people are going to show up anyway - take a chance on something that could make this party great !
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Kevin Carmosino
11 years ago
I remember in recent years an up and coming country act would play here. Which was cool it brought in a good crowd on Sunday night. But the bringing in of washed up members of average bands isn't appealing to very many people.
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Chelsea McQuaid
11 years ago
Happy to see someone stepping up.
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Conor MacDowell
11 years ago
It's about time.
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Leah Yungwirth
11 years ago
What I'm wondering is why this hasn't already happened! The Reader understands music!
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Elise yanicko
11 years ago
This.
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Luis Pontillo
11 years ago
As someone who graduated college recently and who currently lives and works in Erie (and who has friends who are in the same situation as I am), I can't remember the last time I spent a full weekend here. I go to many concerts on the weekends, sometimes during the week and tend to spend most of my leisure time in Buffalo, Cleveland or Pittsburgh.
If we had more bands here that piqued the younger demographic, there would be so much reason to stay. The only place that keeps me in Erie on the weekends is the Kings Rook Club.
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Ben Frazier
11 years ago
As someone who left Erie in his 20s, I offer this advice: if you want to reverse Erie's "brain drain" problem, give its youth some reasons to stay, and, well, CELEBRATE their city. Culture and entertainment loom large in the list of points that make a city "livable" -- instead of just catering to baby boomers, why not offer a truly diverse selection of entertainers? When you've got people who are well into their 40s bemoaning the washed-up state of entertainers, you know you've got a problem. I guarantee the buzz generated by the addition of an up-and-coming act to the Celebrate Erie roster will downright palpable.
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Bender
11 years ago
If your going to celebrate this city you should at least get acts that the people of this city wants to hear.
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Sean McGrath
11 years ago
yes, please! let's stop inviting (and PAYING) embarrassing has-beens to celebrate erie. have some pride, people!
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John C. Lyons
11 years ago
A celebration named after our great city should be a landmark event featuring diverse musical bookings representative of the variety of demographics in the region and an event that will also be attractive to draw in those outside of our region. I trust Erie Reader's leadership to put in the time and effort needed to truly make this an event to remember.
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Will Petroff
11 years ago
I feel anything these guys come up with is a superior idea to how things have been run for many years.
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Adam Welsh
11 years ago
Celebrate Erie was designed to be so much more than what it has become under the current administration. It's a huge missed opportunity, and it needs to be fixed.
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Ben Speggen
11 years ago
"Is this a silver-bullet answer? No. Will CE be perfect regardless of who’s planning it? No. But we think it’s time for change."
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Patrick Hritz
11 years ago
Can we please get some relevancy to the acts that are booked. It might actually draw fans from out of the area. Cosmo Kramer would draw a bigger crowd.
Would love a choice, let the citizens pick then be surprised by the mediocre groups
Innovate!
PLEASE [email protected]@[email protected]@erie.better!
Change seeker.
people are going to show up anyway - take a chance on something that could make this party great !
I remember in recent years an up and coming country act would play here. Which was cool it brought in a good crowd on Sunday night. But the bringing in of washed up members of average bands isn't appealing to very many people.
Happy to see someone stepping up.
It's about time.
What I'm wondering is why this hasn't already happened! The Reader understands music!
This.
As someone who graduated college recently and who currently lives and works in Erie (and who has friends who are in the same situation as I am), I can't remember the last time I spent a full weekend here. I go to many concerts on the weekends, sometimes during the week and tend to spend most of my leisure time in Buffalo, Cleveland or Pittsburgh. If we had more bands here that piqued the younger demographic, there would be so much reason to stay. The only place that keeps me in Erie on the weekends is the Kings Rook Club.
As someone who left Erie in his 20s, I offer this advice: if you want to reverse Erie's "brain drain" problem, give its youth some reasons to stay, and, well, CELEBRATE their city. Culture and entertainment loom large in the list of points that make a city "livable" -- instead of just catering to baby boomers, why not offer a truly diverse selection of entertainers? When you've got people who are well into their 40s bemoaning the washed-up state of entertainers, you know you've got a problem. I guarantee the buzz generated by the addition of an up-and-coming act to the Celebrate Erie roster will downright palpable.
If your going to celebrate this city you should at least get acts that the people of this city wants to hear.
yes, please! let's stop inviting (and PAYING) embarrassing has-beens to celebrate erie. have some pride, people!
A celebration named after our great city should be a landmark event featuring diverse musical bookings representative of the variety of demographics in the region and an event that will also be attractive to draw in those outside of our region. I trust Erie Reader's leadership to put in the time and effort needed to truly make this an event to remember.
I feel anything these guys come up with is a superior idea to how things have been run for many years.
Celebrate Erie was designed to be so much more than what it has become under the current administration. It's a huge missed opportunity, and it needs to be fixed.
"Is this a silver-bullet answer? No. Will CE be perfect regardless of who’s planning it? No. But we think it’s time for change."
Can we please get some relevancy to the acts that are booked. It might actually draw fans from out of the area. Cosmo Kramer would draw a bigger crowd.
There needs to be a change.