After more than 23 years of bringing live music to Arlington, Iota Club and Cafe in Clarendon will close for good this weekend. But not before a farewell bash on Saturday, jam-packed with music.
Starting at noon tomorrow, the venue will host more than a dozen performers. Tickets are listed at $10 and can be purchased at the door. Iota’s website lists the following line-up of performers:
JOSE MIGUEL CONTRERAS
(OF BY DIVINE RIGHT)
~LAST PERFORMER~
JUSTIN JONESEL QUATRO
ALEX PAREZ
TWO TON TWIG
NO SECOND TROY
MIKE FERRIO
(OF TANDY)LAUREN CALVE
JUMPIN JUPITER
THE COWARDS CHOIR
MARY BATTIATA AND LITTLE PINK
DELARCOS
GIST
METROSONGS
FUZZ QUEEN
MARGOT MACDONALD
A sign on the door at Iota shows that the venue will also be open on Sunday from noon until 8 p.m., for “beer/wine sales on/off premises and other stuff.”
Posters on the outside of the building list the performers Iota has hosted over the years.
Earlier this month, Iota owners Jane Negrey Inge and Stephen V. Negrey announced that they would close the venue when their lease expires on Sept. 30 rather than relocate during a planned revamp of the Market Common development.
Following a “Save Iota” campaign, Market Common owner Regency Centers promised that Iota would not be demolished during the refurbishment. However, Inge and Negrey decided to close rather than temporarily relocating the club during renovations and then paying higher rent upon returning to the old space in Clarendon.
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