I spent just about every weekend from 00-05 at Ziggys.
Also if you saw him on that tour you saw him at New Ziggys downtown which is now The Ramkat. Most of us old folks went to the original on Baity St by the colosseum. Also shout out to Brew Ha Ha’s next door. Saw many shows there too.
Absolutely. My blood and sweat were def a permanent part of those boards.
My mom took me to my first show there when I was 12. A band called Dag. I was on the front rail the whole show. That’s what started my love for live music.
I had to sneak out to the "movies" in order to go. My mother kept a tight leash on me at the time. I can't for the life of me remember who I saw, but everyone started jumping and I swear that floor was acting like a trampoline. 🤣 Ahh, good times!
My first concert was Chevelle at the original and I spent a lot of time there over the next few years. I was in high school when it closed down and some friends and I did a little one act play during the off hours in the lead up to the shut down. It was nice of them to let us do it, and we felt so cool hanging out in the green room where so many bands we loved had been. We knew it wouldn't be there for long, but it still felt like we were special writing out names on the wall with all of the others.
The original was far better. I was on Baity street almost every weekend for shows. But I predate you. I went when Baitys was still around. Ziggy’s blew up in popularity when Baitys closed (burned down if I remember correctly). Man those were some awesome alcohol fueled weekends.
I saw August Burns Red and As I Lay Dying at the original Ziggys and it was the greatest show I've ever seen. Shows at Ziggys just hit different back in the day.
Probably the same show because I believe it was '04. It was some band from Greensboro that I'm completely blanking on the name of, August Burns Red and As I Lay Dying.
Actually, the "original" Ziggy's was located across Deacon Boulevard on the LJVM side, when it was just the original "white house" dive bar/tavern with a fenced concrete patio with picnic tables and a small open air area for bands in the rear. The entire original "white house" structure was moved to the Baity St location when businesses along that side of the road were moved out to make way for the coliseum construction. At that time there was another dive bar right beside it called The Brass Bucket Tavern, but it didn't survive the coliseum construction culling.
So many great shows at Baity St in the 90s and 00s. One of my favorites was Fuel with opener Breaking Benjamin. Another great show originally planned for Baity St but that had to be moved to accommodatea a larger crowd was Candlebox on Valentine's Day at the Millennium Center.
The original was on 30th St(Deacon Blvd). They moved the little house over to Baity St. and added to it. On 30th, it was White Horse Pub before it was Ziggy's.
Favorite memories of Ziggy’s
New Ziggys: The time R Kelly came to perform and the show was billed as “An Intimate Birthday Celebration.” On stage? A few couches and multiple bouquets of roses. I think one of the ticket options was to pay like $60 to receive a rose from R. Kelly? The venue is packed. Everyone in the crowd knew something was up when an extended amount of time had passed and R. Kelly had not showed. The DJ that night - DJ Eagleman did everything he could to keep the crowd engaged. I had paid like $35 to have access to the upstairs area and watched older couples start to walk out.
Finally, late as hell - word starts to spread that R. Kelly had showed up. The guy comes on stage, sings the opening line to Bump N’ Grind, and then takes a seat on the couch and preceded to drink liquor and smoke for the the rest of the night. Eventually his entourage or club staff start welcoming women from the crowd onto the stage to sit on the couches. By the end of the night I swear it was like 75 women sitting and standing uncomfortably around R.Kelly stuck holding a single rose. All while R. Kelly drank brown liquor from the bottle and smoked. R Kelly is a human piece of garbage and deserves to rot in hell but it’s still a hilarious memory for me and a few friends. Such a wacky evening. The club staff clearly fucked up by promoting this as a show rather than a club appearance. Pretty sure there has been online speculation that an impersonator might have been involved lol.
Old Ziggys: going to Hardcore shows when I was way to young to go to shows lol. Shout out My Hero Is Me.
I had the “pleasure” of getting on stage- drank ciroc vodka and watched him smoke cigars. Hugged the weirdo. My poor guy friends who were big fans had to watch as the dj played his songs and r Kelly ignored everyone
You point out a very important detail. I forgot that they played through his catalog! Hopefully your guy friends also received a refund via “ziggy bucks.”
Man, Ziggys was legendary. Here are just some of the bands I saw there.
Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Tech-9, Kid Rock, Staind, 311, Chevelle, Less Than Jake, Kottonmouth Kings, GWAR, Robert Earl Keen, Southern Culture on the Skids, I think ICP, Weezer, and there's so many more I can't think of.
I saw all y’all at those shows. Also BNL, Ben Folds Five, The Samples, Sex Police, Bus Stop - and Evan Olson playing solo, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Rusted Root, Vertical Horizon, Jump Little Children, just about every ska band that came and went, Nikki Meets the Hibachi, Indigo Girls, Superchunk, Archers of Loaf, Corrosion of Confirmity, Toxic Popsicle, Dillon Fence…
When I was young we had a babysitter named Kelly who was a bartender there.
Sometimes she'd have to go in prior to when my mom could come get us.
This was when the back deck was just a big open porch. No walls or roof except the stage.
Jay would get Kelly to let us play pool. We couldn't hardly see over the tables mind you. This was 88 maybe? 89?
One day she gave us some containers and told us to see if there was any change under the staging.
We easily scooped up like $40 within the first ten feet under there.
When they bulldozed Ziggy's years later all I could think about was the thousands of dollars in pocket change that had fallen out of the pockets of whirling hippies, pogoing ska kids, and moshpits.
Saw so many great local, regional, and national acts there.
Winston's best venue.
Ziggy's had great shows when I was a teen. I saw Parliament Funkidelic, Lords of Acid, Bad Brains and They Might Be Giants there and it was always fun. Think I saw a few more bands there but those days are a little hazy.
I saw Bad Brains there around 94-95ish. Ended up hanging out with them backstage. Nothing inappropriate, literally just hung out/talked to the band sans HR. He eventually came backstage and was . . . not great. Kind of a tool, actually. (He had groupies. Way-too-young ones.)
Trying to remember all the bands I saw there. 🤔 Atreyu and Unearth in 05, Korn around 95/96, pretty sure I saw Face To Face there at some point in the 90s, but I went to every show they played in NC (to the point they started putting me on the guest list 😂), so I’m not entirely sure. I know I went to a ton more shows at Ziggy’s than what I’ve listed, but I’d have to find my box of old flyers/arm bands and I don’t feel up for an archeological dig through my craft/junk room tonight. 😄
I remember the parliament funkidelic show because me and my 4 freinds went and the best memory of the night was leaving the cops did a quick sobriety test and if you didn't pass they sat you down till your ride could pick you up.
Some of my favorite shows from Old Ziggys;
Fugazi
Morphine
DMB
NIN and Marilyn Manson at LJVM
They Might be Giants
2 Skinny Js
White Zombie
Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Avail
G Love
COC
Squirrel Nut Zippers
Helmet
Bad Brains
I saw 311 in my teens at the original Ziggy’s back when they were my favorite band and it was pretty legendary. They were pretty big back then and that was a small packed house and I will never forget it!
I spent many weekends from around 1994 til about 2002-ish at the Baity St location. I saw OG Gov't Mule more times than I can count, Derek Trucks Band (every incarnation) Gibb Droll, Agents of Good Roots, and Cherokee Sex Workshop - a band that sounded awesome live, but their CD was not good. Only went to the downtown one once and saw The Winery Dogs. That place just didn't have the same atmosphere.
Even caught the Black Crowes there (at the Baity St location) - they did a pop-up show after a concert at LJVM or Greensboro. I just remember it was so packed my best friend got separated from me, caught in a mob of people and passed out standing up from the press.
A friend of mine said one of his favorite experiences there ever was a tie between seeing Public Enemy and Slayer.
Gib Droll! Yes! He was amazing. I saw Govt Mule too, and John Popper. That guy can play! He was on guitar and I remember him playing Beck's Loser. I didn't even know he played guitar. Just harmonica. He was bad ass
Hootie & the Blowfish played there often before Cracked Rear View was released. I would shoot pool with the band (except Darius) at O’Casey’s (now Carlisle’s) every now and then as they would stay with a friend who lived off of Magnolia.
I saw Common Sense open for The Roots there. I saw Bone Thugs there. I saw so many good shows there I’ll probably forget more than I’ll ever remember to tell.
damn that’s crazy you feel like that but for me since it was my first one I thought it was pretty insane. granted I was only in the 6th grade and that was my first ever concert
I just remember his opening act was Taco deejaying for like an hour, and then Tyler’s set was only like 30 minutes. One of the shortest concerts I’ve ever been to
Was there ever a place called Baity’s? I know there is a Baity street where the old ziggy’s was. I ask because I didn’t grow up here but moved here in adulthood. My dad was in a glam band back in the 80s that played a lot up and down the East coast. Every time he comes to visit he asks me about it. Could he be referring to the old ziggys?
The were called the limit. We grew up in East Tennessee/SW Virginia but they played throughout the carolinas and beyond. He mentions this place in hickory quite a bit too. I’d have to ask him what it’s called
There was a place called Baity’s Music Garden that a bunch of classic bands. There was a good article written a few years ago called “They all played Baity’s” or something like that on yes weekly.
The Ramones were told by the city that they were too loud and that they needed to start before midnight. Each time I saw them in play at Ziggy’s they started after midnight. 1,2,3,4!!!!
lol! I went to my first concert here in 2004 or 2005 (Kings of Leon) and remember getting dripped on because it was raining outside and the tarp was leaking!
Dude me too! I took my best friend Elijah with me and it was awesome, we were 15 lmao my mom dropped us off. Man you just had to be there for the odd future era
I remember going there in grad school and the bartenders would talk about how inspections were supposed to happen once or twice a year, but they got inspected monthly. Basically, the university wanted to buy up as much of the land in that area for the athletic department and they had no qualms with bullying people to get it. They just got law school alums to put pressure on them until they had to vacate.
Why do you thing the city randomly backed the construction of a new baseball stadium circa 2010, replacing the Warthogs with the Dash? They used taxpayer backing to build the new stadium, leaving an entire baseball stadium right next to the football and basketball coliseum tantalizingly free so Wake could upgrade for next to nothing.
People say Wake tends underachieve in spite of some great coaching because it's a smaller school and that's mostly crap. It pulls so many stunts like it did with Ziggy's that people don't want anything to do with Wake athletics unless you went to school or work there. Terrible outreach is mostly to blame for low fan support.
But, yeah. Ziggy's was awesome.
Being a small private school consisting mostly of students from outside the area that don’t end up staying in the area is probably a bigger factor in the low fan support.
Getting rid of the crackhead area that is now Bailey park is one of them. Not to mention all the jobs and money they’ve provided to the city. Do people seriously not remember how much of a shithole dt Winston used to be? Getting a mellow mushroom was a massive deal back in the day lol.
Didn’t see them but if it pisses off miserable people like you then I’m good with it.
Go squeal your nonsense to people that respect your opinions, squirt.
Go support more shit concepts provided by Roar and Front Street Capital, because they certainly represent the best interests of Winston-Salem and not some cracker jack focus grouped speculators.
It sucks because they didn’t voluntarily shut down. Wake forest bought them to destroy it to build a parking lot. But yeah, every weekend you could go see something epic there. The “new” ziggy’s/ramkat have yet to come close.
Seeing Rhapsody when Luca Turilli and Fabio Lione were still in the band. This was at the old Ziggy’s. Pretty amazing show. Probably the most packed I’d seen Ziggy’s outside of Megadeth.
Ziggy's was great. Saw countless bands play there. Probably the only venue I've seen more concerts at was Legend's in Boone. Haven't been to the latest incarnation over in High Point yet, but no way it has the same vibe.
The owner?/manager Jay was great. A little rough at first, but great once you knew him. I was trying to raise money for [Pop The Cap](https://www.wellcraftednc.com/participants/group/pop_the_cap.php) and he agreed to do a fund raiser there. During that process I went into his office with him, and he had concert bill posters going back into the early 80's, maybe even the 70's of some now legendary bands that had played there. It was really cool. I would love to have had some of those.
Some highlights I remember seeing at the original Ziggy’s: The Misfits, Earth Crisis, Snapcase, Face to Face, Dillinger Escape Plan, Cradle of Filth, The Locust.
My first real big name concert was at the original location of Ziggy's in 2004 or 2005. I went to see Lamb of God. I think I've also went there for Protest the Hero, Return the Hero, Job for a Cowboy and a few others I can't remember... maybe A Kiss for Jersey.
I was at that same Tyler concert!
At one point Tyler took off his polo and threw it into the crowd and a bunch of people were fighting over it. Then eventually it was just 16 year old me and a grown man playing tug of war with it until security took the shirt. And yes, I was winning...
One of the best shows I've been to by far. Drenched in sweat by the end. RIP Ziggy's
Saw Snoop Dogg at new Ziggys in 2015.
Saw too many reggae bands at old Ziggys to count. Didn’t they have an annual reggae fest or something in the 00s?
I spent just about every weekend from 00-05 at Ziggys. Also if you saw him on that tour you saw him at New Ziggys downtown which is now The Ramkat. Most of us old folks went to the original on Baity St by the colosseum. Also shout out to Brew Ha Ha’s next door. Saw many shows there too.
Ah, someone else who knew the original! Nothing like the whole floor moving to the best of the music!
Absolutely. My blood and sweat were def a permanent part of those boards. My mom took me to my first show there when I was 12. A band called Dag. I was on the front rail the whole show. That’s what started my love for live music.
I had to sneak out to the "movies" in order to go. My mother kept a tight leash on me at the time. I can't for the life of me remember who I saw, but everyone started jumping and I swear that floor was acting like a trampoline. 🤣 Ahh, good times!
Lost a plug from my ear upfront at Slayer. Worth it.
I lost so many plugs at that place.
My first concert was Chevelle at the original and I spent a lot of time there over the next few years. I was in high school when it closed down and some friends and I did a little one act play during the off hours in the lead up to the shut down. It was nice of them to let us do it, and we felt so cool hanging out in the green room where so many bands we loved had been. We knew it wouldn't be there for long, but it still felt like we were special writing out names on the wall with all of the others.
The original was far better. I was on Baity street almost every weekend for shows. But I predate you. I went when Baitys was still around. Ziggy’s blew up in popularity when Baitys closed (burned down if I remember correctly). Man those were some awesome alcohol fueled weekends.
I saw August Burns Red and As I Lay Dying at the original Ziggys and it was the greatest show I've ever seen. Shows at Ziggys just hit different back in the day.
Was that like 03-04? I definitely saw As I Lay Dying I just can’t remember who opened.
Probably the same show because I believe it was '04. It was some band from Greensboro that I'm completely blanking on the name of, August Burns Red and As I Lay Dying.
Possibly Knives Exchanging hands?
Possibly? It was so long ago it's hard to say. I asked my buddy's that used to book shows there so hopefully they'll remember haha.
I mean it was 20 years ago. Which hurts my back to say.
Same, friend. No joke I woke up with a sore back today because I slept weird.
FUCKIN SAME
Actually, the "original" Ziggy's was located across Deacon Boulevard on the LJVM side, when it was just the original "white house" dive bar/tavern with a fenced concrete patio with picnic tables and a small open air area for bands in the rear. The entire original "white house" structure was moved to the Baity St location when businesses along that side of the road were moved out to make way for the coliseum construction. At that time there was another dive bar right beside it called The Brass Bucket Tavern, but it didn't survive the coliseum construction culling.
So many great shows at Baity St in the 90s and 00s. One of my favorites was Fuel with opener Breaking Benjamin. Another great show originally planned for Baity St but that had to be moved to accommodatea a larger crowd was Candlebox on Valentine's Day at the Millennium Center.
The original was on 30th St(Deacon Blvd). They moved the little house over to Baity St. and added to it. On 30th, it was White Horse Pub before it was Ziggy's.
Yep. You’re the 4th person to comment this.
Played my first real gig at Brew Ha Ha’s. Hootie was the man. We were talking about that place the other day.
Actually the original was in what is now the colosseum parking lot. Was the White Horse Tavern until about 1977 when John Zigglinski changed the name.
Oh cool! A little more history.
Favorite memories of Ziggy’s New Ziggys: The time R Kelly came to perform and the show was billed as “An Intimate Birthday Celebration.” On stage? A few couches and multiple bouquets of roses. I think one of the ticket options was to pay like $60 to receive a rose from R. Kelly? The venue is packed. Everyone in the crowd knew something was up when an extended amount of time had passed and R. Kelly had not showed. The DJ that night - DJ Eagleman did everything he could to keep the crowd engaged. I had paid like $35 to have access to the upstairs area and watched older couples start to walk out. Finally, late as hell - word starts to spread that R. Kelly had showed up. The guy comes on stage, sings the opening line to Bump N’ Grind, and then takes a seat on the couch and preceded to drink liquor and smoke for the the rest of the night. Eventually his entourage or club staff start welcoming women from the crowd onto the stage to sit on the couches. By the end of the night I swear it was like 75 women sitting and standing uncomfortably around R.Kelly stuck holding a single rose. All while R. Kelly drank brown liquor from the bottle and smoked. R Kelly is a human piece of garbage and deserves to rot in hell but it’s still a hilarious memory for me and a few friends. Such a wacky evening. The club staff clearly fucked up by promoting this as a show rather than a club appearance. Pretty sure there has been online speculation that an impersonator might have been involved lol. Old Ziggys: going to Hardcore shows when I was way to young to go to shows lol. Shout out My Hero Is Me.
I enjoyed this. Thanks for sharing
[His Entire Performance](https://youtu.be/OV6gEcxFma4?si=kZ_8UuqTirFjGwuE)
That’s wild. This is an awesome thread lol
The entire show and the clip is 39 seconds long. This is spectacular.
I had the “pleasure” of getting on stage- drank ciroc vodka and watched him smoke cigars. Hugged the weirdo. My poor guy friends who were big fans had to watch as the dj played his songs and r Kelly ignored everyone
You point out a very important detail. I forgot that they played through his catalog! Hopefully your guy friends also received a refund via “ziggy bucks.”
I was there at the r. Kelly show!
Man, Ziggys was legendary. Here are just some of the bands I saw there. Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Tech-9, Kid Rock, Staind, 311, Chevelle, Less Than Jake, Kottonmouth Kings, GWAR, Robert Earl Keen, Southern Culture on the Skids, I think ICP, Weezer, and there's so many more I can't think of.
Kottonmouth Kings….still blowin’ smoke rings
Dave Matthew’s band
I saw all y’all at those shows. Also BNL, Ben Folds Five, The Samples, Sex Police, Bus Stop - and Evan Olson playing solo, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Rusted Root, Vertical Horizon, Jump Little Children, just about every ska band that came and went, Nikki Meets the Hibachi, Indigo Girls, Superchunk, Archers of Loaf, Corrosion of Confirmity, Toxic Popsicle, Dillon Fence…
Yep saw 2skinnyJ’s there multiple times, also Digital Underground. Fun times and place
I never missed a 2 Skinny Js show or a Kottonmouth Kings show. I think they even played together once. Too long ago to be sure if that's right though.
Hate I missed the 2skinny cruise. Their shows were definitely some of the best.
my dad used to perform there all the time! he was the lead vocalist for the solos unit if anyone remembers
I know your dad 🤣. Not well but we have mutuals. Wild you’re on Reddit now. I remember when you were a legit toddler.
Crazy
For real? Gd I’m old. I used to chill with him at Rubber Soul on Mondays.
When I was young we had a babysitter named Kelly who was a bartender there. Sometimes she'd have to go in prior to when my mom could come get us. This was when the back deck was just a big open porch. No walls or roof except the stage. Jay would get Kelly to let us play pool. We couldn't hardly see over the tables mind you. This was 88 maybe? 89? One day she gave us some containers and told us to see if there was any change under the staging. We easily scooped up like $40 within the first ten feet under there. When they bulldozed Ziggy's years later all I could think about was the thousands of dollars in pocket change that had fallen out of the pockets of whirling hippies, pogoing ska kids, and moshpits. Saw so many great local, regional, and national acts there. Winston's best venue.
Ziggy's had great shows when I was a teen. I saw Parliament Funkidelic, Lords of Acid, Bad Brains and They Might Be Giants there and it was always fun. Think I saw a few more bands there but those days are a little hazy.
I saw Bad Brains there around 94-95ish. Ended up hanging out with them backstage. Nothing inappropriate, literally just hung out/talked to the band sans HR. He eventually came backstage and was . . . not great. Kind of a tool, actually. (He had groupies. Way-too-young ones.) Trying to remember all the bands I saw there. 🤔 Atreyu and Unearth in 05, Korn around 95/96, pretty sure I saw Face To Face there at some point in the 90s, but I went to every show they played in NC (to the point they started putting me on the guest list 😂), so I’m not entirely sure. I know I went to a ton more shows at Ziggy’s than what I’ve listed, but I’d have to find my box of old flyers/arm bands and I don’t feel up for an archeological dig through my craft/junk room tonight. 😄
Face To Face did play, cause I went to see Snapcase open for them.
I remember the parliament funkidelic show because me and my 4 freinds went and the best memory of the night was leaving the cops did a quick sobriety test and if you didn't pass they sat you down till your ride could pick you up.
Og Ziggys was awesome
live music in Winston Salem is a thing of the past
Haha, truer words have never been said!
Seeing Gwar and Lamb of God there was amazing. Bonus was trying to go through that Wendy’s drive thru on foot when shows let out. Never forget.
Can’t tell you how many times I was tossed from that Wendy’s.
Some of my favorite shows from Old Ziggys; Fugazi Morphine DMB NIN and Marilyn Manson at LJVM They Might be Giants 2 Skinny Js White Zombie Mighty Mighty Bosstones Avail G Love COC Squirrel Nut Zippers Helmet Bad Brains
Oh yeah. Seen a zillion shows there.
Dave Matthew's Band 1994!
I saw 311 in my teens at the original Ziggy’s back when they were my favorite band and it was pretty legendary. They were pretty big back then and that was a small packed house and I will never forget it!
I miss ziggys, alot of good memories and shows, until i turned 21, then alot of night I don't remember but told they were good😂
I spent many weekends from around 1994 til about 2002-ish at the Baity St location. I saw OG Gov't Mule more times than I can count, Derek Trucks Band (every incarnation) Gibb Droll, Agents of Good Roots, and Cherokee Sex Workshop - a band that sounded awesome live, but their CD was not good. Only went to the downtown one once and saw The Winery Dogs. That place just didn't have the same atmosphere. Even caught the Black Crowes there (at the Baity St location) - they did a pop-up show after a concert at LJVM or Greensboro. I just remember it was so packed my best friend got separated from me, caught in a mob of people and passed out standing up from the press. A friend of mine said one of his favorite experiences there ever was a tie between seeing Public Enemy and Slayer.
Gib Droll! Yes! He was amazing. I saw Govt Mule too, and John Popper. That guy can play! He was on guitar and I remember him playing Beck's Loser. I didn't even know he played guitar. Just harmonica. He was bad ass
Definitely saw a few shows at the original Ziggys. Good times!
I saw George Clinton and the Parliament-Funkadelic there back in 2013. Floated right on home later!
That might have been the night they broke up after the show. George relapsed at Ziggys and was out of his mind. Great show though.
Hootie & the Blowfish played there often before Cracked Rear View was released. I would shoot pool with the band (except Darius) at O’Casey’s (now Carlisle’s) every now and then as they would stay with a friend who lived off of Magnolia.
I saw hootie and the blowfish there too! Holy cow, that was a loooooong time ago
O'Casey's was legendary. Deserves it's own subreddit lol
Absolutely not! There’s a reason we don’t have photos/proof of the crazy shit we got away with before camera phones.
Lol I know that's right
I saw Common Sense open for The Roots there. I saw Bone Thugs there. I saw so many good shows there I’ll probably forget more than I’ll ever remember to tell.
I was at that concert too lol, senior year of high school. Surprisingly disappointing iirc
damn that’s crazy you feel like that but for me since it was my first one I thought it was pretty insane. granted I was only in the 6th grade and that was my first ever concert
I just remember his opening act was Taco deejaying for like an hour, and then Tyler’s set was only like 30 minutes. One of the shortest concerts I’ve ever been to
He also kept yelling at some mom in the crowd that brought her kid there lol
Ziggy's is open in high point now. Or was last I heard.
Saw Tenacious D, Clutch, David Allan Coe, 311, and a ton more bands I can’t remember. Great venue
Was there ever a place called Baity’s? I know there is a Baity street where the old ziggy’s was. I ask because I didn’t grow up here but moved here in adulthood. My dad was in a glam band back in the 80s that played a lot up and down the East coast. Every time he comes to visit he asks me about it. Could he be referring to the old ziggys?
Baity’s was next door, but was later renamed Brew Ha Has
Brew ha has! I had forgotten all about that place
Best rave spot ever back then when molly was new.
They were two separate places.
Gotcha. Thanks!
What was his band called??
The were called the limit. We grew up in East Tennessee/SW Virginia but they played throughout the carolinas and beyond. He mentions this place in hickory quite a bit too. I’d have to ask him what it’s called
There was a place called Baity’s Music Garden that a bunch of classic bands. There was a good article written a few years ago called “They all played Baity’s” or something like that on yes weekly.
The Ramones were told by the city that they were too loud and that they needed to start before midnight. Each time I saw them in play at Ziggy’s they started after midnight. 1,2,3,4!!!!
The tarp on the roof! Saw Cracker there a large number of times. Also saw Sponge put on a great show there.
lol! I went to my first concert here in 2004 or 2005 (Kings of Leon) and remember getting dripped on because it was raining outside and the tarp was leaking!
That Sponge show! I didn’t give a fuck about that band until that show. After that, I was a big fan.
Dude me too! I took my best friend Elijah with me and it was awesome, we were 15 lmao my mom dropped us off. Man you just had to be there for the odd future era
De LA Soul Guru Plenty of jamb bands...Purple School Bus, Indecision, Blues Traveler types...DMB
WFU killed Baity St. Damn shame.
I remember going there in grad school and the bartenders would talk about how inspections were supposed to happen once or twice a year, but they got inspected monthly. Basically, the university wanted to buy up as much of the land in that area for the athletic department and they had no qualms with bullying people to get it. They just got law school alums to put pressure on them until they had to vacate. Why do you thing the city randomly backed the construction of a new baseball stadium circa 2010, replacing the Warthogs with the Dash? They used taxpayer backing to build the new stadium, leaving an entire baseball stadium right next to the football and basketball coliseum tantalizingly free so Wake could upgrade for next to nothing. People say Wake tends underachieve in spite of some great coaching because it's a smaller school and that's mostly crap. It pulls so many stunts like it did with Ziggy's that people don't want anything to do with Wake athletics unless you went to school or work there. Terrible outreach is mostly to blame for low fan support. But, yeah. Ziggy's was awesome.
Being a small private school consisting mostly of students from outside the area that don’t end up staying in the area is probably a bigger factor in the low fan support.
Wake has done some pretty good things for Winston too.
Turning that stretch of university parkway into a crackhead ghost town isn’t one.
Getting rid of the crackhead area that is now Bailey park is one of them. Not to mention all the jobs and money they’ve provided to the city. Do people seriously not remember how much of a shithole dt Winston used to be? Getting a mellow mushroom was a massive deal back in the day lol.
Shithole people reminisce on the shithole days. So many miserable people on this sub.
Not at all, but I can certainly remember when character in this town was built, not bought. Hope you enjoyed the Grays Anatomy band last night.
Didn’t see them but if it pisses off miserable people like you then I’m good with it. Go squeal your nonsense to people that respect your opinions, squirt.
Go support more shit concepts provided by Roar and Front Street Capital, because they certainly represent the best interests of Winston-Salem and not some cracker jack focus grouped speculators.
lol will do and you can enjoy chugging pbr and snorting stomped on coke in the bathroom of weho like you’ve probably done for the last 20 years.
Look man I know you probably lost your ass on a cul de sac cookie cutter in Clemmons, but don’t take it out on me. I just work here.
It sucks because they didn’t voluntarily shut down. Wake forest bought them to destroy it to build a parking lot. But yeah, every weekend you could go see something epic there. The “new” ziggy’s/ramkat have yet to come close.
Allen stone put on a hell of a show at ziggys the year it closed for good.
Seeing Rhapsody when Luca Turilli and Fabio Lione were still in the band. This was at the old Ziggy’s. Pretty amazing show. Probably the most packed I’d seen Ziggy’s outside of Megadeth.
ziggys was legendary
I saw Ween there and Medeski Martin and Wood
Ziggy's was great. Saw countless bands play there. Probably the only venue I've seen more concerts at was Legend's in Boone. Haven't been to the latest incarnation over in High Point yet, but no way it has the same vibe. The owner?/manager Jay was great. A little rough at first, but great once you knew him. I was trying to raise money for [Pop The Cap](https://www.wellcraftednc.com/participants/group/pop_the_cap.php) and he agreed to do a fund raiser there. During that process I went into his office with him, and he had concert bill posters going back into the early 80's, maybe even the 70's of some now legendary bands that had played there. It was really cool. I would love to have had some of those.
Kenny Chesney in the middle of an ice storm
Saw many shows at the OG Ziggys. John Popper and Govt Mule come to mind. Those were the days.
Some highlights I remember seeing at the original Ziggy’s: The Misfits, Earth Crisis, Snapcase, Face to Face, Dillinger Escape Plan, Cradle of Filth, The Locust.
My first real big name concert was at the original location of Ziggy's in 2004 or 2005. I went to see Lamb of God. I think I've also went there for Protest the Hero, Return the Hero, Job for a Cowboy and a few others I can't remember... maybe A Kiss for Jersey.
I was at that same Tyler concert! At one point Tyler took off his polo and threw it into the crowd and a bunch of people were fighting over it. Then eventually it was just 16 year old me and a grown man playing tug of war with it until security took the shirt. And yes, I was winning... One of the best shows I've been to by far. Drenched in sweat by the end. RIP Ziggy's
Saw so many great shows there from around 92-2002. Gwar and P funk and Clutch put on such great shows. Saw every type music there.
Saw Snoop Dogg at new Ziggys in 2015. Saw too many reggae bands at old Ziggys to count. Didn’t they have an annual reggae fest or something in the 00s?
God I miss trough bathrooms and canvas roofs.