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After 10 years hosting live music in the District, U Street Music Hall will close its doors permanently due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The venue’s management posted a letter on Twitter Monday afternoon.

“It’s now October, and right now we should be in the midst of our busy season,” the letter reads. “But instead we now spend this time closing the chapter on an incredible experience.”

The letter cites operational costs “that never paused even while we were closed,” as well as the lack of a clear reopening timeline for music venues as the main reasons behind its closure.

Today is a sad day. After 10 years in D.C., U Street Music Hall is closing its doors.

Click through to read our full statement. pic.twitter.com/7xSacykxsg

— U Street Music Hall Presents (@uhalldc) October 5, 2020

U Street Music Hall is owned by Will Eastman. I.M.P., the live music company that owns the Anthem, 9:30 Club and Merriweather Post Pavilion and other local venues, often put on shows there.

“This is another heartbreak,” Audrey Fix Schaefer, the communications director for I.M.P. and the 9:30 Club, told DCist. “We booked hundreds of shows at U Street Music Hall each year, so it’s like losing a member of the family.”

The 500-person venue was known for hosting packed, sweaty shows in its basement space, located along a prime stretch of the city’s U Street Corridor. Eastman brought in hundreds of DJs over the years, from up-and-comers to big names like Diplo and Skrillex.

The club planned to celebrate its 10th anniversary with a week of shows and dance parties in mid-March. Instead, it closed down, along with the rest of the city’s live music spots.

Eastman tried to bring in money to pay employees by selling merchandise and launching a livestream series called U HALL TV, but those efforts didn’t make up for the lost revenue from live shows. A GoFundMe page he started crowdfunded more than $22,500. (U Street Music Hall employed 24 people prior to the shutdown, he told WAMU’s 1A in April.)

U Street Music Hall is the latest in a string of local venues to shut down due to the financial strains of the pandemic, which has now entered its seventh month. 18th Street Lounge shuttered in June after 25 years in Dupont Circle, and Twins Jazz closed in August after 33 years on U Street.

The D.C. government recently launched a pilot program to test out indoor concerts at six venues around the city. Capacity will be limited to 50 people, including staff and artists. Dante Ferrando, the owner of the Black Cat on 14th Street, told WAMU it wouldn’t make sense for him to host concerts for that capacity — his costs would significantly outweigh ticket revenue.

“It’s pretty simple: The numbers just don’t work,” he said. “It’s insanely expensive.”

Musicians and venue owners have banded together to lobby both the local government and Congress for additional relief funding. Nationally, the Save Our Stages Act would provide federal financial assistance to independent venue operators, promoters, producers and talent representatives. Locally, music advocates are pushing the D.C. Council to support the Music Venue Relief Act, which would grant independent venues monthly financial assistance.

“When the world opens up again, we’ll have a plan on where to put 500 capacity shows,” Schaefer said. “But right now, this leaves a hole in the DC music scene.”