Art Bar Columbia is an underground club with live music and an artsy vibe with a dance floor, lounge, and full bar plus karaoke. ...

Bar Mash is a cozy American whiskey and beer bar in Charleston, SC. ...

Bay Street Biergarten is Charleston’s first beer garden, housing a state-of-the-art tap system, kitchen, a full-service bar, and a sprawling outdoor seating area. It also features 16 flat-screen TVs, ping-pong, cornhole, live music every weekend, and plenty of fun special events for everyone. ...

Blues Boulevard Jazz Greenville is an upscale jazz and blues venue located on the River Walk in downtown Greenville, SC. The gorgeous, contemporary venue features both local and national live acts every week and a long list of speciality drinks, tapas, and entrées. ...

Blues Boulevard Jazz & Cigars is in historic downtown Spartanburg, SC. Blues Blvd has been designed to be among the best and most nostalgic live music experiences available in the Upstate. Stellar jazz artists from the Southeast perform live on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights. ...

Breakers Live at Breakers Bar & Grill is a live music venue in Five Points, Columbia, SC. ...

Brew’s Tavern in Fort Mill, SC, offers a casual atmosphere both inside and out for lunch, dinner, and late night. Brew’s has a huge selection of beers, a fully stocked bar, trivia and music bingo every week, live music every weekend, and a huge backyard patio. ...

Chico Feo is the number one Folly Beach location for sunny vibes, great tacos, and ice cold beer in a jungle oasis. The outdoor bar has a backyard vibe and a small stage for live music. ...

Open since 2003, Chicora Alley is restaurant and bar at Reedy River Falls Park in downtown Greenville, SC. The venue has two full bars and a separate dining area from the music side where you’ll find live music acts weekly. Chicora Alley hosts a long-running jazz jam by the Greenville Jazz Collective on Sunday afternoons. ...

Opened in 2002 on The Marshwalk in Murrells Inlet, SC, the Dead Dog Saloon is a full-service family-friendly restaurant during lunch and dinner. And with three bars, plenty of TVs, and live music, The Dead Dog Saloon turns into a happy-hour hangout and an after-dinner party spot for dancing. ...

Deckerz Bar & Grill is a biker-friendly bar located in North Myrtle Beach, SC, featuring three outdoor decks and live music. Enjoy great food, cold drinks, and live local entertainment nightly. ...

Open since 2003, Delaney’s Irish Pub is an authentic Irish pub and eatery on Morgan Square in downtown Spartanburg, SC. Live music is featured Wednesday through Sunday. ...

Duck’s Night Life (aka Duck’s Dance Club) is a long-time North Myrtle Beach favorite and tradition on the Grand Strand. Duck’s has live entertainment every weekend with the hottest bands, shag events, and reunions like SOS (Society of Stranders), and DJ Throwdown. Enjoy live entertainment nearly every night on the sidewalk cafe, weather permitting. Check out Duck’s Night Life and learn South Carolina’s official state dance: The Shag. ...

Eastside Bar & Grill is a great local spot in Wade Hampton, Greenville, SC, serving your favorite food and drinks in a fun and friendly environment. Friday nights showcase the very best live music talent around. ...

Flynn’s on Maxwell Uptown Wine & Beer is a wine and craft beer shop in Uptown Greenwood, SC. The wine store hosts local live music. ...

Fountain Inn Taproom is where business and the arts collide. With 24 rotating taps and a cooler full of other beer and wine options, you will always find something you will love at Fountain Inn Taproom in Fountain Inn, SC. An outdoor stage on the patio features local live music on the weekends. ...

Located in the Irmo Station Shopping Center, Hemingway’s Music Pub is a sports bar and music venue serving the area since 1995. ...

Formerly Tavern on the Pond, Hog Tailz is a full service bar & grill in Pendleton, SC, offering live music, seven TVs, horseshoes, and more. The bar has a huge outdoor deck overlooking a pond, plus karaoke, tournaments, and great food. ...

Honkytonk in Ladson, SC, is the Lowcountry’s premier country music nightclub. Start your happy hour at HonkyTonk and dance the night away. Enjoy weekly Ladies’ Night and line dance lessons on the weekends plus special events. ...

Jays At Little River is the place where locals gather for good food, cold drinks, live music and great friends. ...

A staple on Upper King Street for over a decade, King Street Dispensary is a sophisticated gastropub and bourbon bar serving a full menu of innovative pub fare and a wide selection of local spirts. King Street Dispensary is also a premier music venue with live music seven nights a week and during the day on the weekends. Catch some great performers from the Charleston area. ...

LG’s By The Creek is a sports bar in Hanahan, SC. LG’s is open seven days a week serving lunch, dinner, and brunch on Sunday. Enjoy live music every Saturday night with various events like trivia, bingo, and Bike Night throughout the week. ...

Loose Change is a 5-star dive bar in Clemson, SC, offering good eats and great drinks since 2004. ...

My Father’s Moustache is an English restaurant and pub serving up UK inspired eats, cocktails, beers and football seven days a week with locations in Mount Pleasant and James Island. The venue features live original music with a dedicated stage, lights, and effects. ...

Open since 1985, the legendary Neal & Pam’s Bar and Grill is a local restaurant in Surfside Beach, SC, and the party heart of the Grand Strand. Enjoy food, cocktails, sports, trivia, karaoke and live local bands. ...

Ocean Annie’s Beach Bar at Sands Ocean Club Resort has been an icon for Myrtle Beach vacationers and locals for years. The Beach Bar features live music on the pool deck, cold drinks from the bar, and easy access to the beach. ...

On the Rail is a smoke free establishment with great food, awesome bartenders, and even better drinks. It is the best live music venue in Easley, SC, with local and traveling artists booked regularly. ...

The Pawleys Island Tavern is a bar and a restaurant known for shrimp, beer and blues. Cozy up by the fire at the smoke-free inside bar, or bask under the beautiful canopy of trees out on the front patio. The best local talent will knock your socks off at one of two intimate stages every Thursday through Sunday night. ...

Polliwogs is a local bar and restaurant in Columbia, SC, with live music, trivia, and karaoke. ...

Port of Call Food + Brew Hall is Charleston’s premier food hall in the heart of the Historic District. The hall houses six different locally operated food concepts, and three different bars. Offering live music daily, the dog-friendly courtyard hosts local craft beers, spirits, and a collection of some of Charleston’s best young chefs. ...

Recovery Room Tavern is Charleston’s best dive bar for pinball, foosball, pool, Hoop Fever, bocce, chicken wings and all MLB/NFL games. ...

Sharkey’s Pub is an intimate local bar in Greenville, SC. The place is known for regular live music, karaoke, sports, Philly sandwiches, wings, and burgers. ...

Skynyrd’s Sports Bar & Grill in St. George, SC, has awesome entertainment and live music. If you’re you’re in the mood for some fantastic live Southern rock and country, then Skynyrd’s is the place for you. ...

Smiley’s Acoustic Café Easley is a casual upscale dining experience that will keep you coming back for more. Located in the heart of downtown Easley, SC, Smiley’s delivers the best live music in the Upstate. Smiley’s Acoustic Cafe hosts weekly open mic, live-band karaoke, and live music every Friday and Saturday. ...

Southside 17 Bar & Grill in Johns Island, SC, is a neighborhood bar serving up good food, good music, good games, and good times. ...

The Charleston Pour House is a home-grown, independently operated music venue since 2002. There are two stages and two full service bars, inside the main venue and outside on the deck, with free live music nightly.. Root Note food container bar is located on the deck while Kwei Fei is in the building adjacent to the venue. The Sunday Brunch Farmers Market offers quality local products and produce, along with fun workshops, face painting and food trucks. Kids’ Drum Circles and other family-friendly events are offered regularly. ...

The Commodore is a vintage jazz club in Charleston, SC. A staple in the jazz circuit, this swanky club features several house bands plus local, regional, and up-and-coming jazz and funk artists up to five nights a week. The Commodore is 23 and up. ...

The Joint at 1710 Main in downtown Columbia, SC, is crafted after traditional jazz halls that were popular in the heartland of the US in the 1940s. The Joint features local, regional, and national live jazz and blues bands, among other genres of music entertainment, Thursday through Saturday, weekly. ...

The Landing at the Boathouse is a restaurant, brewery, and music venue on the Intracoastal Waterway in Myrtle Beach, SC. The Landing is known as Myrtle Beach’s “Home of Free Live Music” where you can enjoy high-quality local, regional, and national artists. The venue features live music weekly on the indoor Waterway Stage or outside in the beer garden. ...

Open since 1977, The Mason Jar Family Restaurant and Bar in Greer, SC, features Southern food and beer on tap. Entertainment includes trivia, karaoke, nine big-screen TVs, some video games, and a jukebox. Mason Jar also hosts live music every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday night.  ...

The Pub On 61 is a bar & grill in West Ashley, Charleston, SC. Entertainment at the pub includes cornhole on Mondays, trivia on Tuesdays, Name That Tune on Wednesdays, karaoke on Thursdays, plus live music on Friday and Saturday nights. ...

After opening its doors in 2016, the Purple Buffalo in North Charleston, SC, quickly became the go-to spot for artists and musicians to showcase their talent to the local community. All music genres, artists, and event ideas are welcome. ...

The Radio Room is a small bar and music venue in Greenville, SC, presenting live entertainment ranging from punk rock to comedy, from hardcore to folk. ...

The Roost West Ashley is a neighborhood sports bar nestled in the Avondale Neighborhood right outside of downtown Charleston, SC. The Roost features TVs galore, a covered patio, Sunday brunch, and weekly and monthly events including trivia and live music. ...

The Royal American is a cozy neighborhood bar, restaurant, and intimate live music venue in Charleston, SC. Musical acts range from cutting edge local and regional bands to established national acts. The bar/restaurant feels worn in and takes a friendly, but no-nonsense approach to everything they do. In addition to the main bar area, The Royal American has front, back, and side patios that are available for private and semi-private events. ...

Located at Front Beach on the Isle of Palms, The Windjammer is Charleston’s premier live music beach venue. From local bands to big name artists, guests can enjoy the best in live music. The Windjammer also offers delicious beach eats with menu items including buffalo chicken wings, cheeseburgers, fish and chips, and more. Relax and sip on a cold beer or refreshing cocktail while taking in the unbeatable beach views. ...

Formerly Red’s Place, Thommy Mac’s is a restaurant and pub in Summerton, SC, offering sports on TV, darts, karaoke, trivia, and live music. ...

The legendary Tiki Hut Hilton Head Island is the only local destination for live music right on the beach. Part of the Beach House Hilton Head Island resort, the outdoor bar serves up cold beer, cool cocktails and the best beach vibes ever. Open since 1977, Tiki Hut is your front row seat to Coligny Beach, an island favorite for sun, sand, and laid-back good times. ...

Located at Lake Keowee Marina in Seneca, SC, Tiki Hut Lakeside Grill is a seasonal, waterfront bar & grill with outdoor decks overlooking the lake. Grab lunch, dinner, or a cocktail with an island atmosphere, friendly staff, a great bar, and an even better menu. ...

The Tin Roof is West Ashley’s favorite dive bar and Charleston’s best place for music, comedy, and a good time. In addition to live music, The Tin Roof also hosts trivia, parties, competitions, craft bazaars, private events, dance-offs, movie nights, video game nights, all sorts of local and touring comedy acts and so much more. ...

Tin Roof Myrtle Beach is located on the third floor of the BLVD building overlooking the Myrtle Beach Boardwalk and the Atlantic Ocean. Tin Roof features three full bars, a stage with professional sound and lighting, and an open-air rooftop patio. Weeknights feature acoustic tunes during dinner with a mix of local, regional, and touring acts at night with occasional DJs on the rooftop patio. Weekend nights feature some of the country’s best bands while a DJ spins dance tunes in the Green Room. ...

Tip It Back Sports Grille is a sports bar and neighborhood venue for all the games, including NFL. ...

Tribble’s Bar & Grill is a real American bar, an old school country-type of dive bar in Piedmont, SC. ...

Triple D Racks Sports Bar showcases some of the best talent around with karaoke on Thursday evenings and live bands on Friday or Saturday. ...

Wild Ace Pizza & Pub is the place for the best NY style pizza in town in downtown Greer, SC. ...

Wild Country Saloon & Nightlife is a private restaurant and lounge located in Piedmont, SC. Enjoy great country music from live local bands on the weekends, with DJs between sets. There are pool tables with leagues held on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. Pool tournaments are held on Thursdays. ...