A recent Fan Service event at TBT El Gallo's spot, formerly Kreggers, on West Cary. Photo: Courtesy of @hotsamxo
A new nightlife seriesin The Fan has three simple rules: Dance, or don't come. Put your phones away. Share your cigs.
Why it matters:Fan Service is about "creating sanctity around what Richmond was," its co-creator and longtime Richmonder Aaron Brown tells Axios.
What to expect: DJ sets bumping everything from amapiano and reggaeton to dancehall, R&B and more.
The events, for now, take place at either Brickwood Barbecue or TBT El Gallo.
They announce them on Instagram. Those who plan to go RSVP via a Partiful invite. And when the event is at TBT, it's paired with $4 tacos.
Context: Fan Service started back in March with DJ sets from Brown, Well-Made and Christopher Adkins, known as CAS.
Brown tells Axios that after boomerang-ing back from a brief stint in New York City last year, he noticed the Fan's nightlife scene — where he got his start as a musician and built a community — felt dead.
"So it's like, OK. How do we rebuild that?" Brown says. "How do we bring the essence of the Fan back?"
The bottom line: "It's really a community thing," Brown says.
"Richmond is going to be completely different if we don't try to preserve some pieces of it."
What's next: Fan Service is back on Aug. 31, but it could soon expand into a secret warehouse series in Scott's Addition.
