High Dive — Restaurant in Gainesville

Honestly hate this venue. I've been 3 times and it was for very different sorts of events over the years, so I kept thinking it would be different. Most recently I went for Ben Brainard. They must have oversold the venue. There wasn't anywhere to sit or barely stand. I felt like a sardine that was always in the way of people trying to get beer - the only place to stand was near the bar. We had gotten there 30 minutes early and stood in line the entire time, and when we got inside, the venue was ALREADY packed. I don't know what we could have done differently, as the line I was in didn't move, and there didn't seem to be a separate line for pre-purchase tickets (we had bought the tickets 2 months in advance). We are still in a pandemic, and my partner and myself and maybe 2 additional people were the only ones wearing masks. I felt very unsafe and contemplated leaving multiple times. I convinced myself to stay, and watched the show as several audience members seemed to continuously interrupt the show, I couldn't tell if they were drunk or what, but it seemed so rude. The venue probably has no control over the attendees, but combine that with a packed venue, a pandemic that is not quite over, and people trying to carry their beers past you without spilling them on you... It was a very unpleasant experience. I don't think I will try to attend this venue...

High Dive? More like low dive. It was a very blah experience with basic level environment and only 1 server inside for the whole venue. And the server was disrespectful and ignored us so that we had to literally demand that she cash us out because she would not give us our check.

Edited to add in response to High Dive: I am directly addressing the woman who also was not allowing the male person to serve so no there were not 2 full bartenders inside the building. I was there the whole time and I know what I saw. He would ask for orders but then told my husband he couldn't serve liquor.

I watched her go back and forth while my husband was standing there waiting patiently for his turn. I watched multiple people who came after him get served and cash out. She even served a beer right next to his friend and my husband put his card up showing he wanted to pay and she just walked off. When I said 20 minutes I meant 20 minutes and in no way did she adhere to some type of line. So that's...

I just went to the show that had the head line PowerGlove with Immortal Guardian as a build-up. Honestly I have to say that out of the three bands that played I have a hard time picking a favorite because the entire show rocked the house. PowerGlove brought the house down and immortal guardian was epic as ever. I can’t believe that Gabriel Guardian can play the guitar, play the keyboard, and sing at the same time!!! I have to give a mad shout out to the opening band “Sworn to Decay”! The crowd didn’t even know how to respond when their black metal influence hit the floor. The crowd was prepared for a some melodic metal and got slapped in the face from the start! I can’t wait to see all these bands again. I’m a local and will be looking for more shows featuring all these bands in the future. Especially my boys from...