Saw that listing a bit ago, and Im real excited to see the turnout for Kano. As mentioned before, Dizzee and Sovereign brought out the "hipster" crowd, and not so much the "grime" crowd youd expect, or be able to create a regular scene around. So Im hoping for a little of the hip hop crowd to dig on Kano.
Hopefully have a weekly breaks/grime/dubstep/broken beat/garage night up by then as well, with the ongoing goal of creating a larger, more unified scene in Chicago in order to bring in UK artists, as well as those in the US that are easily overlooked because they do not have a draw outside of their home towns.
Has anyone had success in doing this in the US? Theres been a little talk here and there of crossover audiences, and who would like the music. Im gambling that most of the people into the genres mentioned above will like the ones that they dont know, and so will continue to support a night, even when we need to charge for headliners they dont know.
Any support or wisdom would be welcomed.