Construction work on Congress Street and North Fourth Avenue shouldn't keep music and pub lovers away from tonight's Club Crawl, organizers of the annual festival say.
"Just because Congress is under construction is no reason to avoid downtown," said Club Crawl producer Jeb Schoonover.
With several local and touring musicians, organizers did have to shake things up a bit to accommodate all of the stages, placing one on Sixth Avenue between Congress and Broadway and another in the parking lot behind Playground Tucson to make up for the space lost with the closure of East Congress starting at Fifth Avenue. Pedestrians will also have to walk along Broadway instead of Congress to get to some of the venues.
Signs inside Club Crawl will help point people in the right direction, Schoonover said.
Stages will also be set up on Fifth between Congress and Broadway and outside the Rialto Theatre and Hotel Congress. All of the usual participating clubs and restaurants downtown and on Fourth Avenue will be open.
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Between 10,000 and 13,000 people are expected to attend this evening's festivities.
"I think the construction has affected some of the businesses that are down there, I think because automatically there's a negative connotation about the streets being closed, and I think this is the perfect opportunity for the people of Tucson to come downtown and support those businesses," Schoonover said.
IF YOU GO
What: Tucson Weekly Spring Club Crawl
When: 7 p.m. tonight
Cost: General admission - $8 in advance; $10 at the door; VIP passes - $20 in advance; $25 at the door.
WHERE TO PARK
Organizers suggest parking at one of several parking garages downtown. The closest garages to Club Crawl events are:
• Plaza Centro Garage, 345 E. Congress St.
• Pennington Street Garage, 110 E. Pennington St.
A list of all other garages can be found at parkwise.tucsonaz.gov
Closed STREETS
In addition to Congress Street between Toole and Stone avenues being closed due to street car construction, the following streets will be closed from 8 a.m. today until 8 a.m. Sunday to accommodate the Tucson Weekly Spring Club Crawl:
• Fifth Avenue between Broadway and Toole Avenue.
• Sixth Avenue between Broadway and Pennington Street.
Contact reporter Veronica Cruz at vcruz@azstarnet.com or 573-4224.
