The Beachcomber in Quincy Is Closing

Last year, we mentioned that a landmark bar and music club by the water was up for sale. Now we have learned that the place will soon be closing forever.

The Boston Globe is reporting that the Beachcomber on Wollaston Beach in Quincy will be shutting its doors in early September, with the building reportedly being torn down to make way for a high-end restaurant. As stated earlier here, the club was put on the market for $1.6 million in January of 2014, though it is not known if that is what the place ultimately went for, nor is it known at this point in time who bought it. Sean McGettrick, who is one of the owners of the Beachcomber, says that it will probably close sometime around September 4.

The Beachcomber first opened in 1959, seeing such major acts as Duke Ellington, Linda Ronstadt, Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, the Dropkick Murphys, Tiny Tim, and Loretta Lynn over the years, and in more recent times featured local bands and Irish music as well as karaoke. The club changed its name to Nostalgia in the early 1980s but returned to its original name in the late 1990s.

This is just the latest in a string of closing announcements for Boston-area music clubs, as T.T. the Bear's Place in Cambridge shut down last weekend and Johnny D's in Somerville recently stated that they would be closing early next year.

The address for the soon-to-close Beachcomber is 797 Quincy Shore Drive, Quincy, MA, 02170.

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