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Kissing Booth is a home for local bands—and a tiny powerhous...
A DIY venue puts its money where its mouth is
Fern Spores Courtesy Photo Kissing Booth began with an informal house show in the early summer of 2025. “I had some friends in bands looking for shows, and I had the space, and the privilege of having the space,” Sam Debenham said, referring to his backyard. “We borrowed some gear … we had a good turnout.
So, we did another a few months later. I was thinking, ‘how can we make it something more?’ And then came the issue of needing someone to run the door if we scale it up.” Debenham soon realized that running the door could shift from being a problem to an opportunity, with the kissing booth as…
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