Hampden's The G-Spot likely to close October 1
Hampden's The G-Spot, which has hosted a variety of performances and events in its ten years in business and most recently the inaugural Scapescape festival, is likely to close October 1.
Its landlord is seeking to transform 2980 and 2981 Falls Road, the two warehouses where Scapescape took place, into a restaurant-condo complex, says venue promoter Dave Underhill, who was also one of the organizers of the festival.
The venue's landlord, Douglas Carroll, first told venue manager Reuben Kroiz that June 1 would be the G-spot's last day before the space was turned over to developers.
Scapescape was supposed to be their farewell concert.
But Underhill says the eviction date was extended to October when the developers missed a contract deadline.
Based on the developers' track record, Underhill doesn't know for sure if they'll be pushed out by then, but they've been operating under that assumption since.
Underhill says the only way the venue would stay indefinitely is if staff find someone to buy the buildings, which Kroiz has estimated at nearly $4 million, that wouldn't kick them out.
The G-Spot is planning another big show for September in anticipation of the eviction deadline. After that, Underhill says manager Kroiz hasn't ruled out taking the name to another location.
The G-Spot has been at Falls Road since 1999, when Kroiz and Jill Sell opened it as an art and performance space. In that time, it's also hosted Ted Leo, Wye Oak, and Microcinefest.
The G-Spot would follow another performance space, The Hexagon, in closing by just four months.
Photo: G-Spot in 1999 (Rob Brown/Special to The Sun)
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
I live in Hampden and I've never heard of it. So...
Posted by: not hip | June 10, 2011 10:40 AM
"Underhill says the only way the venue would stay indefinitely is if staff find someone to buy the buildings, which Kroiz has estimated at nearly $4, that wouldn't kick them out."
I can afford that. I'll take it.
Posted by: kevin | June 10, 2011 12:01 PM
Its at the bottom of Clipper Mill Rd along the Jones Falls....sad its closing
Posted by: Sal | June 10, 2011 6:02 PM
Have to admit the G-Spot is hard to find...
Posted by: Roger | June 10, 2011 8:30 PM
I have a quarter, if I can come up with 3 more investors with a quarter each or you can bring ina team with two dimes and a nickel and it's on!
Posted by: Tif | June 11, 2011 12:30 AM
Yes, that was supposed to read $4 million. The typo has been updated
Posted by: Maza | June 13, 2011 4:44 PM