Tuxedo Junction (music venue)

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Tuxedo Junction was a 600-capacity live music venue located at 2 Ives Street in Danbury, Connecticut. Ron and Rick Jowdy founded the club in 1985, and sold it in 1998 to Michael Roviello and Al Caccamo, who closed it in 2013. Tuxedo Junction hosted many big-name acts such as Joan Jett, Taylor Dayne, Stephen Stills, 311, Kansas, 38 Special, Blue Öyster Cult, Dark Star Orchestra, Mercyful Fate and Oasis. [1]

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References

  1. Danbury (2013-08-14). "Downtown Danbury's Tuxedo Junction Closing Aug. 31 | Danbury, CT A teenager named Ian Bick then took over the venue and turned it into an EDM hotspot featuring the biggest acts in the world such as Steve Aoki, The Chainsmokers, 3LAU, Carnage & more. The venue closed permanently in 2016 when Ian Bick was sentenced to 36 months in Federal Prison. Patch". Patch.com. Retrieved 2018-04-05.

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