Industry Noize: New Atlanta Venue?

Avondale Estates, a suburb of Atlanta with an approximate population of 3,000, wants to turn its aging Towne Cinema theatre into a music venue that will “rival some of the best in the nation,” according to the “Decaturish” webzine.

Photo: Decatur-Avondale Estates Patch

in Avondale. The next world-class music venue?

City commissioners reportedly approved a conditional use permit application for the venue during its June 23 meeting.

Tony Longval, a longtime drum tech and merch roadie for Sister Hazel, told the committee he has three investors to make the project happen, and the band is giving him a thumb up.

“It’s a beautiful thing,” Longval said at the meeting.

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