The Loft

The Loft is part of "The Chance Entertainment Complex", located in beautiful, scenic, friendly and quaint downtown Poughkeepsie. While The Chance has it's charm (see my review here: <a href="http://www.yelp.com/bi">http://www.yelp.com/bi</a>...), The Loft is a bit of a mess. This is just not a good place to see/hear bands perform. I'm not sure if it's the awkward layout, or the tiny, low stage with the lighting rig blocking the performers' heads, or the bad acoustics due to the drop ceiling (missing a few tiles) or the ceramic tile-like floor, or maybe they just have a poor sound system and/or soundman, but the sound is not great and you can barely see the band unless you are right in front of the stage, which is also not fun because your head will be line with the band member's crotches....well, some people might find that fun, but not me.

I've seen local as well as national, well-known bands perform here and it's always been a crummy show. Bands I've seen put on a great show elsewhere were just poor-sounding here. And oh yeah....the bathrooms are beyond skanktastic.

I will continue to see bands at The Chance's main space, but I'll probably stay away from The Loft.