Thursday, October 7, 2010

Investors plan to reopen Five Points Music Hall - Birmingham Business Journal:

http://www.free-artz.com/?p=902
Jeff Manns, member of the Birmingham-basee band U.S. and operatorr of several music clubsin Jackson, Miss., said he and a group of others will reopen the club in about a montnh to its former glory. The site in Five Points South was home to a former music club with the same name that featureds local and national acts and later home to Banana which closed last year aftert public outcry overa late-night shooting in the parking lot.
Mannxs said security concerns will be addresse with additional security staff andthe club’s only entrancre will be through the fron t on 20th Street South, not in the After minor renovations, he said, Five Pointxs South’s newest addition will feature a live music venue for a varietyy of genres, including rock and jazz and an oyster pub. Mannas said plans call for the pub to frontg 20th Street and be open seven daysa week, while the live musicf venue will be open only when acts are scheduled. Last the Birmingham City Council approvedthe club’a liquor license.
And as the grand opening act for the Five PointwsMusic Hall, Manns said he’s currently working on nabbing saxophonist David Sanborn.

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