Photo by Phillip Scholz
Our experiences at Minitek last night were much like others. Since the event was happening from 10pm to 8am, we arrived at 2am to the Penn Plaza Pavillion hotel to find 300+ people in line, wrapping around the corner down 33rd street. At the entrance, the VIP line was anything but single file; a cluster of up to 100 people calling, texting, and looking around for friends that had more information on what was going on. Bouncers were angry, no one was moving, and the rumor most overheard was that for a 3,000 capacity venue, they had a certificate for only 300. No way. The minds behind Minitek are much smarter than that, and the other scuttlebutt on the street was that the hotel simply decided to shut it down.
So far, there's an incredible amount of concern for the coordinators of the festival and those who spent money beyond their ticket to attend. According to Red Beatle most of the crowd regrouped at Rebel night club (on 30th between 7th & 8th), and it lived on with as much success as could be gathered.
We ran into Will Lynch & Sarah Joy Murray on the street - friends of Basstown who've played opening slots in the last year (Lynch will also be opening for Shed @ Make It New on September 25th) - but Bostonians instinctively fled to Bunker by 3am, catching the last hour of Derek Plaslaiko's set. Mark Ingram, Sergio Santos, Jason Bosserman...the list goes on. Even Teh Choyce (!), who headlined the East Coast Boast residency at Basstown in January, was present and wasted. The music was great, but all we could talk about is hoping that the Minitek folk get things sorted out. Personally, I'm sure they will, and no matter what happens this weekend will go down, positively, in the history of attempt to unite lovers of electronic music in America. We're looking forward to the next three installments, ready to dance!
Blog: The Red Beatle - The Night That Was “Minitek”
Blog: Jaskim.com - MINITEK 1ST NIGHT, OVERCAPACITY CROWD AT PENN PLAZA TURNED AWAY AT THE DOOR, WILL SHUT DOWN AT 3:30AM
Festival Site: Minitek
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3 comments:
i really wish that they would be more diligent about news updates on their site.
I agree. Through word of mouth, I hear tonight's venue is Webster Hall, but nothing is confirmed! Hopefully, we will receive a newsletter soon - I'm sure they've got their hands full.
The night venues will be at two different locations:
Studio B
http://clubstudiob.com/
and then Club Europa on greenepoint ave in greenpoint brooklyn. They are walking distance from each other
http://www.europaclub.com/contact.asp
format B is playing at the second [europa]
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