Last Friday, we stepped back into the Blue Grouch for the first time in 2020. There is something quite unique about the Blue Grouch’s indoor shows and it isn’t the 4 different ceiling heights within 3 feet of each other. Rather, what makes the Blue Grouch indoor shows so unique is the level of intimacy we as a band get to share with our audience.

Don’t get me wrong, a proper stage has its place and own set of perks, but when you’re on the same level as your audience you can feel the energy coming off them more, which just makes us want to perform even better. It becomes this cyclical process. The band performs better, so the crowd gets more into the show. The crowd gets more into the show, so the band performs even better. And because we’re so close to the audience at the Blue Grouch, we can see our audience.

We can see your faces and watch how excited you get when your favorite song comes on. We can see how you sing along to your favorite songs. We can see that “A-ha!” moment when you discover one of our mashups for the first time. We can even see that little ‘whoops’ face you make when you forget a lyric; though that’s probably more to do with our mashups than your memory.

The culmination of everything I’ve stated above happens when we brought an audience member on stage to sing with us. Suddenly that energy was now in him. He saw his friends out there cheering in anticipation waiting for what surprise song was going to be asked of him. The crowd was ready. They were ready for the song, and they were ready to assist their friend by singing along. It really does become a highlight of the night. Then we do it again by putting someone else in front of a drum, and someone else inside a hula-hoop.

Indoor Blue Grouch shows are extremely remarkable. Because we only get to do them half of the year. So, if you haven’t been to one of our indoor Blue Grouch shows, I highly recommend you make a note in your calendar for March 28th because we’ll be much closer to 2021 than 2019 by the time we get to experience it again.