But their current priority is to raise money to help with the victims’ medical costs on GoFundMe, where a statement from Rash called the fire “a cruel act of violence”. Sillen said that they’re determined to rebuild the venue. “There’s a whole community and ecosystem that relies on this place, and I don’t know what all these people are going to be able to do without it.” 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.
