Kelly's Live Relocation Fund

Sarasota's newest Live music venue KELLYS LIVE has been unjustly ousted from the location without any warning or notice it has enjoyed the location the last 22 months, and was a raging success, bringing to town so many amazing touring acts.Numerous features and photos  in the newspapers,and a genuine BUZZ of excitement about not having to drive to st pete or tampa to see a show. We have one of ther most beautiful towns in the country, much less the state. There is no reason why we can have a high quality music venue that caters to  original bands ,both local, national, and international. BUT Friday WE WERE WRONGLY SHUTDOWN we were met at our club by police and the property owner who is as snake in the grass as they come ,to remove us from the bar, 2 hours before a big punk rock show Yes we have paperwork, and yes we paid all monies we were responsible for, directy to said owner. We did not however have a lease ,we had a mgmt agreement. So we can fight it, but it takes time, time we dont have. We have a calendar full of exciting shows booked, it's a matter to be dealt with in court which means we lose all of the momentum and hard work that we have put forth to turn around a horrible property into one of Sarasotas finest hours in live music in decades. Being asked to be a part of Giving Hunger the Blues and many other great town events, as well as hosting bands on tour that normally would never make it to out hometown, We worked even harder to make something from nothing, as this whole success can be attributed to a grassroots, word of mouth, guerilla marketed approach to advertisment, as we have had no capital to work with,we had realtionships with all of the bands as I have been a touring recording artist for 25 years. Establishing those relationships, coupled with the knowledge of my wife Kayla Shaefer ,and her running a staff of very dedicated, loyal, lovers of music ,and our little rock bar was amazing. The bands in town have all played a roll in this and lent a hand ,and played for free when we asked them to play, to help us raise money, to fix the things we needed to fix in the early weeks of Kellys Live as it was a REALLY gross, scummy mess.We busted our asses with nothing and made something soecial in SRQ It has really grown into a town staple,, punk rock , metal, hard rock ,blues jazz its our CBGBS, we Embraced the Dive ,and we were just getting started.
**************WE NEED YOUR HELP!**************** We want to reopen as soon as possible but it will take all of your help to do so, in return we will bring this town something to be excited about and proud of. we have some great locations scoped out, we just need your help to get us to 20k to get rolling, to build a stage, PA etc. and get open by july 1st for our big Independance day massacre. Clearly every 4 quarters is appreciated and 20k is a lot to ask, but a fraction of what would be a comfy relaunch. Thank you inadvance, every single one of you who have been to Kellys Live and helped us build this exciting new place for the underbelly artists and underground music lovers , as well as an uppity snoot,we haver love for everyone, being yourself is mandatory at KELLYS LIVE help us turn this around.