
The club itself is relatively tiny, allowing for only a couple hundred folks to catch local bands as well as nationally touring acts, but it's soul is large. When the club's large garage doors roll open along Elm Street, it's as if Deep Ellum's unofficial city hall were open for business. Here are the can't-miss clubs for live music in Deep Ellum. If nothing else, Deep Ellum will forever be the epicenter of Dallas' music scene. These days, however, the grid consisting of streets Elm, Commerce, Canton and Main are thriving with hip boutiques, craft beer depots, classic tattoo parlors and innovative gastropubs. What started as a haven for blues in the 1920s, when legends such as Blind Lemon Jefferson would fill the neighborhood joints with soul, has taken on a few different sounds and personalities because of commercial development, freeway construction and the many changes in the city's economy. Renovated city-owned theater featuring occasional blues shows.Kelly Dearmore is a veteran Dallas-based music writer whose work appears in the Dallas Observer and other publications.ĭeep Ellum's century-old history is every bit as rich and complicated as that of the city it helps define. Occasional live blues, usually on the rock side. South Main Street, Grapevine, Texas 76051.Ĩ1. Outdoor stage at the Toyota Music Factory.Ĩ15 S.

Texas Lottery Plaza Stage, 316 West Los Colinas Blvd, Irving, Texas 75039. Tannahill's Tavern & Music Hall, 122 East Exchange suite 200 (Mule Alley in the Stockyards), Fort Worth, Texas 76164. Singer/songwriters emphasizing original music. Nice club in a shopping center booking blues, rock, and Shuck Me (Southlake), 585 Randol Mill Ave, Southlake, TX 76092. 81. Shuck Me (Alliance), 9560 Feather Grass Ln, Fort Worth, TX 76177. 81.

Sons of Hermann Hall, 3414 Elm Street (at Exposition),ĭallas. Terraplane Tuesdays pre-war blues and jazz jam. High profile, eclectic club thatīooks mostly folk and country acts but occasionally books blues Poor David's Pub, 1313 South Lamar, Dallas, Tx. Good cajun seafood place with occasional live Medical Center of Lewisville Grand Theater, 100 N Charles

MainStage 222, 222Įast Irving Blvd, Irving, Texas 75060. Beautiful old theater renovated as a music venue. Live blues is rare here, but does happen. Local version of concert/restaurantĬhain featuring live music, a restaurant, and a large concert House of Blues, Dallas, 2200 North Lamar, Dallas, TXħ5202. Guitars and Growlers, 581 West Campbell, suite 101, Richardson, Beautiful old theater, revamped as a music hall. (former location ofįormat club with occasional blues. Scheduled to reopen in a new location in April 2022. The Fort Worth restaurant recently closed and is SouthernĮats and bar with occasional live blues.

On site parking with security.Ģ912 Elm Street, Dallas, Tx 75226. Occasionally books major roadĪcts like Bobby Rush. Griffin's Blues Palace #2, 3100 Grand Avenue (at The Bartonville Store, 96 McMakin Road, Bartonville, TXħ6226. The Balcony Club, 1825 Abrams Road (upstairs next to the Small countryīands or touring acoustic acts. Blues jam on Tuesday night.ĪllGood Cafe, 2934 Main Street, Dallas TX. Dallas / Fort Worth BLUES clubs Dallas/Fort Worth BLUES CLUBS LastĪ Step Up Lounge, 3720 Walnut Hill Ln # 115, Dallas, Texas 75229.
