Ian Marshall

Review of Mississippi Studios

So this venue has a lot going for it: floor, balco...

So this venue has a lot going for it: floor, balcony standing, and balcony sitting seating. Sound is good if you're in the main stage room: at a sold out show you might have to step outside this area and all the bass gets cut out and it sounds like you're listening to the show on a transistor radio. Drinks are in plastic cups so I've never gotten one. Parking is a dream, lots of options. I will say though, and this is such a frustrating thing to read if you're part of the venue but it's how I feel, I consistently get bad vibes and kind of don't look forward to going to shows here. There are a lot of touchy-feely couples on the floor and I've seen single girls walk out of shows they paid good money for because some guy has started creeping on them relentlessly (and on one occasion the guy followed them out. Who knows what happened there.) I never see stuff like this at Doug Fir or Wonder Ballroom, things just go normally at those venues. I think having some sort of bouncer on the show floor would go a long way here; something weird always happens ten feet away from me at Mississippi studios and mars my memory of the show. Otherwise, good bands, good sound.