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| - High Noon is a very clean music venue/bar. Lots of space with a good stage area. In front of the stage is plenty of room for dancing, and there is a little seating area downstairs (pub style) and an upstairs area for us old lazy people who want to sit down.
Food choice is "limited" to pizza only - so dietary restrictions, eat before you arrive and/or sneak something in.
Beer and Liquor selection is average. Liquor drinks ranged 4.50-6.00.
However, the night I went (to see 3 bands), I had one major complaint: the sound quality was horrible! I'm not sure who you use as the sound man - is he yours or the bands? Whoever, his "ear" was way off. I had to go home and listen on youtube to actually understand the mumbling from all three bands! I thought I was crazy so I moved around a bit: upstairs center, upstairs stage left, downstairs at the center back, and downstairs center upfront - all bad. I overheard other people commenting about the sound quality as well. The last group I heard was a little better - I could hear the singer and make out some of his words, but this groups' music was a little more geared to the singer solo's.
I don't know the excuse: he had the flu, the place is too big, he's been blasted by loud speakers all his life, it was a new guy, it's the style of music, etc
I really hope the sound man was with the group(s) and not with High Noon. Although, in speaking with an acquaintance (about a week later), he had the same complaint "Go for the experience, not the best sound." I really want to love this place, but there's really not much point to going to a music joint and not hearing the music. If I wanted death metal from a 70's style pop group, I'd go somewhere else and listen to death metal.
I will have to think hard about the loss of $20 to bad sound quality before I return.
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