Friday the 13th’s Jason visits Second St. Bar

By Matt Weafer
Messenger-Inquirer

This Saturday night Jason will be at Second St. Bar & Grill. Yes, Jason Vorhees from Friday the 13th — or at least the actor that played him in Friday the 13th II.

Also on Saturday, Beaver Dam band U-Turn will perform.

Warrington Gillette, the actor who played Jason, will spend the entire day at Second St. Bar, signing autographs, posing for photos with fans and promoting his new movie Bloody Social, due out October 2009.

Gillette will start off the day outside Second St. Bar around 6:30 p.m. under a tent — weather permitting — so that under-age fans can meet him, Second St. Bar owner Tom Lavery said.

97X will cast a live remote from the bar from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Then U-Turn will take the stage.

U-Turn wrote the title song for Bloody Social, which Gillette wrote and directed.
The band will also be promoting their new CD In Your Face, which went platinum in the UK.

Lavery and his wife Kim, purchased the building at 820 W. Second St. to revitalize the nightlife and business of the downtown area.

“I try to do things on the big scale to revive downtown business,” he said. “Kim and I are pretty excited about what we’re trying to do down here.”

Thursday, June 26, rap artist Casper performed for Nikky B’s Birthday Blowout.

Lavery said Nappy Roots has also contacted him about performing at Second St. Bar.

“I’m pretty excited,” Lavery said. “I’m really hoping to get a nice turn out. If this turns out fine, I’m working on bringing in something huge later this summer.”

Bringing in big name entertainers will continue to be Lavery’s goal to help boost the downtown nightlife.

“It’s pretty cool knowing we’re bringing in a big movie screen actor,” Lavery said. “Fans can actually come face to face with Jason. For any Friday the 13th fan, this will a thing they’ll want to come and see.”

Mr. Zion will come to Second St. Bar on July 12 for Reggae night.

Second St. Bar is the largest club in Owensboro, Lavery said. With 7,000 square feet, the bar offers a dance floor, pool tables, restaurant, stage and full service bar.
Every Wednesday night is Karaoke night.

Monday and Wednesday nights are home to APA Pool Tournaments. Saturday and Sundays feature in-house pool tournaments on the bar’s eight Diamond pool tables.

“They are the Cadillac of pool tables,” Lavery said.

Reprinted with permission from the Messenger-Inquirer