atlanta’s sugarhill says goodbye on tuesday

This just seen on Creative Loafing’s Crib Notes:

“Next Tuesday will be the last night for Sugarhill — Atlanta’s premier destination for live soul and progressive urban music…. Much of the onus for the club’s closing lies with “Underground [Atlanta] mismanagement,” according to co-owner Richard Dunn, who partnered with Jason Carter (Sol Fusion promoter), Freddy Luster (former co-owner of Yin Yang Café), and Rival Entertainment/Center Stage co-owners Josh Antenucci and Tom Cook to open the venue in September 2006…. While Dunn is “99 percent sure” that Tuesday night will be the last night of business for Sugarhill, he says the owners hope to find a new location for the venue “sooner than later.” He plans to make the announcement of the closing official next week. That provokes a larger question — where will Atlanta’s progressive urban/soul scene migrate to next?”

Read the full article on Creative Loafing.