Live music returns to Newark as Rainbow Records wins first permit under new city law

Photo courtesy of the UDReview.

City officials hope the return of live entertainment will attract customers, fill vacant storefronts and strengthen downtown businesses. A proposed 300-person venue could be next.

NEWARK, Del. — Live music is making a comeback in Newark, and a small record store just off Main Street is leading the way.

Rainbow Records has become the first business approved to host live entertainment under a new city ordinance that ended restrictions dating to the late 1990s.

Newark City Council unanimously approved a special-use permit Monday, Nov. 9, allowing the independent record store at Pomeroy Station to continue hosting small performances by local musicians, according to the Newark Post…

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