House Show DatabaseIndex of alternative venues for live music and other varieties of performance. Includes contact info of those who can help set up shows/performances in specific areas. Adding/changing/erasing a listing? Email chad “@” maltedmilk.org. Thanks. Updated 24 March 2008 Canada: BC ON United States: AR AZ CA CO CT FL ID IL IN KS MA MD ME MN MI NC NY OH OR PA RI SC TN TX WA WI WV Europe: Germany Norway United StatesArizonaPhoenixThe Trunk Space A fine art gallery that also does live shows, specializing in avant-garde and underground music. ArkansasFayetteville
Dinosaur House JonesboroLittle Rockmeddlingkidd13 (at) yahoo.com CaliforniaArcatajuliboggs@gmail.com ClaremontDavisDAM House I live at the DAM House in Davis, CA (an hour east of the SF Bay Area and 15 minutes west of Sacramento), as seen in the Lightning Bolt “Power of Salad and Milkshakes” DVD. We have had bimonthly shows for 16 years at this house, beginning in 1989 with a Babes in Toyland show. Butterglory used to play an annual show here every Christmas for three years in a row. Tiger Trap played here. Even Rocket From the Crypt. The house was home to some KDVS DJ’s in 1989, and ever since then, the lease has been handed down within the social structure of the radio station. It was primarily an “indie rock” house for the first 7 years before a year of weird quasi-raves, and then in 1997, some wacko experimental noise freaks moved in and gave the house a new name...the Davis Anti Music House. Since 1998, we’ve diversified and spent hundreds of dollars on food and drinks and had many theme-oriented parties with some really great bands. Bill Wagman’s house (for traveling folk musicians) the Loyola House (hardcore) Grass ValleyNorthern California Center for the Arts (NCCA) 314 W. Main Street Grass Valley, CA 95945 Ph: 530-274-8384 Fax: 530-272-2048 ncca@jps.net. Stage; folding chairs; good, big open room; interesting; friendly people. RiversideSacramentoFools Foundation Art gallery and music space ColoradoBoulderDenvertransistorradiosound (at) yahoo.com ConnecticutStratfordjoyfulbeginners (at) gmail.com BrownedSound (at) gmail.com FloridaPanama CityTampaTransitions Art Gallery @ S.P.O.T. 4215 East Columbus Drive Tampa, FL (813) 621-6793 IdahoBoiseThe Riot Factory 1610 Broadway Ave. Boise, ID 83706 (208) 695-8342 fiendygirl at hotmail.com Riot Factory is Boise, Idaho’s new secret underground venue aimed at bringing more diverse music into Boise (or more appropriately—importing the “cool”) and providing a non-elitist, non-alienating, non-genre focused show environment. Since I started it up two months ago we’ve booked some of our favorite bands, including: The Robot Ate Me, Princess, The Wanteds, Service Group, Drew Danbury, and the Ex-Models. There is a growing K Records scene out here and we’d be psyched to see you. — Tera and Jon IllinoisDekalbIndianaFort WayneToast and Jam The backyard of an old Victorian house, the backyard being the stage. Strictly acoustic music. Mainly older local musicians play - a mix of bluegrass, traditional folk, and mainstream acoustic rock. 426 East Wayne St Fort Wayne, IN 46802 Phone: (219) 422-4526 North ManchesterKansasManhattan
The Dusty Bookshelf This is a locally owned bookstore that is beginning to have quite a good reputation for well-attended all ages shows. Recently rocking the dusty pages were the Golden Shoulders, Jon Crocker, Jason Anderson, and Bellafea. We can provide housing, food, good times. This is a bookstore. Hardcore bands, I can direct you to a friend who might have you at his house. But other than that, I can't quite help you out. We will make exceptions to have loud music (i.e. Bellafea, Y.A.C.H.T., Bobby Birdman, E*Rock) - but you must be special and really nice. Well you get the idea. Forward thinking folks. The Ghost Parlor 608-217-1687 MainePortlandMarylandBaltimore
MassachusettsBostonNewburyportThe Campfire Awesome art studio turned show space at night babydontyoulovemeanymore [at] hotmail.com MichiganAnn ArborTotally Awesome Weekly vegetarian and vegan supper club with live music from local and touring bands. HollandLemonjello's Cool coffee shop right off the Hope College campus. YpsilantiBanana Tina 607 N River Street Ypsilanti, MI 48198 MinnesotaMinneapolisCastle Greyskul totalbrutalcobra (at) gmail.com OhioAthensThe Casa Cantina 4 West State Street 740-594-8691 Donkey Coffee and Expresso 17 1/2 Washington St. (740) 593-7353 Akron267 S. Portage Path (330) 252-1920 587 Colfax Place (330) 375-0805 Square Records 824 W. Market St. (330) 375-9244 ToledoNew YorkPlattsburghchris_rigsbee (at) yahoo.com North CarolinaGreenvilleThe Spazzatorium OregonPortlandPennsylvaniaAllentownThe Pirate’s Cove is a straight-edge/vegan house in Allentown that hosts shows often, mostly for punk/hardcore bands, but any bands are welcome. Bethlehemherbie “@” happyhomerecords.com can set up shows in Bethlehem this summer, as well as quiet/acoustic shows at Monocacy Park or at the Globe Café (both in Bethlehem). PittsburghWilkes-Barremarkfavata@gmail.com Rhode IslandProvidenceVisit as220.org, lotsofnoise.com and bsrlive.com for Providence information. South CarolinaCharlestonkimbethl (at) gmail.com ColumbiaTexasFort WorthLubbockSpace 1110 1110 Ave. K, Lubbock, TX
OdessaWashington StateBellinghammasa at resist.ca OlympiaNote: I believe all phone numbers listed here begin with area code 360 Please see olymusic.com/sortedplaces.php for an incredible number of other Olympia venues and their contact information. The Red House Le Voyeur 943-7029 China Clipper 943-6300 Art House 943-3377 Capitol Theater 754-5378 Midnight Sun elord23 at hotmail.com Rang Dong 534-9085 Brotherhood 352-4153 Traditions Caf 705-2819 Eagles Hall 357-3722 West VirginiaHuntingtonMorgantownWisconsinMilwaukeethe eighth note cafe or more intimate house shows, contact erin: erindaisy@gmail.com CanadaBritish ColumbiaVancouverHappy Kreter is a fellow who can help mellow and/or acoustic acts arrange shows in the Vancouver area of British Columbia sometimes. He can be reached through his website - HappyKreter.com or myspace.com/happykreter. OntarioFort ErieJordaan’s House Guelph
Grange St. House Venue EuropeGermanyBerlinDer Club der Polnischen Versager NorwayOsloingebling@gmail.com
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