ATTENTION! LAST MINUTE CHANGE OF VENUE!

Due to a major oversight on the part of Chraobh Chiarain, and after a call to a cease of all Grove Halloween Reunion advertising by the Authorities (Gardai) last week, a meeting with those responsible for enforcing the objection and a phone call last night - I was informed (this morning) that the Grove Halloween Reunion cannot go ahead at Chraobh Chiarain this Sunday!!! So not being one to let such minor hick-ups get me down, I decided I'd two options: a) Cancel the event or b) try to find an alternative venue. I opted for "option b" at least until I'd no option but to cancel. SO, I've opted for the "out the back of a  Hi-Ace in St. Anne's" option offered sometime back by Flumphert (I think!). 
  No, but seriously, after a marathon on the blower today, the only option open to me was the following:

The Grove Halloween Reunion will now be held in The Button Factory (formerly known as the Temple Bar Music Centre). BUT unfortunately there is a late club on afterwards. They've accommodated us by allowing us to play Grove music til midnight AND, AND come midnight, they'll play it by ear and if the numbers for the late club are sufficiently low, we'll go into an "extra time" scenario.
   Now considering that there are some who've traveled from abroad for this event (I don't want to hear any moaning from those who are traveling from within the county) I think this option beats a cancellation.

But! Every cloud has it's silver lining: this is the newest venue in town with a sound system second to none AND regardless of how long we get to play Grove music for, we are all welcome to stay in the venue where the bar will remain open til 3am!!! Yes, 3am!!!

So thanks to Dave at The Button Factory for coming to our aid at the eleventh hour, much appreciated!

And that's the best I can offer you. Apologies for the inconvenience and for dragging you northsiders across the river, but I promise we'll do our very best to make it a memorable night.

Yours sincerely,

Crust.

P.S. Doors definitely still 7.30pm. Especially that the Grove music curfew is potentially midnight! ... Cinderella... Pumpkin... Halloween... Reunion... Button Factory... word association anyone!?!



Edited by crusty

All you taxi heads ---a bus will do us now

Keep in touch.

Well done Crusty.

I fought the law and the law won --what

Edited by Aries

Fair play to getting a new venue at such short notice. I was kind of undecided on Craobh Chiarian, but will definitely head into temple bar music centre.

 

Fair Play to you for sorting it. It must've been mental. I assume tickets for collection at the door will make their way to the new venue?

Well done on the venue Andy, here's to the first Southside Grove
CP


(likewise if you need a hand with advertising)


Edited by RoundaboutToo!

By the way, please tell the world about the change of venue, I'd hate for there to be a few un-notified unfortunates cursing us from the gates of Chraobh Chiarain. In the meantime I'll be doing my very best to alert one and all. Tickets.ie will be alerting all who purchased tickets over the internet via email, so I've to reach Austin's people and the last minuters!

Fair play Andy.
Does anyone need directions on how to get to the southside?

Andy-you must have been sweating earlier trying to keep the re-union going...well done...lets hope 'our' Grove music will go down well with the rest of that mob (why wouldn't it?) and we'll get to keep it going.

Sounds like under the circumstances you really pulled a rabbit from the hat.

What was the objection from the Craobh?

Will I need my passport?

Jen

KB you're a rock! Thank you! Always there!