New live music venue and brewery planned for west downtown
(https://www.okctalk.com/content.php?r=666-New-live-music-venue-and-brewery-planned-for-west-downtown)
Riding the wave of a substantial enhancement of the local music scene over just the last two years, a new venue seeks to fill an unmet need.


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Stephen Tyler and Chad Whitehead, operating partners of the Tower Theatre and Ponyboy, plan to open a new 500-person capacity live music space to compliment their other two venues.

Tyler explained that due to recently-developed booking relationships, they often have the need to accommodate artists that draw crowds of different sizes. The Tower is best suited for the larger audiences and Ponyboy is now booking acts in a more intimate setting in their second-level space.

The new spot will slot between the two and be part of a large redevelopment project that will also include a brewery and taproom and restaurant and retail space.

The venue will be called Beer City Music Hall; a reference to an Oklahoma panhandle ghost town.

The larger project is a collection of buildings at NW 2nd and Klein Avenue, to the west of Classen and just to the west of booming Film Row.

The redevelopment will be by the Pivot Project which is also behind the Oklahoma Distillery (https://www.okctalk.com/showthread.php?t=45264&highlight=distillery) that is now under construction, and the Sunshine Laundry renovation. All three are west of Classen in what is now a new urban frontier with investors starting to snatch up many of the character-rich properties.

As part of the larger development, Fair-Weather Friend will be opening a new brewery and taproom. Husband and wife Adrienne and Reed Jaskula will be fulfilling a decade-long dream after each working for highly-regarded local breweries.

Adrienne has been the VP of Sales for nearby Stonecloud and Reed the Head Brewer for Prairie OKC in Automobile Alley.

Fair-Weather Friend plans to focus on highly crafted beers such as sours and IPA's. The brewery will operate on a 7-barrel system and the enclosed taproom will feature modern décor and accommodate 80 to 90 guests. The taproom will open to an exterior patio and a large common area which will be family and dog-friendly with toys, games and activities.

The Jaskula's also plan to offer food but beer will be their main focus and will only distribute their beers through this new facility.

The entire project should be completed next year.


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Love this. The craft beer scene in this town keeps getting better and better.

Love this. The music scene in this town keeps getting better and better.

Love this. The scene on the western edge of downtown keeps getting better and better.

Love this. The OKC nightlife and fun scene downtown just keeps getting better and better!

Love this. The reuse and renovation of older buildings around downtown that might otherwise get torn down just keeps getting better and better!

That entire area west of Classen, north of the boulevard and south of Linwood has tons of great old industrial buildings overflowing with character.

Developers and investors have been buying them up and it really is the next urban frontier.

I've always fantasized about buying all of the property in this area. Main Street west of Classen feels like it could be a bar area like 6th Street in Austin. I'd love to see some development in this area, and what an amazing project this is!

only what would the area be called? You know OKC has to have a district name to everything. ...

Already can't wait for the Lofts at WoDoToOkCi (West of Downtown Oklahoma City). /s

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lol. true that.

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This is cool but I wish the Boulevard was designed better. If the new boulevard was entirely grade separated being elevated or subterranean it would be much easier to walk down Klein from the Farmers Market District.

Work has started:

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Hopefully the momentum in this area continues to spread West and North. The old Lone Star brewing company building on N. Douglas (top, center of bottom picture) has tons of potential.

The metal buildings in the distant background?

The metal buildings in the distant background?

Was originally Robberson Steel; now owned by Climate Craft but it appears they only use the buildings at the west end of the property.

Completely badass.

Could be converted into something incredibly cool.

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Indeed!

This entire area has incredible potential.

Credit to the Pivot Project guys for first doing an incredible job with the Sunshine Laundry building and now undertaking this project which will hopefully kick-start others.

Properties have been purchased by others but this would be the first real project.

Looks like they use those cool structures on the east side of the property of parking.

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Great news to see this moving forward.

The building on the NW corner of Main & Classen is begging to be turned into something cool, as well.

Completely badass.

Could be converted into something incredibly cool.

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Check out St. Arnold Brewery in Houston. Looks very similar to this.

Check out St. Arnold Brewery in Houston. Looks very similar to this.

Damn, I was going to say this exact thing yesterday but I couldn't remember the name of the brewery haha.

Nawl. Tear it all down. Build a Great Clips.

This is getting really old, really fast...

When I first moved downtown there wasn’t a single thing happening west of Lee. Downtown fell off a cliff at that street. When 21c was first announced a lot of people were wondering why anyone would invest that amount of money in such a desolate area. That was only like 6 or 7 years ago. Now projects like this are starting to kick off west of Classen. That kind of progress blows my mind.

When I first moved downtown there wasn’t a single thing happening west of Lee. Downtown fell off a cliff at that street. When 21c was first announced a lot of people were wondering why anyone would invest that amount of money in such a desolate area. That was only like 6 or 7 years ago. Now projects like this are starting to kick off west of Classen. That kind of progress blows my mind.

That's a great reminder as it's easy to forget how bad that area was (or at least almost completely abandoned) just a few years ago.

Still lots of potential but now that development has jumped Classen, hopefully we'll see more.

Credit to Hall Capital for taking that big leap with 21c, Jones and West Village; and now Pivot Project with Sunshine Laundry and this project.

We're fortunate to have so many in this community to stick their necks out and put their own skin in the game to transform this city.

That's a great reminder as it's easy to forget how bad that area was (or at least almost completely abandoned) just a few years ago.

Still lots of potential but now that development has jumped Classen, hopefully we'll see more.

Credit to Hall Capital for taking that big leap with 21c, Jones and West Village; and now Pivot Project with Sunshine Laundry and this project.

We're fortunate to have so many in this community to stick their necks out and put their own skin in the game to transform this city.

Similarly, the Yale renovation in Capitol Hill.

n/m

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They are moving incredibly fast on this project:

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Any update on this? Website still says "Coming 2020."
Saw the article about the recently announced Farmer's Market venue and got it confused with this place for a minute.

I spoke to the Fair Weather Friend Brewery people and they said they hope to open in June. They will also be serving food.

Beer City Music Hall remains on hold; that is backed by the Tower Theatre guys and they are just trying to hang in until things get better and they can start booking at the Tower.

There will also be a restaurant in this complex which should open this summer.

Tower is by far the OKC venue that I'm most concerned about w/ regards to making it through the next six months. Really, really hope they can survive.

Tower is by far the OKC venue that I'm most concerned about w/ regards to making it through the next six months. Really, really hope they can survive.

They're going to be fine. The shuttered venue program in the latest rescue package will ensure the survival (and thriving future) of well-managed venues. And they are BEYOND well-managed.

They're going to be fine. The shuttered venue program in the latest rescue package will ensure the survival (and thriving future) of well-managed venues. And they are BEYOND well-managed.

Thank God! Thank you for the information as well.

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"finishing touches"

Excited to see this place in full swing, the brewery and space are awesome so far.

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On the corner facing the green area will be Flycatcher, run by Bar Arbolada's Riley Marshall. To the west will be Beer City, with slightly taller space. Fair Weather Friend brewery already has a good following and serves pizza on the weekends.

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Beer City announced their first two shows today, Andy Shauf on 3/5 and The Antlers on 5/14. This venue is looking to fill the exact niche in the OKC music scene that I hoped it would. Sad that I’ll be out of town for the Andy Shauf show but would definitely recommend that to anyone who’s into singer/songwriter shows.

So many shows have been announced already via their social media for March, April, May, etc. They're going to hit the ground running.

^ Yep... Band of Heathens there on May 5th.... Hoping Covid numbers are down so I feel comfortable enough to catch the show and check this place out.

This area is quietly becoming a destination: you have Fair Weather Friend Brewery with a good pizza place; Prelude Coffee just opened in the same building; Flycatcher Club coming; Beer City getting ready to open.

Excited to have another music venue in OKC. I've purchased tix for both Waxahatchie and Kurt Vile at the Jones Assembly. Lots of great shows on the horizon.

Excited to have another music venue in OKC. I've purchased tix for both Waxahatchie and Kurt Vile at the Jones Assembly. Lots of great shows on the horizon.

Some really good stuff coming up. In addition to the two you mentioned, here’s some other good ones in the next few months:

3/5 - Andy Shauf & Yves Jarvis @ Tower
3/12 - Sun June & Katy Kirby @ 89th Street
3/19 - Husbands, Labrys, & Ken Pomeroy @ Tower
3/25 - Jose Gonzalez & Jess Williamson @ Tower
4/22 - Dummy, Lust Online, & Primal Brain @ Speakeasy
4/29 - DIIV & Babeheaven @ NMF
4/30 - Wet & Blushing @ NMF
5/7 - Car Seat Headrest & Bartees Strange @ Tower
5/8 - Hovvdy & Molly Parden @ 89th Street
5/14 - The Antlers @ Beer City
5/15 - Destroyer & Rosali @ Beer City

Probably the strongest stretch of concerts I can remember in OKC. Not to mention there was just an amazing sold-out Lucy Dacus & Indigo De Souza show at Tower last night.

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I went to Arbolada on Saturday, and they said there's been delays with Flycatcher and that they hoped to be open a month or two ago. They're shooting to be open in the next couple months.

Beer City Music Hall is doing a soft open/limited capacity free concert tomorrow evening with some local bands TBA, then a limited capacity paid concert on Saturday with Eli Young Band. After that, looks like it is full speed ahead for them with ten more full capacity on the schedule in April.

Beer City Music Hall is doing a soft open/limited capacity free concert tomorrow evening with some local bands TBA, then a limited capacity paid concert on Saturday with Eli Young Band. After that, looks like it is full speed ahead for them with ten more full capacity on the schedule in April.

Went to Fair Weather Friend for the first time Saturday, and really love this little area they've put together. They are pumping out announcements at BCMH, really looking forward to seeing how it turned out.

Went to Fair Weather Friend for the first time Saturday, and really love this little area they've put together. They are pumping out announcements at BCMH, really looking forward to seeing how it turned out.

Yeah I’m hoping to get there early enough tomorrow night to get into their limited capacity opening. Don’t really care what local bands they’ll have playing (though I’m sure whomever it is will be good), just want to check out the venue. Otherwise I’ll be at the Pinegrove/Katy Kirby show on 4/22 for sure. Looks like they are really going to have a wide variety of shows at this place, which is great.