The Downtown

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The logo atop their last mailing.

The Downtown was a music venue located on 190 Main Street in Farmingdale, New York. The venue opened on December 21, 2001, and quickly became one of the most popular venues on Long Island, so much so that they developed their own line of clothing.

On September 19, 2005, the Downtown sent an email to their mailing list announcing their closing, thanking the fans and bands for support, and offering refunds for the upcoming shows. No reason was cited. The closing announcement was posted on the main page of the official site.

As of 2006, the website's main page shows the message "This page is currently under construction." The page is still owned by The Downtown and it is not known at the time what they plan to do with the site until their domain registration expires on July 9, 2008.

[edit] Past Performers

Vanilla Fudge, Flying Neck Tournament, Antigone Rising, Clutch, Greg Raposo, Peter Wolf (J Geils Band), Nancy Sinatra, Duncan Sheik, Link Wray, All American Rejects, OTEP, Tonic, 40 Below Summer, Bo Diddley, Donovan, Freddie McGregor, Yellowman & Inity, Johnny Winter, Danny Carey and Carl Palmer Drum Clinic, The Ataris, Jewel, Dillinger Escape Plan, The Alarm, King Diamond, Fefe Dobson, Poison The Well, Life Of Agony, From Autumn To Ashes, Toys for Tots, Maceo Parker, zentricksters, Blue Oyster Cult, David Johansen, The Zombies, Mushroomhead, Menatwork, Ianhunter, On the Might of Princes, Brian Howe, Stars hide fire, Amy Correia, Dave Mason, Unearth, Stretch Armstrong, Leon Russell, A Love For Enemies, Part-time Hero, Glenn Tilbrook, Story Of The Year, Maceo Parker, Helloween, Hatebreed, Vince Neil, Murphys Law, Bonnie Bramlett, Men At Work, God Forbid, Sam Taylor, Backup Plan, Bayside, Dan Bern, Brand New, Early November, Toots and the Maytals, Henry Rollins, The Alarm, The Fab Faux, Armor For Sleep, Anne McCue, Kim Wilson, A Static Lullaby, Hot Rod Circuit, Something Corporate, Lockdown, Park, Robert Shimmel, Rick Derringer, Psychedelic furs, Avenged Sevenfold, Prong, G. E. Smith, The Bled, Adair, Iridesence, Dominic Chianese, Misbhaven, Limbeck, Shadows Fall, Pat Travers, Midtown, Graham Parker, Kerry Kearney, Silverstein, Motion City Soundtrack, E Town Concrete, Foghat, Cave In, Sworn Enemy, Eric Burdon, The Misfits, Steve Howe, Jim Breuer Band, Nora, Boys Night Out, Willie Nile, Misery Signals, Gregg Rolie, Joe Bonamassa, Missing Persons, Most Precious Blood, Quick Kill Formula, Josh Kelley, David Johansen, Moneen, Saturday Night Special, Dave Attell, Wu-tang Clan, My Chemical Romance, Rickie Lee Jones, Arrogant Sons Of B*tches, Last Week, Scraps And Heart Attacks, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Agnostic Front, The Bomb Squad, Toby Lightman, Shecky And The Twangtones, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Dick Dale, Anterrabae, Zebrahead, Saw Doctors, Dave Mason, Johnny Winter, Streetlight Manifesto, The Fixx, Bow Wow Wow, The Rocket Summer, DRI, Mae, They Might Be Giants, Goatwhore, Hit Squad, Edwin McCain, The Red Chord, Catch 22, Michael Schenker, Reverend Horton Heat, Berlin, Nils Lofgren, Tsunami Bomb, Almost Queen, Mammoth, Evergreen Terrace, Poco, Hidden In Plain View, Sahara Hotnights, Rob Balducci, Norma Jean, Bela Kiss, Bleeding Through, The Resurrection, Most Precious Blood, Disturbed, Dry Kill Logic, Flock Of Seagulls, Gin Blossoms, Alexisonfire, Watch Them Die, Black Dahlia Murder, Trust Company, Taj Mahal, Suburban Legends, The Homecoming Queens, As Tall As Lions, Phantom Planet, Uli Jon Roth, Throwdown, Every Time I Die, SR 71, Jeffrey Gaines, The Goodwill, Little Feat, Atreyu, Cannibal Corpse, The Presidents of the United States of America, Nine Days, Madball, Joe Saladino, Bent Brother, The New Left, Napalm Death, Danger Danger, Straylight Run, Jordan Knight, Senses Fail, fbtmof, Children Of Bodom, Badfish, Homegrown, Black 47, Big Shot, Oteil Burnbridge Band, Joe Bonamassa, Appetite For Destruction, Live Wire, Joshua Tree, 2112, Lillian Axe, The Queers, Wonderous Stories, In The Flesh, Sweet Revenge, Michael Glabicki, Ants Marching, Duncan Sheik, Dry Kill Logic, Nuclear Assault, Mike Smith, Tonic, Johnny Winter, Zebra, Prodigals, Living Colour, Bent Brother, Evenflow, Arrested Development, Finger 11, CKY, Dope, Asia, M.O.D., Michael Cavanaugh, The Radiators, The Fixx, The New Deal, Fefe Dobson, Molly Hatchet, Fathom, Howard Jones, Pat McGee Band, Rory Lowe Band, Flying Muller Brothers, Inity, Suzette Spencer, Bandaloop, Mother Freedom, F.A.L.L., Bernie Worrell, Furley, Diffuser, Sprout, 12th Tide, Fear Of Fred, Bad Medicine, Robbie Krieger of the DOORS, Don Chaffin, Live Honey, Dee Snider of Twisted Sister, Greyscale, Jill Gioia, Charlie Hunter, South Shore Movement, Deep Banana Blackout, Lake Trout, Rainbow Trout, Last Hombres, Eric Stuart, Dave Isaacs, Third World, Evolution, The Zen Tricksters, Cousin Fungus, Jason Crosby Band, The Derek Trucks Band, Status Joe & Iridesense, The Average White Band, Kerry Kearney Band, I Am The Avalanche, June, The Forecast, Rocketman, Ryan Dunn & Don Vito, Fight Paris, Open Hand, Steve Lieberman: The Gangsta Rabbi(who recorded the performance on 2006's "Viva the Gangsta Rabbi-Live at the Downtown"), The Juliana Theory, Lovedrug, Days Away, The Goodwill, A Wilhelm Scream, Whole Wheat Bread, The Fad, Men, Women & Children, Ryan McKnight, Xtian, RA the Rugged Man, Killa Priest (Wu-Tang), Ancient Tongue, Nightmare of You, Army Of Me, Kevin Devine, The NSG, Like Yesterday, Krokus, Hollow & Code 6, Cast in Shadows, The Tubes, Amber Pacific, Houston Calls, Socratic, With Honor, Crime In Stereo, Yohimbe Brothers, Underoath, Silverstein, Rosencrantz, The Chariot (x-Norma Jean), Cleanser, ZgFlatt.