The Heidelberg Pulls the Plug

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long-term commitment when he approached her about doing the programming last spring; she had acts lined up into June when she was notified of the cancellation.

Friday night's live happy hour shows, a favorite of older rockers, were axed at the same time. Randy Tessier had arranged those shows with Kouza separately--for the past several years, Tessier's band

FUBAR played the first Friday of each month with Drivin' Sideways playing the last and other bands invited to play between.

Last fall, Heidelberg general manager Mike Holloway told the Observer that Leo had tripled attendance at the Club Above. Apparently, that wasn't good enough. "It was just inconsistent, drawing people in with the bands," says Holloway now. The club already was rented out Sunday through Wednesday by a company that hosts charity poker nights, and Holloway says that giving them the rest of the week was a better business deal than continuing the music.