Albany to ban live music (including DJs) after 2am

By on August 15, 2012 in Albany

“If the city would just tell the police to enforce the existing laws they could deal with crowds and any other problems. They don’t need this new (permit),” Spillenger said. “This is just one more attempt to turn Albany into an extremely boring city.”

According to Steve Barnes, all 25 cabaret licences awarded to establishments on Thursday require businesses to end all live music by 2am, a standard for all future licences, according to City Clerk Nala Woodard.

This is the most roundabout way to make last call 2am. I don’t have any idea why it couldn’t be easier to just make last call earlier rather than making all of these convoluted bans that affect the artists playing in Albany. If Troy just keeps on going about their business as usual and not making these convoluted self-serving rules, I can see the draw of nightlife to the Collar City, especially for touring DJs or other late-night acts.

Albany Music Coalition, where you at?

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  • http://www.facebook.com/timothy.reidy3 Timothy Reidy

    if last call in Alb Co is 4 am than why is is this 2am???
    Let’s get some albany Pols some 3AM eternal…..

  • Collin

    Pretty excited musicians feel even less welcome in New York’s capital.

  • http://twitter.com/mryanlooney Ryan Looney

    I told my friends a year ago that Mr Jennings was a human man and not a
    heaving column of mucus in a pair of khakis but he’s been doing his
    damnest to prove me wrong ever since. What gives dude

  • Fongaboo

    Call Mayor Jennings’s radio show tomorrow from 9-10am and air your grievances about this.

    http://talk1300.com/schedule/

    Occupy Albany fought this pretty hard back when this was up for vote, culminating in a protest outside city hall where bands and DJs played all night in front of the building from the back of a truck with a generator.

  • Troy Resident

    Come on over to T-R-O-Y. We love artists here! Shame on you Albany.

  • http://www.facebook.com/shakinglover Shakira Liebe Hernandez

    the guys from @WaterWorks Pubs are trying
    RALLY at the park where Central Ave / Washington Ave and Henry Johnson Meet. they will March to City Hall and Protest. This is happening MONDAY at 3 PM!

  • http://www.facebook.com/eric.egnor Eric David

    Yet another bonehead move by that orange oompa loompa looking Mayor of ours. You can bet your ass I will protest this one.

  • Tooladder

    Fight back! Ban oarnge people from albany! No more big ompha lomphas allowed!

  • Fongaboo
  • http://twitter.com/AnthonyTerrell Anthony

    This is pretty ridiculous. Most bars and clubs are surrounded by college infested areas anyways. Nevertheless I’ve never thought of the “live music” as being an audio disturbance. Pretty bummed about this one.

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  • http://twitter.com/wavismgravis David B Parker

    It’s gonna be interesting to see what happens with the college crowd. They seem to go home when THEY are done partying, not nessisarily when the party’s over. do they stay after the music is over or do they party elsewhere? Where is elsewhere?