{"id":5809,"date":"2011-12-12T19:04:47","date_gmt":"2011-12-13T03:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.57.196.122\/~gdatwofo\/theavtimes\/?p=5809"},"modified":"2011-12-12T19:35:51","modified_gmt":"2011-12-13T03:35:51","slug":"calling-all-local-bands-the-industry-theater-is-open-for-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2011\/12\/12\/calling-all-local-bands-the-industry-theater-is-open-for-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Calling all local bands: The Industry Theater is open for business!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Industry Theater is a new venue in Lancaster open to all musicians who wish to showcase their music.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LANCASTER – Almost two years ago, Tully Huffaker genuinely began to think about establishing his own concert venue for bands to be able to play locally. That\u2019s when the idea for The Industry Theater was born.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere have always been illegitimate venues for bands out here and they\u2019ll do really well, but then they\u2019ll go out of business because they don\u2019t have permits or they get shut down by police,\u201d Huffaker said. \u201cSo my theory is that a legitimate venue should by all means do well.\u201d<\/p>\n

After a year and a half planning, Huffaker was ready to open.<\/p>\n

However, due to some complaints by a nearby church, The Industry Theater would have to wait two months before finally opening its doors in December.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey got our permits pushed back a month by saying that concert venues lead to kids doing drugs,\u201d Huffaker said, adding that he was setting out to accomplish the exact opposite.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf they\u2019re in a small contained area, we can very well prevent them from doing drugs, whereas if they\u2019re out in the desert or at a house party, it\u2019s a free for all,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

In an effort to salvage his venue, Huffaker met with members of the church to work out a compromise.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had to make a lot of changes for them and make a lot of conditions on our permits,\u201d Huffaker said. \u201cWe got in by adding a boatload of conditions to ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some of those conditions include sanctioning off 50 parking spaces for the church every time The Industry Theater has an event, he said. It also includes limiting the concert venue\u2019s hours and keeping the direction of the line to get into a concert away from the church.<\/p>\n

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24 year-old Tully Huffaker, owner of The Industry Theater, opened the concert venue Dec. 3.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Huffaker said he had planned events at the Industry Theater all throughout October and every weekend in November, but had to cancel everything.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt resulted in a major backlash for that church because they received lots of angry emails from kids whose bands got canceled,\u201d he said. \u201cSo that was part of what helped us get in because they weren\u2019t comfortable with the amount of negative news they were getting.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Industry Theater finally opened their doors Dec. 3 with the band Strung Out, which played to a crowd of more than 200.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re trying to bring a location for bands to showcase their music,\u201d Huffaker said. \u201cWe really want to work with younger musicians who can\u2019t necessarily go to L.A. and play shows. A lot of my friends say \u2018oh we have to go to L.A. every time,\u2019 and I know a lot of people who can\u2019t go to L.A. so they don\u2019t get to play shows. We\u2019re trying to be a good local location where bands can get shows and people can bring their friends and family\u2026 just a good wholesome environment.\u201d<\/p>\n

The concert venue is non-genre specific, Huffaker added.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want everybody to come safely and not feel like it\u2019s some punk venue or some metal venue,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s not a specific genre, it\u2019s just a music venue for people to come to watch music and have fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

Huffaker envisions a future where The Industry Theater would be an established tour stop for bands travelling through the area.<\/p>\n

“Every big tour that\u2019s coming through Southern California will be in our area at some point but they\u2019ve never had places to play,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, Huffaker is keeping the new venue busy with local talent. Next month the Industry Theater will host the Battle of the Bands, which is an expo for local bands. Huffaker is also in the process of\u00a0 getting local high school bands to play regular jazz shows.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m an enthusiastic jazz guy and we don\u2019t have stuff like that out here,\u201d he said. \u201cWe would ideally get that so every couple months we\u2019re doing a jazz show with the high school bands.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another major event coming up for The Industry Theater is a food drive. Huffaker said the admission will be a couple cans of food, but if you don\u2019t bring in the food, then it\u2019ll be $5.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re trying to make it so we can frequently have a charity show,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re trying to get that happening at least every other month or every couple months.\u201d<\/p>\n

Huffaker advertises The Industry Theater through street promotion and online.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll get emails from smaller groups who are touring looking to fill tour dates,\u201d he said. \u201cThe outside promoters usually bring in the bigger acts.\u201d<\/p>\n

Almost every concert will be for all ages, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would say no more than one show every two months will have an age restriction on it,\u201d Huffaker said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want bands to feel welcome and all families to feel welcome,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Anyone interested in contacting The Industry Theater should go through their Facebook page <\/a>or their website at industry-theater.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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