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The outside of Union Vapors 570 in Dickson City Thursday, August 20, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)<\/p>\nA niche music venue in Dickson City has found a way to stay open. Union Vapors 570 is turning into a coffee shop.<\/p>\n
That will be welcome news to musicians and fans who have been mourning its impending loss for several weeks, said Joe Caviston, a musician and organizer of the Electric City Music Conference.<\/p>\n
The outside of Union Vapors 570 in Dickson City Thursday, August 20, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it is wonderful,\u201d he said. \u201cIt plays a super, super important role in the music community \u2014 venues of that nature \u2014 where bands can kind of learn to be a band.\u201d It also attracts original acts from elsewhere looking for a small, relaxed venue and hosts art displays and vendors.<\/p>\n
The switch was prompted by a state law that will go into effect in October, changing how some vape and e-cigarette products are regulated. It makes most of the stock at the three-year-old store illegal, said co-owner Gage Lewis.<\/p>\n
Some vape sales will continue under the Union Vapors 570 name, at least for a while, Lewis said. A much smaller selection will be sold in a separate area of the store, which is located at 1945 Commerce Blvd., Dickson City. Vaping will not be allowed in the new business because of the hygiene regulations for food service.<\/p>\n
Lewis expects renovations to begin next week and hopes Union Brew will open in October. \u201cThink of brewing up some coffee,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd \u2018witches\u2019 brew\u2019 is kind of a theme that people should expect to see a little bit of.\u201d The store will remain open.<\/p>\n
The staff hopes to sell baked goods made elsewhere, perhaps by local businesses.<\/p>\n
The switch isn\u2019t seamless. Local and out-of-town acts are still performing. But the owners trimmed the store\u2019s hours and canceled some events while they figured out what to do. It will take time to ramp back up, Lewis said.<\/p>\n
For now, he anticipates scheduling acoustic acts during the day and eventually adding more shows in the evenings.<\/p>\n
\u201cAny bands in the area, any aspiring artists that want to practice their craft or get their name out there, are still more than welcome to play,\u201d Lewis said.<\/p>\n
Several acts are playing live music Friday and Saturday.<\/p>\n
Union Vapors 570 is one of the venues for the Electric City Music Conference on Sept. 11-12.<\/p>\n
New laws for vape and electronic merchandise<\/p>\n
In the meantime, most of Union Vapors 570\u2019s inventory is being liquidated prior to the mid-October deadline.<\/p>\n
\u201cCome get your stuff,\u201d Lewis said. \u201cCome talk to us about those laws and those regulations that are changing in case anybody\u2019s curious.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Pennsylvania Vape and E\u2011Cigarette Registry law is aimed primarily at certain foreign-made disposable nicotine vapes in fruity flavors that state officials say are marketed to teens and may contain high amounts of dangerous heavy metals. Nicotine is addictive.<\/p>\n
To sell certain products, manufacturers must sign up and prove that they meet some federal Food and Drug Administration guidelines.<\/p>\n
Stores can have their merchandise seized, be fined and face regulatory penalties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A niche music venue in Dickson City has found a way to stay open. Union Vapors 570 is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":269146,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[1099,201,182,1213,139,28,435,178,180,179,289],"class_list":["post-269145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-dickson-city","tag-lackawanna-county","tag-local-news","tag-music-and-concerts","tag-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-restaurants-food-and-drink","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-things-to-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269145\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}