Save Skid Row Garage

I have run Skid Row Garage for the last 12 years. Skid Row Garage is a DIY music venue in York, PA. I have hosted bands from all over the country and all over the world in a tiny room here in York. We have built a community of local musicians and music fans that bands and artists rave about everywhere they go. Recently, the venue was forced to closed. Skid Row Garage cannot continue as it has for the last 12 years. We can no long longer operate as a DIY space. I know how devastating this feels to many people. This will affect our scene locally here in south central Pennsylvania, as well as nationally.

I am not seeing this as a defeat. I am seeing as as an incredible new opportunity; an opportunity to grow this idea that I have fostered into something bigger and better for everyone involved. We are receiving messages of support from far and wide, and I hope to ask each of you to help me take Skid Row to the next level.

I am going to open a new Skid Row Garage as a legitimate venue. I am going to give local musicians a chance to play to a bigger crowd. I am going to build a venue that can draw in bigger artists than I was capable of attracting to the old location. I am going to make sure that all the misfits and outcasts, who have felt welcome and accepted at Skid Row Garage, will still have a place to call home.

I cannot do this alone. Any building that I find will need to be built to suit our needs. We will need to build a stage, storage rooms, update the wiring and plumbing, install fire suppression, and, of course, build a suitable sound system. This is on top of the rental costs of the building itself, utilities, legal fees, and insurance costs, as well as all the unforeseen expenses that are sure to arise.

This is where I ask you, my community for the last 12 years, for help. I am raising funds to help offset all these costs. I hope we can get this up and running again as quickly as possible, and not cut any corners. The money you donate will be put into building a dream that started in a garage 12 years ago. Anything over the goal will only help us make the venue better for everyone.

So, I ask you to please donate. I ask you to help me to keep bringing bands from all over the world to our little corner of it. Every donation, big or small, is appreciated. If you are unable to donate, please share. Spread the word far and wide and help me keep DIY alive!