Mulehouse named latest Tennessee Music Pathways venue, first in Columbia

Celebrating its initial year in Columbia, The Mulehouse has joined the listing of Tennessee Audio Pathways, which recognizes the leading new music and amusement venues in the point out.

The Mulehouse is incorporated along with several historic Tennessee new music institutions, these kinds of as the Ryman Auditorium and the Grand Ole Opry Home in Nashville, as properly as Graceland in Memphis. It is also the 1st venue in Columbia to acquire the distinction.

Proprietors Blair and Eric Garner, together with Mulehouse staff members and city leaders, celebrated the inclusion Thursday by unveiling a marker in entrance of the 812 S. Large St. former Initial Baptist Church.

“There are so a lot of explanations to arrive to Columbia, and we are these a stunning group, and I consider it all stems from our city leadership, which as taken actions to assure us that the allure, the local corporations and everything that Columbia is is heading to remain that way,” Blair Garner stated. “This wouldn’t have happened in any other point out, in any other county and surely any other metropolis. We are beyond grateful and hopeful that this will convey a ton of travellers to town who will also depart their income at our community firms.”

In accordance to a push release, The Tennessee Division of Tourism Progress established the pathways record (TMP) in 2018. And significantly like the historic Blues Trail in Mississippi, TMP’s function is “to emphasize the great importance of songs and how it is woven into every single aspect of our lives and our communities each massive and tiny.”

Initiatives to contain the Mulehouse on the TMP commenced as before long as the venue opened, in accordance to Tourism and Advertising Director Kellye Murphy

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“I was knocking on the state’s doorway inquiring for them to be involved,” Murphy stated. “They desired them to be all around for a small even though and establish on their own. Following numerous mobile phone phone calls, they understood, as we all do, The Mulehouse has demonstrated them selves to be a leading songs venue.”

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The Mulehouse hosted its to start with live performance last Could just after a $7 million renovation. The principal hall features original, stained-glass windows as well as ornate chandeliers and state-of-the-artwork lighting, sound and video built by Clair Solutions. It has a capacity of about 600 men and women.

Throughout its 1st calendar year, The Mulehouse has hosted 51 displays, 17 of which had been sellouts, and 151 personal events.

Some of its most noteworthy acts include Amy Grant, Lee Brice, Lee Greenwood and Tyler Farr. It has also supplied a phase for lots of nearby functions through events like Mule Day.

Columbia Mayor Chaz Molder congratulated the Garners and other Mulehouse personnel for the TMP designation, stating that it couldn’t be a additional fitting stop to their to start with calendar year in small business. He also said it’s a sign of even higher items to occur.

“What this new Tennessee Songs Pathways designation tells us is what we already know: that The Mulehouse is a single of the finest audio venues in the condition of Tennessee, and it is preserving the legacy of music in Tennessee on a daily basis,” Molder claimed. “It also confirms that Columbia is a town dedicated to the arts, and I imagine this will be one particular of quite a few in the years ahead.”

For a lot more details on TMP, its listing of venues and other notable music places across the condition, stop by www.TnVacation.com/Tennessee-New music-Pathways

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