Comments on: Atlanta Music Venues — Variety Playhouse

By: BOHO Moe

BOHO Moe — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:46:44 +0000

I love the VP…it’s close to our home; it’s intimate; it allows those of us who are under 6′ tall the ability to see the artists, and I can park for free. After the Tabernacle, it may be my favorite Atlanta venue.

By: bking

bking — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:08:03 +0000

Best show I saw there was Iron and Wine. Also, I think I recognized it in Driving Miss Daisy.

By: anica

anica — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:11:55 +0000

I love the Variety because I can actually have a seat so that I have a bit of space around me. Of course I am standing the whole time during the music generally, but people aren’t pushing on me from all directions, even at a sold out show like Sonic Youth the other night. Also, the sloped floor means I generally have no trouble seeing in spite of being 5’2". Plus when bands I am into are in town they are almost always at the Variety, so it is so cool to be able to be in their ticket club, buy the tickets without supporting Ticketmaster, and just have a place I go often enough to know my way around. P. S. Park over behind Junkman’s Daughter. Even when there’s a parking fee, we don’t mind because it’s so convenient to get in and out.

By: silverrubicon

silverrubicon — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:51:31 +0000

My favorite feature of the Variety Playhouse…the variety playhouse ticket club. If not that, the idea that the box office is actually open a few times a week so ticket bastard fees can be avoided.

By: silverrubicon

silverrubicon — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:49:24 +0000

I was able to go backstage at the VP (and by backstage I mean "downstairs") and have a meet & greet with Bob Mould a few years back. It was after he released the album where he played all the instruments. I proceeded to tell him I thought he was better with a band, or at least a live drummer and not a drum machine.