Wonderland Ballroom

If I could give this place quarter of a star I would !!!! So I went here for the concert and paid $100 for ticket.. Half way thru the concert I decided to step out for a lil bit of fresh air.... Few minutes after when the singer started singing again and I wanted to go back in , so called security , didn't let me go back in .. They were like there is no reentery!! I missed half of the concert because of uneducated  and stupid individuals. They should of been at the door all time and tell people if you leave you cant go back in instead of trying to hook up with each other while working....This place is so unorganized -- never going there again....

WUNDAHLAND!!! Also known as Club Lido, of my teen years fame.

Actually, I never went to Club Lido as a teen, and its entirely possible that it didn't yet exist (although I'm fairly sure it did, we're talking like 12-ish years ago), but as a teenager growing up in the New England punk rock/oi/hardcore scene, I heard the name circulated a lot. In my (sketchy) memory, I also remember show flyers as such... but given that almost every venue of my childhood is closed or burned down (Axis, Bill's Bar, Met Cafe, the Tune Inn, on and on and on...), I might be making this up.

So I finally (?) landed at Club Lido last weekend for Cock Sparrer's 40th anniversary tour (btw, I AM old - the last time I saw them was the last time they were here, when they played somewhere now-defunct on Landsdowne in 2000). The venue is huge and very clean for a place that houses punk and hardcore shows - there were a ton of people here but I was never squished except at appropriate moments, such as when the crowd surged forward during "Take 'Em All." The bartenders were nice and even apologetic for the high drink prices ($10 for a well cocktail or $6 for a pint PBR can, eep). I had a great time here, but then, it was Cock Sparrer, so...

Yeah, if I didn't live in NYC, I'd come here for shows all the time. But as it is, sorry Beantown, I grew up with ya, but there's a lot more going on down south these days. And by that, I mean down south in Brooklyn. ;)

Clud Lido is the best place to host punk shows. I experienced this back in 2008 when I saw Leftover Crack along with some Boston bands. Every space on the dance floor was filled as was the stage. Kids were swinging from lights, jumping off the stage, falling on the floor, it felt like i was in an 80s New York hardcore show. The one bouncer that they had didn't even interrupt the show to pull kids off the stage or stop them from crowd surfing, it was all good  punk rock fun.

I've attended two more punk shows since then and it's the same story every time. Everyone has fun. The only downsides to this club are the fact that you have to pay for water and once you leave the club and try and go to your car, there's no re-entry. Unless you want to p