After more than 20 years of providing a safe space for budding musicians to test out their songs on stage, it's time for Dallas to say goodbye to The People’s Jam . On Tuesday, June 3, it rained down outside as local artists took the stage at Cheapsteaks to play covers and original material together for the last time .

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“It’s been a forge for a bunch of different musicians,” host Jamie Vahalla says. “It was the thing you go to before you’re all the way ready to play.”

Vahalla took the stage first with trumpeter Charles Mills and Justin Hoard on drums. The host's light baritone voice washed over the room as Mills’ notes soared atop his acoustic strumming. Vahalla wrapped his set with a song from the

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