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Boot Block Party

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008 < author: bootkeeper >

What: Ghent Bar Tour Boot Block Party
Date and Time: July 26th, 9PM
Where: Huge Tent in Boot Parking lot
okay so we have Norfolk Restaurant Week going on July 20-27 and this will be delicious and dance worthy. However on July 26th we are the culminating event location for the Ghent Bar Tour. It [...]

Great Lakes | Jesse Chong Band

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 < author: bootkeeper >

[ August 8, 2008; 10:00 pm; ] Great Lakes | Website
Jesse Chong Band | Website

Time: 10pm
Ticket: $5 Purchase Online Here
Genre: Indie/Rock/Reggae

Great Lakes are a fluctuating cast of indie rock/pop veterans, originally based out of Athens, Georgia in the heart of the Elephant 6 Collective scene, with an incredible set of past rotating members, including members of Neutral Milk Hotel, Of Montreal, and [...]

The Never | Deleted Scenes | Seamonster

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 < author: bootkeeper >

[ August 5, 2008; 10:00 pm; ] The Never | Website
Deleted Scenes | Website
Seamonster | Website

Time: 10pm
Ticket: $5 | Purchase Here
Genre: Indie/Rock/Pop

Both of these are old friends of ours now, having played the record store a number of times and certainly never disappointing. The Never bring their french/orchestral style pop, and Deleted Scenes also write stripped down, sincere indie pop songs [...]

Norfolk Restaurant Week - Summer Spoonin’

Friday, June 27th, 2008 < author: bootkeeper >

Norfolk Restaurant Week July 20-27
Hey folks, its that time again where we make great food and you eat it!
Norfolk Restaurant Week is hitting Ghent and with Downtown in it too the choice of where to eat is tough even if you eat out every night! Check out these two sites for updating info on [...]

A Good Natured Riot

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008 < author: bootkeeper >

[ August 23, 2008; 10:00 pm; ] A Good Natured Riot | Website

Time: 10pm
Ticket: $5 Purchase Here
Genre: Bluegrass/Country

A Good Natured Riot is a vastly talented bluegrass band from Richmond, VA, and with the summer drawing to its sad but inevitable close, we can think of few better ways to revel in its remaining haze than a good ol’ Appalachian wonder-night.

new menu update

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008 < author: bootkeeper >

tomorrow June 4th we switch to our summer menu, yes we are a bit ahead of time but the fields tell us a different story.
peep the summer menu here
also come out tonight for the last of the spring menu and here some old timey folk tunes with Sarah Carter and The Woods.
Ciao!

Jeremy Jay, Pepi Ginsberg

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008 < author: bootkeeper >

[ July 11, 2008; 10:00 pm; ] Jeremy Jay | Website
Pepi Ginsberg | Website

Time: 10pm
Ticket: $7 | Purchase Here
Genre: Rock/New Wave/Folk

Jeremy Jay’s gracing us with a great show as part of his impressively extensive summer tour. He has a very cool, brit-pop new wave sort of sound, almost like a more detached, ironic David Bowie. Pepi Ginsberg hails from Broolyn [...]

Super Vacations, Gary War, Bomber

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008 < author: bootkeeper >

[ July 9, 2008; 10:00 pm; ] The Super Vacations | Website
Gary War | Website
Bomber | Website

Time: 10pm
Ticket: $5 | Purchase Here
Genre: Rock

Surfing, Summer, Psychadelia, and Soul reign supreme at The Boot whenever Super Vacations wreck the place (in the best way possible) with their fuzzed out garage sound. There’s a reason this VB band has played here as many times [...]

Dominion Derby Girls 2nd Annual Silent Art Auction

Friday, May 23rd, 2008 < author: bootkeeper >

The Dominion Derby Girls | website
ForKids | website
Time: 5pm (live music to start at 10pm - see below)
Ticket: $5
Genre: Charity
This year’s proceeds will go to benefit the Dominion Derby Girls and the ForKids Foundation.
The event will be held at The Boot in Ghent on May 25th, 2008, 5-9pm. Our goals this year are to bring [...]

Bike to Work Day

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 < author: bootkeeper >

Bike to the Boot after work on the 16th to celebrate the culmination of Bike to Work Week with your fellow cyclists!
We will be having an afterwork celebration starting at 5 pm at the Boot for everyone who participated. We will have a tasting with Marty Jones, owner of Oskar Blues Brewing Company on [...]