Two-Day Music Fest Gets Green Light from Savage City Council

Rock on, Savage.

Monday night, the city council approved a request from Neisen's and the Savage American Legion, which hope to put on the Greater Downtown Savage Music Festival, a two-day event with outdoor and indoor shows.

The council approved the request unanimously, but with a few caveats. For one thing, the party will have to end sooner, rather than later. Initially, event organizers asked to fenced off a stretch of Princeton Avenue between 123rd Street and the city parking lot south of the Legion, where a crowd of 600 to 900 patrons could drink, dance and eat.

They also asked that the fenced-in remain open from 6 p.m. to midnight. 

Neisen's has already been the subject of noise complaints in the past. According to City Administrator Barry Stock, the instances that seem to generate the most complaints from downtown residents are events the go into the evening or involve outdoor music. The city has set a noise limit (the noise measured from 100 feet away can't exceed 65 decibles, about the volume of an alarm clock or a dishwasher), but Stock had some doubts.

The council agreed and asked organizers to pull the plug on outdoor music by 10 p.m. According to minutes from a previous work session, representatives from Neisen's and the Legion agreed to the council's terms.

The event is scheduled for Sept. 20 and Sept. 21.