The Firebird

I have been here many times for concerts over the years.  It is a fairly nice place but is is on the smaller side of things.  The staff has always been nice to me and the tickets are normally reasonable.  Parking is in the lot behind the building and be sure to go in the back door.

I went for a comedy show and liked the venue. It's nothing fancy but fine and the drinks are cheap so I was happy.

I am wondering if this will be fair review, since the band sort of makes or breaks the venue, but oh well.  We saw Camper Van Beethoven here on Thursday, and the show was great.  There weren't too many people there, which was nice because the ceiling was low, and I can see how with a lot of people and a low ceiling I might have been more inclined to notice the horrific painting of what appeared to be an actual firebird on the west corner of the building.  Regardless, the venue was clean and the bartenders were nice and gave generous pours.  I overheard the guys taking tickets having a conversation about guitar strings that sounded so insightful and heartfelt I actually began to care about "gut" strings until I looked up what gut strings were.  CVB handed out bacon brownies to the audience, and no one turned up the lights at the end of the show, because when the do that I'm always reminded of how depressing it is to go home and have to go to work the next day.