Legendary live music bar Churchill’s Pub is reopening next week after a five-year closure and change of ownership.
Why it matters: Just when you thought every cool bar in Miami was closing, spots like Churchill’s and Las Rosas are coming back from the dead.
- The loss of iconic bars like Gramps and Wood Tavern still hurts — badly — though the reopening of Las Rosas earlier this month gave us a glimmer of hope for Miami’s cultural future.
The latest: Churchill’s announced today it will reopen Sept. 5 to take its “rightful place back at the center of Miami’s underground music culture.”
- The “revenant celebration” will include “genre-crossing” musical performances, according to a press release.
The intrigue: A concert booking snafu originally led fans to believe the Little Haiti dive would reopen this summer, but that turned out to be a false alarm.
What they’re saying: “In a city where live music institutions are increasingly rare, Churchill’s refuses to vanish,” bar management wrote in press release.
- The pub — known for its iconic red door, counter-culture appeal and gross bathroom — will return “with its original spirit intact,” the release says.
- “Expect monthly showcases, goth rituals, experimental nights and programming that amplifies artists across genres and subcultures.”
- “Churchill’s is evolving, but it’s not going anywhere — and it’s never selling out.”
Flashback: Churchill’s opened in 1979 and has hosted more than 20,000 performances, including a formative Marilyn Manson show in 1990…