\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGoldfield Trading Post, a popular bar and music venue in Midtown Sacramento, is shutting its doors after more than a decade, reflecting the struggles faced by local venues. “It’s the end of an era, man,” said customer Dustin Rowland. “There seems to be a lot of places around town there closing shop.”Goldfield Trading Post was more than just a venue; it was a community. “Some of the workers were there for super long and some of us who went there as well. And so, you know, there was like a Goldfields family, we called it,” Rowland said.In recent months, the venue has been scaling down, only opening for scheduled events. A calendar on Goldfield’s website shows the last show in Midtown is on Nov. 23.A mile down the road on J Street, Harlow’s, another music venue, has been in business for over 40 years and understands the challenges firsthand. “We don’t have regular bar service. We’re not open every single night. If we don’t have a show, we don’t have our doors open. So it can be challenging,” said Daniel Romandia, marketing director for Harlow’s. “It can be a little rough. You know, sometimes some shows are better than others.”Romandia emphasized the importance of understanding the audience. “I think the idea is know your city, but also know what you’re booking and know how to reach the people that you want to bring in,” he said.Changing drinking habits are also impacting the industry. “A big topic in the entire industry when it comes to live music is that drinking is just not as much of a thing as it used to be. And so bar sales are down a little bit. And how do you kind of, you know, make up for that and where’s your compensation when it comes to lowering bar sales,” Romandia said.With Goldfield Trading Post soon to be an empty space, music lovers hope another venue will take its place. “This street needs that for sure. J Street needs that,” Rowland said.Goldfield’s neighboring business, Tack Room, is also closing. The owners of Goldfield Trading Post are now focusing on their Roseville location.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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Goldfield Trading Post, a popular bar and music venue in Midtown Sacramento, is shutting its doors after more than a decade, reflecting the struggles faced by local venues. <\/p>\n
“It’s the end of an era, man,” said customer Dustin Rowland. “There seems to be a lot of places around town there closing shop.”<\/p>\n
Goldfield Trading Post was more than just a venue; it was a community. <\/p>\n
“Some of the workers were there for super long and some of us who went there as well. And so, you know, there was like a Goldfields family, we called it,” Rowland said.<\/p>\n
In recent months, the venue has been scaling down, only opening for scheduled events. A calendar on Goldfield’s website shows the last show in Midtown is on Nov. 23.<\/p>\n
A mile down the road on J Street, Harlow’s, another music venue, has been in business for over 40 years and understands the challenges firsthand. <\/p>\n
“We don’t have regular bar service. We’re not open every single night. If we don’t have a show, we don’t have our doors open. So it can be challenging,” said Daniel Romandia, marketing director for Harlow’s. “It can be a little rough. You know, sometimes some shows are better than others.”<\/p>\n
Romandia emphasized the importance of understanding the audience. <\/p>\n
“I think the idea is know your city, but also know what you’re booking and know how to reach the people that you want to bring in,” he said.<\/p>\n
Changing drinking habits are also impacting the industry. <\/p>\n
“A big topic in the entire industry when it comes to live music is that drinking is just not as much of a thing as it used to be. And so bar sales are down a little bit. And how do you kind of, you know, make up for that and where’s your compensation when it comes to lowering bar sales,” Romandia said.<\/p>\n
With Goldfield Trading Post soon to be an empty space, music lovers hope another venue will take its place. <\/p>\n
“This street needs that for sure. J Street needs that,” Rowland said.<\/p>\n
Goldfield’s neighboring business, Tack Room, is also closing. The owners of Goldfield Trading Post are now focusing on their Roseville location.<\/p>\n
See more coverage of top California stories here<\/a> | Download our app<\/a> | Subscribe to our morning newsletter<\/a> | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Goldfield Trading Post, a popular bar and music venue in Midtown Sacramento, is shutting its doors after more…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40484,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[27517,387,27523,3747,27527,27518,27525,21403,27521,27522,27520,19526,21738,27524,27519,1410,27526,121,123,122,3660],"class_list":{"0":"post-40483","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sacramento","8":"tag-bar-closing","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-daniel-romandia","11":"tag-door","12":"tag-drinking-habit","13":"tag-goldfield-trading-post","14":"tag-harlow","15":"tag-industry","16":"tag-j-street","17":"tag-last-show","18":"tag-local-venue","19":"tag-midtown","20":"tag-midtown-sacramento","21":"tag-music-venue","22":"tag-music-venue-closing","23":"tag-place","24":"tag-rowland","25":"tag-sacramento","26":"tag-sacramento-headlines","27":"tag-sacramento-news","28":"tag-website"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}