It’s been a good month for Johnny Brenda’s as it celebrates its 5th anniversary as a music venue. Hell, let’s be honest. It’s been a damn good five years for JB’s and Philly. From the very beginning of its emergence onto the local music scene, it has been easy to use the term “game changer” when describing our beloved Fishtown music venue. Well, JB’s is wrapping up its celebratory festivities with tonight’s show with vintage rockers Blood Feathers, who will be supported by Like A Fox and Matthew O’Neill, and tomorrow night’s Victory Brewing Co. Pre-party with femme-fatale-fronted indie rockers East Hundred, who will be sharing the bill with Jenny Owen Youngs and She Keeps Bees. But before the parties start this weekend, we had a chance to catch up with JB’s recently appointed Venue Manager Chris Ward to discuss what has been behind the success of Johnny Brenda’s, how he became part of its family, what he dislikes most when receiving band pitches (artists take heed), and much more HERE.