To: Fayetteville Arkansas City Council & Planning Commission
Support Live Music at JBGB
Help JBGB maintain & expand their permit allowing live music.
Why is this important?
JBGB produces free live music concerts with national touring acts on 17-18 Thursday nights in May thru August. The sound levels during those concerts has been checked on numerous occasions by ourselves as well as the Fayetteville Police department and at no time was the sound found to be above what is allowed by City Ordinance. JBGB has asked the City to allow a dozen or so additional concerts each year: 6 on Saturdays after Razorback home football games 2 on Saturday & Sunday during Bikes, Blues & BBQ and a few charity fund raising events.
The City not only does not seem to favor our request, but they also indicated they wanted to consider revoking our permit that allows the existing 17-18 Concerts. Their stated reasons are 1) Although our music permit allows customers to park in the adjacent vacant lot on Concert days, cars are parked there on other days and 2) The touring bands play a hour to do sound checks during the afternoon which is outside the stated concert times stipulated on the permit.
By signing this petition, you are indicating your desire that JBGB be allowed to continue their existing 17 day Concert Series and to expand those live music days by the dozen or so requested.
The City not only does not seem to favor our request, but they also indicated they wanted to consider revoking our permit that allows the existing 17-18 Concerts. Their stated reasons are 1) Although our music permit allows customers to park in the adjacent vacant lot on Concert days, cars are parked there on other days and 2) The touring bands play a hour to do sound checks during the afternoon which is outside the stated concert times stipulated on the permit.
By signing this petition, you are indicating your desire that JBGB be allowed to continue their existing 17 day Concert Series and to expand those live music days by the dozen or so requested.