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A Syracuse music venue is planning to say goodbye with a final \u201cblowout\u201d weekend of concerts.<\/p>\n
The Jugg on Teall is closing permanently next week. The Lyncourt bar, known for regularly featuring live music, will kick out the jams this Friday, Saturday and Sunday, before shutting down for good at 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 15.<\/p>\n
Hard rock\/metal bands Caustic Method, The Three, Drawn By Blood, and Tragic Intent will perform at The Jugg on Friday, Jan. 9. Doors open at 7 p.m.; admission is $10.<\/p>\n
Lenny Lashley, a Boston-based punk artist, will play \u201cmusic for emotionally disturbed children\u201d on Saturday, Jan. 10, with special guests Live Laugh Lobotomy, Pale Green Stars, and Perilous. Doors open at 7 p.m.; admission is $10.<\/p>\n
BSG, The Grandstand Jockeys and Plastic Sunface will take the stage Sunday, Jan. 11, according to John Viggiano, who does marketing for The Jugg. Doors open at 5 p.m.; admission is $10.<\/p>\n
The Jugg on Teall announced it was closing less than two months after hosting a music festival to raise money for Jesse Buckley<\/a>, who co-owns the venue with his wife Aimee. Also known as \u201cBuck\u201d and \u201cCoach AutoTune,\u201d Jesse was diagnosed with stage 3 voice box cancer (laryngeal cancer) and his treatment and medical bills left them struggling to keep the business alive.<\/p>\n \u201cWith Coach\u2019s health the priority, we need to take a break and regroup. Because this doesn\u2019t exist without him,\u201d The Jugg\u2019s Facebook page said Friday. \u201cHe\u2019s dedicated every one of those 40+ years, starting as drummer, then a funder, a manager, a hustler, the very dreamer who never gave up, the man who gave this community of artists a blank canvas to draw on and a playground that was safe, accepting, and a little off kilter to run free, be supported, and express their art without limits or censors or rules. So, you better believe we\u2019re not giving up.\u201d<\/p>\n The Jugg, located at 2026 Teall Ave, Syracuse, N.Y., also blamed other factors, including \u201can untenable situation with our landlord and lease… a s—-y parking situation [and] not much in the way of community support even though we kept this corner safer than it\u2019s ever been.\u201d<\/p>\n Viggiano, also known as Johnny Vig, insisted that the closure won\u2019t mean the end of The Jugg. He plans to keep the brand going online with videos from past music performances on YouTube<\/a>, plus original content like \u201cGrumpy Mayor\u201d on thejugg.net\/tv<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cThis has been an incredible run and it\u2019s not over,\u201d said<\/a> a statement signed by Coach. \u201cThere are so many people to thank from our frontline of dedicated employees who have done their best to hold this dream together over these difficult final months to all of the artist who have come through here and contributed to creating this living, breathing space for Rock \u2019n\u2019 Roll to not only exist, but where it was literally conceived, polished, birthed, and performed on what we believe is a legendary stage. And of course, to our loyal patrons who have become so much more, a family. The JUGG Family. So, this, you see, can never actually end. A family, indeed this whole Rock \u2019n\u2019 Roll community that\u2019s converged right here in Lyncourt, that embraced us will come with us wherever next we go. The JUGG Family stays together…\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHowever, this is not the end of The JUGG itself. This is simply the end of this chapter on Teall Avenue. We\u2019ll be back. Not quite sure when, but lean in, believe in. We\u2019ll do it again… Come get your last taste of The JUGG on Teall. Give this place a hug, some love, because we had some damn good times here and created art together here.\u201d<\/p>\n For more information, visit thejugg.net<\/a>, instagram.com\/thejuggonteall<\/a> or facebook.com\/TheJUGGonTeall<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n