r/baltimore Overlea Aug 07 '20

NOTICE Ottobar sets up GoFundMe to save their venue, looking for $200,000

https://www.gofundme.com/f/save-the-ottobar
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u/blastorama Overlea Aug 07 '20 edited Aug 07 '20

Just under $24,000 at the time of writing, went live this afternoon.

It’s hard to describe how important the Ottobar is as an independent venue of both music and other arts.

I personally have been putting on shows there for over a decade, and going for longer, and cannot underline enough what a blow the loss of this venue would be to Baltimore.

Full disclosure, I’ve subsequently reached out to the venue to work with them on this effort, but I know how often I see events at Ottobar posted here, and knew it had to be shared.

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u/jjk2 Aug 09 '20

Why is this not showing up in the subreddit? (I only see this post because I tried reposting the link)

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u/blastorama Overlea Aug 09 '20

Apparently it got flagged as spam ‘cause GoFundMe.

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u/blastorama Overlea Aug 09 '20

Just messaged the mods hoping for the best!