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Yukon live music situtation up in the air |
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Written by Maura Brady McMullen
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Friday, 17 August 2007 |
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 While you can still get in a game of “beach” volleyball at the Yukon in north Loveland, you might have to find a different venue to see some of the scheduled bands playing the northern Colorado hot-spot.
Because of some business and personality conflicts between the Yukon’s partners and business associates, many scheduled shows have been cancelled.
And because no one wants to talk about it, it’s not clear what exactly is happening at the venue, which for years was called the White Buffalo. As the Yukon, it had become one of the more popular music venues in the region, drawing classic rock acts such as Stephen Pearcy, lead singer of RATT, Winger, Firehouse, Slaughter and L.A. Guns.
It also is a regular home to local rock acts like Open Fire, which is scheduled to play Saturday night.
Three of the partners contacted by NEXTnc did not want to discuss the matter, citing their desire to keep things civil. Additionally, they did not want the problems they are trying to work out from disrupting events the Yukon has scheduled and will schedule in the future.
They also said they didn’t want to draw negative attention to their other business prospects in the northern Colorado.
In late July, Morris Beegle of Hapi Skratch Productions, which booked many of the acts at the Yukon, sent out an e-mail that said, in part, “As of today, three of the four partners at the Yukon are no longer there and all of the dates that were booked have been cancelled. ... This whole situation stinks and the future of live music at the Yukon is unknown.”
Not all events at the Yukon, however, have been cancelled. A source who asked to remain anonymous said the Yukon is trying to bring some big-name, national bands to the venue in addition to the great local bands from the area.
On the Yukon’s Web site, theyukonevents.com, tickets for shows on Sept. 14-15 and Oct. 11-12 are available. The Jimmie’s Chicken Shack show for Sept. 22 is still listed on the site’s calendar, as well.
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