San Francisco’s Bottom of the Hill No Longer Shutting Down
Bottom of the Hill, the legendary San Francisco music venue, won’t shut down at the end of the year after all.
Earlier this year, owners Kathleen Owen, Ramona Downey and Lynn Schwarz announced that it was time to retire and close the club after 35 years. Then came an outpouring of support. Fans mourned one of the city’s last affordable, independent venues; bands bemoaned the loss of a stage that nurtured generations of up-and-coming acts. A couple of agents even said that if there’s no Bottom of the Hill, they’ll skip San Francisco on their tours altogether.
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