An iconic downtown Dripping Springs dance and music venue will bring down its curtains for good next month.

On Monday, owners of the Mercer Street Dance Hall announced via a gofundme crowdfunding page plans to close the location, citing a lost battle against “exorbitant rent increases” by landlords who own the property.

But owners of the venue are now setting their sights on possibly starting a new dance hall on a parcel of property they own between Dripping Springs and Wimberley.

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