DC Shows Wiki

Welcome to the DC Shows Wiki
The DC Shows Wiki was created to catalog the colorfully varied and often hilarious history of local music website, DCShows.net, its predecessor, Pheer.com, and the DC/MD/VA music scene in general.

History
DCShows.net is a website founded by Patrick AKA "Strangebeer" on November 5th, 2002 as a source of information for local music concerts, or "shows" as they are colloquially known, for the greater Washington, DC area. A duplicate site dubbed Baltimoreshows.net was created to appease central Maryland users of the website, but the content remains the same and is shared under both domains.

In its early days, DCShows.net existed as a fledgling, yet more robust alternative to the highly frequented Pheer.com, a concert listing website covering the same locale. On March 7th, 2009, Pheer.com owner Pablo shut down Pheer's messageboard, known as the Pheerboard, citing frustration with the unruly and less-than-PC antics of the majority of its users. After a brief explanation of his decision, users were forwarded to DCShows.net via a link, where most of the userbase permanently migrated. Thereafter, Pheer.com saw a sharp decline in usage and stopped being updated as of May, 2009. As of April 26th, 2011, Pheer.com is non-accessible.