One of the area’s most popular music spots not only sits in an unlikely venue, it also started out because the owner needed a rehearsal space for his band.
“We added the stage in 2012 because our band lost its rehearsal space and needed a place to practice,” Steven Baer of Luthier’s Co-op in Easthampton said. “The stage was just a way for us to separate the items actually for sale and the personal items that weren’t.”
Since the stage was fully equipped with amps and a drum kit, Baer & Co. slowly began adding other events, like weekly open mics and artist residencies.
