The Jerk Garden At Terra Café Looking For Support After Local Ordinances Threatens To Shut Down Outdoor Entertainment

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — One section concern known for showcasing unrecorded jazz euphony successful the metropolis is being threatened by sound ordinances. The Jerk Garden astatine Terra Cafe has served arsenic an outdoor abstraction for arts and euphony of each ages for months now.

For implicit a decade, Terra Café has anchored itself arsenic a assemblage staple successful Charles Village. Not lone offering nutrient for the psyche but location to immoderate of the city’s finest sounds of jazz and culture.

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“This has been a hub for artists, musicians, creators, thinkers, assemblage leaders,” said Terence Dickson, Owner of Terra Cafe.

“It’s important purely due to the fact that it’s the large spot to congregate,” said Clarence Ward III, Saxophonist and Trumpeter.

Due to covid, the abstraction has moved extracurricular arsenic “The Jerk Garden.”

“We person unrecorded jazz each Monday nighttime with Clarence which gives an accidental for not lone the musicians but conscionable radical successful the assemblage getting escaped of this covid fatigue,” said Dickson.

“There’s nary different spot successful municipality that’s akin similar this astatine all,” said Ward.

Recently, the proprietor of Terra Café said unrecorded jazz euphony astatine The Jerk Garden has been threatened by sound ordinances.

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According to online records, inspectors said the ailment was for unrecorded euphony aft 10 p.m. connected a weeknight for 2 consecutive weeks.

Dickson is charged with 3 violations including not pursuing the hours and outdoor amusement rights.

He told WJZ he’s already submitted an exertion for accommodation to his licence and is lasting his ground.

“We person a choice. Do we take to perceive euphony laughter and fun? Or bash we take to perceive gunshots, execution and crying? We person to marque intelligent decisions for our community,” Dickson added.

He created a petition to enactment unrecorded jazz which has already garnered implicit 1,700 signatures connected change.org. 

Dickson said Jerk Garden is present to enactment and volition proceed providing the sounds of summertime the metropolis needs.

“We’ve been doing this for a agelong clip and we’re not going to stop,” helium said. “We’re not going anywhere.”

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A proceeding is scheduled for Thursday to sermon the sound ordinance and unrecorded entertainment.

Amy Kawata