I've always loved the showbox @the market, but the sound at the showbox sodo has always been garbage even before it was owned by the showbox, it's a big concrete box.
To those who come and shoot shows. Make sure you have an on site contact if there is a problem with credentials because security won't let you in nor will they get the tour manager. Trust me on this!
They won't let you take drinks out of the bar area. I went near the stage and had a friend grab drinks. She had to leave them in the bar area. What a waste.
sound is awful... and don't worry about getting stuck behind tall people because you can't really see anything anyways.other than that, the upstairs bar is cool.
Great staff - really very nice. But must add that the sound is not great. Just saw Apocalytica and I could barely hear them - too much buzzing & too loud. Needs some acoustics tweaking.