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Big Tobacco’s House of Ink, located at 517 Sunnyslope, will host a Punk/Metal Valentine’s Day concert this Saturday. The show, “St. Valentine’s Day Massacre,” will feature four local bands of all ages.
The show will open around 8 p.m. with Tragedy of Romance, a pop-rock band made up of students from Emporia High School. Next, the band formally known as Killfloor, now named Suicide Gene, will take the stage. The Dead Idols, a punk band will perform, and Balldozer, a metal band, will close the show.
Joel Austin, sophomore communications major and guitarist/singer for The Dead Idols, encouraged singles and couples alike to come enjoy the show.
“There will be some really good bands, and it is pretty inexpensive,” Austin said. “It will be a good time.”
The cover charge for the event will be $3, and there will be a raffle for a $100 gift certificate good towards a tattoo from Big Tobacco’s. Raffle tickets are available for $1.
Logan Herrara, senior at Emporia High School and bassist/singer for The Dead Idols, also expressed that all interested should come to the show, and enter the raffle.
“Why not (come)?” he said. “(Big Tobacco’s) is a new kind of atmosphere for Emporia, and it is a nice place, so it will be really fun to come hang out and listen to some local music.”
Though the show is advertised as an “invite only” show, Austin insisted that anyone who wants to come should be there.
“Basically, if you got a flyer, or hear about it some other way, you are invited,” he said.
Since Big Tobacco’s is not a bar or restaurant, alcohol and beverage sales are not permitted inside the tattoo parlor, according to a 1986 amendment to the Kansas Constitution.
The show is described by Austin as a “house-party” atmosphere, and any beverages attendees might drink during the show are “bring it yourself.”
“There are a couple big coolers in the back and you bring your own drinks and they will put them in the cooler for you,” Austin said. “It is somewhere between a house party and a bar atmosphere. Something different. It’s pretty cool… Everyone should come. It will be a lot of fun.”
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