Belleville Needs a Rock Venue

I've just been sitting in my room listening to some really cool Canadian rock bands like Black Mountain, The Pack A.D, The Trews, and The New Pornographers, among many others. I was looking into tour dates for many of these bands, and although many are not huge, they all skip Belleville. This got me thinking, I've come to the conclusion that the music scene in Belleville is either dead or non-existent...

In a city with about 49, 000 people and a huge college crowd I don't see why there isn't more of a scene, and if Belleville could attract major act's or any acts for that matter it would be great for the community, and something for myself and fellow college students to do other than well....nothing. Now I don't know the first thing about logistics or what it takes to attract bands to Belleville but as I see it now there is nothing! Go out on a Friday or Saturday night and there are no shows going on other than the occasional cover band or 'DJ' spinning club tunes. So I think us folks that like to rock need a venue to call our own.

I propose that someone with money (reading this blog hopefully, but most likely not) will open up a genuine rock and roll bar/venue. It would attract students, encourage kids to pick up an instrument and jam, and offer local bands a place to get their music heard. The possibilities this city is missing out on, after the Slash show I don't see why we can't move from the boring 'friendly city' to the rockin' city! Gimmie some fun, this city just ain't providing any right now....

*rant.