Owning a music venue through the pandemic
Owning a music venue through the pandemic An interview with Austin Wrinch of the Diving Bell Social Club At 3956 Saint Laurent Blvd., behind a black door covered in graffiti, and three stories up a single flight of stairs is the Diving Bell Social Club. The venue opened in 2018 in a space previously occupied by the once-popular Champs sports bar. Since their opening, the Diving Bell has acted as a multimedia performance venue, hosting concerts, stand-up comedy and drag shows. However, the club has been closed since early March 2020, when the owners chose to close the venue in response to the ...