The Westcott Theater

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  I'm not really into going to a music venue for the sake of the music venue-I usually only go if the band or music playing is something I like. When I saw the sign for "Minus the Bear" as I passed by the Westcott on one cold fall evening, I knew it was time to check it out.
  
  I had a few problems with the website, and ended up buying 5 tickets more than I wanted. Whoops! Luckily, I wrangled a few friends into joining me, and that problem was solved. It's weird, when you walk in the front they want to stamp your hand to mark if you are under or over 21, but I don't think they were checking at the bar. Maybe there were just too many people. Anyways, the concert itself was awesome. The architecture inside the building is very interesting-it reminds me of an old opera house. The theater is not too large, so the show felt very intimate. There were a lot of hipsters though...I guess that's what I get for going to see an indie band. Meh, still good show though!

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  Posted on 05.01.12 Caitlyn D.

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  I had the pleasure of visiting this venue to see the Steve Aoki concert. The Westcott Theater is an official hub of live music, one that has invited some of the world's most renown electronic DJ's to take over the venue this month from Steve Aoki, Laidback Luke to Kaskade. I had an amazing time here and the staff, especially, the bartenders were awesome!
  
  Only con: the bathrooms are a little on the small side, resulting in super long lines.

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  Posted on 04.24.12 Teraj A.

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  I prefer smaller venues for live music as you get a more personal experience than a stadium show.  Westcott Theater is a converted movie theater with a bar in the back ($5 Arrogant Bastard on tap!) and probably holds about 300-400 people.  There is no seating and the floor slopes downward toward the stage, which is great for getting a clear view of the stage.  It's a great venue and having Alto Cinco next door for an after show burrito is a BIG plus.

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  Posted on 02.29.12 Greg W.

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  I saw Shpongle here and it was nuts.
  Security doesn't let you go out to smoke for about an hour at the beginning of the show which is really weird but w/e...
  I don't think I've ever seen more reckless upstate hippies...

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  Posted on 09.28.11 Thomas Z.

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  I liked the Westcott except for the smoking. If you like small intimate grungy floor venues then this is the place. The tickets were cheap and the staff was friendly. I saw The Felice Brothers who lets everyone come up on the stage and sing with them. I love small venues. It was standing room only. It was a great time. I got there early so I found parking pretty easily. There was mainly street parking but I parked behind a little shopping center. There's not much on the block to do to kill time. There were a few bars, a kinda interesting used book/occult shop, and then a minimalist book/coffee shop (5 books...maybe?) with some very hip people drinking out of extremely hip mugs. I am very hip so I walked around the shop...paused to look at one of the five books, said something intelligent....and then smoothly departed. (Ok...I stopped at the top of the steps and my two friends ran into my back and then we ran into each other again trying to get back down the steps). Veni, Vidi, Vici....

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  Posted on 02.27.10 Molly G.

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