Fillmore's Red Carpet Kickoff Brings Politicos to Silver Spring // Plus, Exclusive Photo Gallery!

Maryland Juice previously wrote about the exciting lineup at Silver Spring, Maryland's new concert hall, The Fillmore. Though our appeal for free tickets to the venue's owners (Live Nation) went into a black hole, we still managed to score tickets to the Grand Opening VIP kickoff last night. Here's a review of the event (and the Fillmore) from Virginia Juice (Maryland Juice's domestic partner/wife, who is also a Virginian. Boo!).

We also intersperse photos of politicians modeling the Fillmore's space for you below. You can see the full Fillmore Party photo gallery at Maryland Juice's Facebook page. Note: Some unusual politicians turned out for this event.

Make Way for Silver Spring's Fillmore Concert Hall

After years of anticipation -- and controversy -- Silver Spring (and the suburbs) will finally have a serious music venue.  On Thursday, September 15th, Live Nation will open the long-anticipated Fillmore concert hall in downtown Silver Spring, across from the AFI Theatre. Their opening lineup is quite impressive.

I must admit a few things. First, I am a frequent concertgoer at the 9:30 Club and have never really held fond feelings for either Live Nation or its Ticketmaster subsidiary. For that reason, I've been sympathetic to fears that the Walmart of live music might put our homegrown venues out of business. That being said, I was never quite comfortable with 9:30 Club owner, Seth Hurwitz's attempts to sue the Fillmore out of existence.