Phoenix
1,950-capacity venue with full bar, three stages, and the best indie/alternative booking in the Southwest. Shows most nights of the week, doors typically 7pm, bar open until 2am.
Downtown Phoenix 1,950-capacity venue with full bar, three stages, and the best indie/alternative booking in the Southwest. Shows most nights of the week, doors typically 7pm, bar open until 2am. $$ · $$
Downtown Phoenix Mid-size venue (600 cap) with an acclaimed restaurant and bar. Exceptional booking across jazz, folk, rock, and Americana. Food is worth arriving early for. $$ · $$
Downtown Phoenix Basement venue below a bar, 300 capacity, intimate shows. Phoenix's best small venue. Sound system is outstanding for the room size. $$ · $$
Phoenix (16th Street) Longstanding blues and R&B venue, 200 capacity. Open since 1991, the city's spiritual home of the blues. $$ · $$
Downtown Phoenix All-ages venue with a bar, 300 capacity, diverse booking. Punk, metal, hip-hop, and everything between. $ · $
Tempe (near ASU) Outdoor venue and bar near ASU. DJ sets, electronic music, and occasional live bands. Summer can be very hot, spring is excellent. $ · $
Scottsdale 500-capacity music venue and bar. Rock and cover band focus, older crowd, drinks are cold and cheap. $$ · $$
North Phoenix 350-capacity club with a strong indie/punk/alternative booking. Phoenix's best mid-size venue for touring bands at the 200-400 cap level. $$ · $$
Tempe Pub with regular acoustic sessions and folk/indie performers. Doesn't feel like a traditional music venue, which is exactly the point. $$ · $$
Glendale (Arena-Adjacent) Arena-adjacent bar for pre and post-show drinking. Only relevant on concert nights, but genuinely well-run for a stadium bar. $$$ · $$$
Phoenix No-frills dive bar with regular local band nights. Local Phoenix scene at its most authentic. Cash only most nights. $ · $
Phoenix (Multiple Locations) Country-focused bar with live music 5 nights a week. Best option for country, Americana, and honky-tonk in the city. $$ · $$
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Valley Bar runs underground beneath Central Avenue in downtown Phoenix, an intimate 250 capacity music hall with a separate bar pouring craft beer and cocktails. The entrance sits in an alley. Order: a cocktail before a show in the Music Hall. Best time: a gig night.
Basement venue below a bar, 300 capacity, intimate shows. Phoenix's best small venue. Sound system is outstanding for the room size.
Longstanding blues and R&B venue, 200 capacity. Open since 1991, the city's spiritual home of the blues.
All-ages venue with a bar, 300 capacity, diverse booking. Punk, metal, hip-hop, and everything between.
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