekly columns on music and nightlife. He also writes and edits the Midnight Sun blog. He often covers entertainment, business, and the business of entertainment. Occasionally, he writes about Four Loko, The Block, the liquor board, and those who practice "
Comments
link?
or is this list not available to us plebeians?
Posted by: dave | July 15, 2009 3:17 PM
dave, I've never tried to do this before, but I think it worked. refresh this page and see if you can click on the link and download the file.
Posted by: Sam Sessa | July 15, 2009 3:24 PM
Weird. Shows at RH Live are always half empty when I go.
Posted by: Anonymous | July 15, 2009 3:28 PM
cool, that worked. thanks.
found last year's lists here.
Posted by: dave | July 15, 2009 3:37 PM
I've fallen in love with the new Quarter (used to be the new Hammer Jacks). I like it much, much better than the Recher. Can't wait to see Aranda there with Tantric at the Quarter on the 2nd. Aranda does a fantastic version of "Dazed and Confused". I've only recently pulled myself out of the 80s, and it's in part to small places like this playing new (and some of the "old") music where you can get up close and personal with the band afterwards.
Posted by: KBS | July 16, 2009 6:45 AM
that explains why the last two times I've been to the 9:30 Club, it seems like they sold wau more tix than max capacity should be allowed in that place. I felt like a sardine.
Posted by: Bruce | July 16, 2009 12:47 PM
I'll admit this is a shameless plug, but i'm really excited about this year's Ravens Kickoff party at Power Plant Live!... It's completely free to attend and Shinedown is the headliner with Aranda, Tantric and Halestorm opening up. Big thanks to the Ravens and 98Rock! Bruce, hope you can make it.
Posted by: Chris | July 16, 2009 3:48 PM