NY concert promoter, exec brings exclusive private gig club to Sarasota

Hate all the hassle involved with trying to see your favorite band in concert? So does Barry Weisblatt. That’s why the live entertainment and event production veteran recently launched WhiteLeaf Private Concert Club in Sarasota.

“I’m trying to restore some degree of civility back into the experience,” says Weisblatt, 59. “I’m exhausted by traveling to a show, getting accosted by the security, getting mishandled by ushers and box office people, getting overcharged for bad food and beer, and then getting to my seat only to find that I’m surrounded by a bunch of drunk idiots who are screaming the lyrics in the back of my ears while I’m trying to listen to the artist.”