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Guest List: Top Glass House Shows

Words: Aaron H • May 15, 2021

Guest List: Top Glass House Shows
Guest List: Top Glass House Shows

In celebration of a legendary music venue, we've asked some of the staff to reminisce about the bests shows they've seen there. Here are Jon and Jenn's top five shows held at the Glass House:

Jon Halperin

Glass House Booker

I only went two years before I found five of my favorite shows...I am sure if I went through the last 15 years, I would have a list of 100+.

1

Jesus and Mary Chain

4/25/07

2

Bad Religion

6/28/07

3

Of Montreal

11/11/07 (They built a double-decker stage on our stage!)

4

Love and Rockets

4/22/08

5

Vampire Weekend

9/16/08

Jenn Salvadori

Glass House Manager

This was intensely difficult. To narrow it to five was crazy hard, haha. Thank you so much for including me. It was fun to reminisce.

1

Jungle

09/26/2018

2

Thundercat

09/02/2017

3

The Kills

07/28/2015

4

Washed Out

01/26/2014

5

Courtney Barnett

04/14/2016

Related feature: 25 Years of The Glass House

We wrote about celebrating 25 years of the Glass House and its impact on the local music scene in an in-depth feature here.

Guest List: Top Glass House Shows
Guest List: Top Glass House Shows

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