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Venue Review: Flat Iron Greensboro NC
Popped down to Greensboro yesterday to see a show at Flat Iron in Greensboro. Oh, what do you mean most people don't take a jaunt of 450 miles for 45 minutes of music by their favorite performer?
They look to hold an eclectic schedule of events, with Night of the Living Dead the feature this Friday the 13th, and various and sundry musicians every weekend.
Their website covers most of what a newbie would need to know. Never did figure out the Children's Museum parking thing, but that's ok.
Finding it - it's on a main road, just a block north of the Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts, which was also having an event that night. Traffic was a bit spicy, but well-controlled. I took the venue's advice and went for the Davie St Parking Deck ("parking garage" up here), and was able to play my crip card for a swift street-level spot facing the road I'd need to walk up. Parking was supposed to be $10 paid at the exit; by the time I left, I got out w/o paying. win!
The walk up was a straight shot, about 3 blocks, well lit with small little eateries on the opposite side of the street. Felt 100% safe. Crossing Lindsay St everything went from high-end well-lit to normal old-school neighborhood. I hadn't had time to check this all out before sundown, but I'd done a virtual walkthrough on Google Maps, so I was good with it.
Building was well-marked, and there was nothing more than a standard threshold to the entry - no stairs or anything. the turn to get into the venue might be tight for a chair user, but nothing there seems permanently fixed, it's more various things to block the line of sight from the street to the stage. a couple guys out front smoking were friendly when I approached (employees), and the guy working the door was similarly friendly checking my e-ticket. Another reminder to me that scruffy unshaved tattooed guys aren't scary.
The men's room was straight back on the left side of the bar, right next to the stage. o.O the ladies' was on the other side of the bar, luckily. Again, no stairs or anything, but navigating that corner might be hard if the place is crowded. there was a partial stall w/o a door, so the door to the restroom itself had to be locked, which I nearly didn't see at first. oops.
The bar had 15 or so stools, plus 4 tables up front with stools. another half-dozen were against the far left wall by the stage, which is where I camped out, in front of the sound board. Didn't realize til too late that the stage was angled a bit towards the corner of the bar. ah well. They had two cameras on the stage - one straight on from the sound board's perspective, and one 90 degrees off that. each projected to a nice monitor in the bar area, so you could still see the full performance. no idea if it was just for real-time broadcast or if they were filming for the artists. Stage was crowded with five guys and a host of instruments, and this was AFTER the opener took their gear down; those two didn't have any room to move at all.
They had the typical bar drinks menu, with a few non-alcoholic options, too. My Liquid Death was $4.50, less than at Bogarts. They don't serve any food, but did have a popcorn machine going, and a giant water jug next to it. Standard bar stuff.
The location is sort of off by itself; on my way back to my airbnb, i ended up going through the neighborhood with the hip shops/bars/cafes. S Elm St, I think, on the south side of Downtown, near Southside. Would definitely see another show there! The Finns have a two-night holiday show in December that I'd kill to be at, but that's really pushing my luck ...
They look to hold an eclectic schedule of events, with Night of the Living Dead the feature this Friday the 13th, and various and sundry musicians every weekend.
Their website covers most of what a newbie would need to know. Never did figure out the Children's Museum parking thing, but that's ok.
Finding it - it's on a main road, just a block north of the Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts, which was also having an event that night. Traffic was a bit spicy, but well-controlled. I took the venue's advice and went for the Davie St Parking Deck ("parking garage" up here), and was able to play my crip card for a swift street-level spot facing the road I'd need to walk up. Parking was supposed to be $10 paid at the exit; by the time I left, I got out w/o paying. win!
The walk up was a straight shot, about 3 blocks, well lit with small little eateries on the opposite side of the street. Felt 100% safe. Crossing Lindsay St everything went from high-end well-lit to normal old-school neighborhood. I hadn't had time to check this all out before sundown, but I'd done a virtual walkthrough on Google Maps, so I was good with it.
Building was well-marked, and there was nothing more than a standard threshold to the entry - no stairs or anything. the turn to get into the venue might be tight for a chair user, but nothing there seems permanently fixed, it's more various things to block the line of sight from the street to the stage. a couple guys out front smoking were friendly when I approached (employees), and the guy working the door was similarly friendly checking my e-ticket. Another reminder to me that scruffy unshaved tattooed guys aren't scary.
The men's room was straight back on the left side of the bar, right next to the stage. o.O the ladies' was on the other side of the bar, luckily. Again, no stairs or anything, but navigating that corner might be hard if the place is crowded. there was a partial stall w/o a door, so the door to the restroom itself had to be locked, which I nearly didn't see at first. oops.
The bar had 15 or so stools, plus 4 tables up front with stools. another half-dozen were against the far left wall by the stage, which is where I camped out, in front of the sound board. Didn't realize til too late that the stage was angled a bit towards the corner of the bar. ah well. They had two cameras on the stage - one straight on from the sound board's perspective, and one 90 degrees off that. each projected to a nice monitor in the bar area, so you could still see the full performance. no idea if it was just for real-time broadcast or if they were filming for the artists. Stage was crowded with five guys and a host of instruments, and this was AFTER the opener took their gear down; those two didn't have any room to move at all.
They had the typical bar drinks menu, with a few non-alcoholic options, too. My Liquid Death was $4.50, less than at Bogarts. They don't serve any food, but did have a popcorn machine going, and a giant water jug next to it. Standard bar stuff.
The location is sort of off by itself; on my way back to my airbnb, i ended up going through the neighborhood with the hip shops/bars/cafes. S Elm St, I think, on the south side of Downtown, near Southside. Would definitely see another show there! The Finns have a two-night holiday show in December that I'd kill to be at, but that's really pushing my luck ...