For decades, Sacramento concertgoers have packed into cars or boarded trains to see their favorite artists in San Francisco or Oakland. But a new addition to the city’s Midtown district could signal a shift in the region’s migrational patterns.
Channel 24 , a midsize venue developed and operated by Berkeley-based Another Planet Entertainment, the powerhouse independent promoter behind San Francisco’s annual Outside Lands music festival, opened last month with a clear mission: Keep Sacramento music fans local.
“We’ll go to the Bay Area for shows, like San Francisco, but it’s hard to get out there with a job and stuff,” Jeannette Ho, 51, standing in the Channel 24 lobby just before electronic group Tycho took the stage Friday, April 25, as part of the venue’s opening celebrations…