Now many of those performers could lose work. “It’s possible some weeks we were paying 30 to 40 performers,” the co-owner said. Rash was a relative newcomer along the Myrtle Avenue strip, a popular nightlife district in Bushwick, a historically Hispanic and industrial part of Brooklyn.The club saw itself as a launchpad for up-and-coming acts, especially queer artists who “maybe hadn’t had bookings like this before, haven’t performed at this scale before”, said Sillen.īefore it burned, the club was organizing seven shows a week, some shows with up to six DJs. The interior of Rash night club after a suspected arson attack.
