If food and drink dont matter why are musical events held in bars in the first place

It is a total experience.

The reason the community is middle class is because only they can afford to attend.

If the community is to grow it needs to have as few barriers as possible. If I can find a barrier it has to be removed. Easy to see that the cost of food and drink are barriers. In my area music is found in only expensive places. There are perfectly good cheap places so why not make the change to places that are most affordable?

Conrad