Late last Friday night beloved Brooklyn independent music and arts space Silent Barnsuffered a fire resulting in significant damage to the venue. The venue stated on Sunday: “The fire destroyed the room where it began and caused smoke and water damage to the surrounding apartments and to our performance space. Some of our residents lost all of their personal belongings. We will be unable to host events in our main performance space until further notice.”
Silent Barn, a mainstay in the Brooklyn musical community for over a decade, is know for its unwavering support of up-and-coming artists of all genres and is one of only a handful of all-ages venues left in Brooklyn after the shuttering of Death by Audio, 285 Kent, and Glasslands in recent years.
Keeping independent, all-ages music venues alive is vitally important in fostering vibrant local music scenes. Donations to help Silent Barn recover can be made here and will go to the reconstruction effort as well as helping the 14 residents of the space get back on their feet. You can also volunteer for the reconstruction effort here.
You can read the full statement from the venue below:
[Friday] night, September 25th, Silent Barn experienced a fire on the third floor, in the apartments. There were people in the apartments and a show taking place downstairs in our mainspace, but everyone made it out of the building safely. We believe an electrical malfunction caused the fire, and hope to confirm the cause soon. The fire destroyed the room where it began and caused smoke and water damage to the surrounding apartments and to our performance space. Some of our residents lost all of their personal belongings. We will be unable to host events in our main performance space until further notice. Our stewdios and yard remain open as normal and we hope to host some events in those spaces in the meanwhile. As a collective, we are deeply grateful for the outpouring of support we have received so far!
