Basically Ashland Hall didn’t have a specific permit in place that the Alameda county required all places holding concerts and live music to have. Subsequently the county stepped in (with the threat of major fines or the possibility of being arrested) not allowing us to throw anymore shows until said permit was acquired. At the moment representatives from Ashland Hall along with Fernando Oliveira are working on plans that can be submitted to the county for this permit. Once the permit is approved then shows can resume at Ashland Hall. Until then it is just a waiting game when and if the approval of the permit comes.

At the moment Fernando and I are talking to a couple venues in the East Bay to hold shows in the near future until Ashland has its permit approved. Plans and the hopes are to hold shows at a few different venues (Ashland Hall being one of them) in the near future to help further the growing East Bay music scene and give bands the chance to play more often in the area.