The Blue Note (Columbia, Missouri)

{{Short description|Music venue in Columbia, Missouri}}

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| name = The Blue Note

| image = The blue note front CoMo.jpg

| image_caption = The Blue Note facing Ninth Street

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| location = 17 North 9th Street
Columbia, Missouri 65201
United States

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| type = Music venue

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| opened = 1980

| renovated = Dec 31, 2014 {{Cite web|url=http://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/local/blue-note-mojo-s-reveal-new-look-for-new-year/article_69e88d4e-2d8a-5639-8db4-f1f5a3c413db.html|title = Blue Note, Mojo's reveal new look for New Year's Eve| date=31 December 2014 }}

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| owner = Matt Gerding and Scott Leslie

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| seating_capacity = 835

| publictransit = {{Bus icon}} Go COMO

| website = {{Official website}}

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The Blue Note is a music venue in Columbia, Missouri, and is a contributing property to the North Ninth Street Historic District. It was established in 1980 by Richard King{{cite web| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822021556/http://columbiabusinesstimes.com/2014/05/01/richard-king-owner-of-the-blue-note/ | title=Richard King, owner of The Blue Note | url=http://columbiabusinesstimes.com/2014/05/01/richard-king-owner-of-the-blue-note/ | archive-date=2016-08-22}} and Phil Costello. It is famous for the legal case Bensusan Restaurant Corp. v. King over naming use on the internet.

The original Blue Note was located at 912 Business Loop 70 East and moved to its Ninth Street location (a restored vaudeville theater{{Cite web|url=http://www.flatbranch.com/columbia.asp|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070807181555/http://www.flatbranch.com/columbia.asp|url-status=dead|title=Flat Branch Pub & Brewing - Columbia Links|archivedate=August 7, 2007|website=www.flatbranch.com}}) in the early 1990s. In October 2014, the venue was sold to Matt Gerding and Scott Leslie.{{cite news | url=http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/local/richard-king-sells-the-blue-note-mojo-s/article_9a50f568-4e16-56ca-adc3-5657868a9d5b.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181031052322/http://www.columbiatribune.com/9a50f568-4e16-56ca-adc3-5657868a9d5b.html | archive-date=2018-10-31 | title=Richard King sells The Blue Note, Mojo's | newspaper=Columbia Daily Tribune | access-date=2024-03-09 }}

Despite being a smaller venue, it has hosted numerous national musical acts, including the Arctic Monkeys, Phish, Widespread Panic, R.E.M., Hüsker Dü (their last show),{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/13-audio-track | title=Hüsker Dü - 1987-12-11 - the Blue Note, Columbia, MO (Incomplete Mjk5510 Source) }} Uncle Tupelo, Meat Puppets, Chuck Berry,{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/ChuckBarryOutdoorConcert | title=Chuck Barry Outdoor Concert }} The Replacements, Minutemen,{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/minutemen1984-05-12.flacf | title=Minutemen Live at the Blue Note on 1984-05-12 | date=12 May 1984 }} Dinosaur Jr., Primus, Black Flag, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Violent Femmes, Soul Asylum, Sonic Youth,{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/SY_2004-07-31 | title=Sonic Youth Live - 2004-07-31 Blue Note, Columbia, Missouri | date=31 July 2004 }} Social Distortion,http://metallipromo.com/images/social/19920714.jpg {{Bare URL image|date=August 2024}} The Black Keys, Dave Matthews Band, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Wilco, and Yonder Mountain String Band,{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/ymsb2004-11-04sbd | title=Yonder Mountain String Band Live at the Blue Note on 2004-11-04 | date=4 November 2004 }} and holds a five-part concert series every summer called "Ninth Street Summerfest".{{Cite web |url=http://www.discoverthedistrict.com/events.html#summerfest |title=Event Calendar {{!}} Columbia, Missouri |access-date=2007-08-08 |archive-date=2007-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928025149/http://www.discoverthedistrict.com/events.html#summerfest |url-status=dead }}