Knitting Factory

Probably the best venue concert venue in Downtown but drink prices are over-inflated for the area and the bar staff has a difficult time keeping a large line queued appropriately. Security does a great job at keeping everyone safe and I never felt at-risk during any shows that I attended. I have seen many shows here and always had fun with my friends, on and off stage. But after a REALLY bad experience at the Snoop concert, I will never go back

On the Snoop concert, keep in mind this was all on a weeknight: The show was advertised to start at 9pm and no opener was shown on the ticket or advertising. At 9:30pm an opener comes on, someone I've never heard of, and were off stage by 10pm. Everyone then stood there for an hour-and-a-half staring at an empty stage! Security had no idea what the hold-up was and when I asked to speak with the house manager, I was told they were not there and I was shocked that the manager was not present for such a large show. When I attempted to contact management, multiple times, I received no reply.

The absolute lack of caring from management is why I will never go back to this venue, regardless of the show. They know they are the only small and decent venue in town and have a big head about it. Club 412 has the potential to be a good competing, although smaller, venue.

Well. Where to start. Okay, I'll start off nice. I genuinely like the physical space of the venue. Sound was good, layout was well thought out. Good sightlines. Hmm, what else, what else? Oh, the people that work there are a bunch of GOONS! Drove 5 hours from Seattle to see Volbeat, since they sold out in, hmm, ten minutes at the Showbox. Got to the venue to see the middle act. Volbeat starts. Hear the first song, hmmm, some people are moshing in front of me. That's cool, I used to do that. Not interested any more, so I assume the stance to protect my girlfriend and a random girl that looked scared. The kids aren't getting too crazy, so I relax. Some punk totally body-checks me without provocation. I calmly (hey, I'm 44 and have been to so many rock shows it's ridiculous - NEVER been thrown out of one... until now) tap the fellow on the shoulder (keep in mind, he's wearing a blank light-colored t-shirt, no evidence of being on the staff) and tell him, "Hey, lets calm down. We're all here to have fun and enjoy the show". He immediately tries to step up into my face (tried, since he couldn't have weighed more than a buck fifty soaking wet) and yells at me, "You spit in my face! That's rude!" I'm standing there, staring at this punk trying to figure out what the heck he's talking about. He looks over, nods his head, and some ape I never even get a chance to get a good look at armhooks me and drags me out the door. I say drag, I should say "lifted me up enough so my feet don't touch the floor". I'm out. No chance to get back in, my girlfriend in there... all she saw was some punks dragging me off, thinking they were going to go beat me up in a corner. Actually, the ginormous bruise on my arm later that night testifies to the fact that these idiots have no idea what they're doing. Yeah, way to start off celebrating getting your concert license back, Knitting Factory! The best part? I left voice mails for every part of their management that night. Haven't gotten any kind of response. Two thumbs down!!!!

I went to this venue to see The All-American Rejects and had a blast! The band was amazing and the crowd was nice. There was enough room to dance around and it was a pretty lively atmosphere.