Dive bars are often in the “eye of the beholder” but are usually dark, small, and old.
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Minneapolis, MN
The 331 Club is the social center for artists and musicians in and around Northeast Minneapolis, hosting a variety of events, focusing on live music and entertainment every night of the week. ...
Dallas, TX
Located in Walnut Hill West in Dallas, A Step Up Lounge is a dive bar with live music on the weekends. ...
Provo, UT
ABG’s Libation Emporium is a bar in Provo, UT, serving over 58 beers and pub grub. ABG’s Bar always has a great lineup of live music plus pinball and pool tables. ...
Dallas, TX
Adair’s Saloon, established in 1963 in Dallas, TX, is the best hole-in-the-wall, burger, beer, and live music joint around. This Deep Ellum dive bar is where the best up-and-coming bands tool their craft seven nights a week. ...
Tacoma, WA
Airport Tavern in Tacoma, WA, is a place for music, pinball, trivia, art, cocktails, beer, food and fun. ...
Mobile, AL
Alabama Music Box, in Mobile’s downtown entertainment district, is a live entertainment venue and comedy club. Created by musicians for musicians, Alabama Music Box is the epicenter of the Mobile underground scene and the city’s only all original music venue. ...
Long Beach, CA
Alex’s Bar in Long Beach, CA, is a high-energy punk rock bar and live music venue outfitted with blood-red walls and ghoulish decor. ...
Virginia Beach, VA
Alibi’s Bar & Grill is a local dive bar in Virginia Beach, VA, with pool tables and a stage for live music. ...
Amityville, NY
Amityville Music Hall is a cozy live music venue based in Amityville, NY, that hosts artists of all genres and walks of life. AMH is run by lovers of music on a mission to grow the Long Island music and arts community, one show at a time. Enjoy craft beers on tap plus daily events and specials. ...
Austin, TX
Anderson Mill Pub is a no-frills hangout in Austin, TX, with live music, pool, darts, poker and open mic nights. ...
Akron, OH
Annabell’s Bar & Lounge is Akron’s original live music venue with live entertainment five nights a week. ...
New York, NY
Formerly a bodega, Arlene’s Grocery opened its doors in 1995 as one of the first live music clubs in the Lower East Side. It hosts a variety of local musical acts in its intimate 100+ capacity room. ...
Columbia, SC
Art Bar Columbia is an underground club with live music and an artsy vibe with a dance floor, lounge, and full bar plus karaoke. ...
Valdosta, GA
Ashley Street Station is Valdosta’s only true 250-capacity music venue and dive bar with an in-house record store. ...
Culver City, CA
Located in Culver City, CA, Backstage Bar & Grill is a dive bar complete with great food, live music, karaoke, pool table, photo booth, trivia, and happy hour daily. ...
Tulsa, OK
Bad Ass Renee’s is classic bar in Tulsa, OK, features live rock music, karaoke, poker tournaments, trivia, Golden Tee, and pool tables. ...
New Orleans, LA
The Banks Street Bar and Grill is a neighborhood bar and grill located in Mid-City New Orleans, LA. Since 1959. ...
Dunedin, FL
Bauser’s is a friendly neighborhood bar and live entertainment venue in Dunedin, FL. The venue offers a full liquor bar and has all types of live music during the week including blues, rock, country, alternative and more. Bauser’s Dunedin is non-smoking but has a huge, smoker-friendly covered front patio. Bauser’s is dog-friendly, has Happy Hour 7 days a week, plus drink specials and the best karaoke in town. Open Blues Jam on the first Sunday of the month 3pm – 7pm. ...
Shreveport, LA
Bayou Thunder Saloon is a friendly community biker bar in Shreveport, LA, that features live bands, trivia, sports, fundraisers, BBQ events, crawfish boils and more. ...
New Smyrna Beach, FL
Beachside Tavern is New Smyrna’s best original live music venue. ...
Binghamton, NY
Belmar Pub & Grill in Binghamton, NY, has been family owned and operated since 1995. A local institution and landmark, Belmar Pub & Grill is a truly American bar. ...
Pittsburgh, PA
Belvederes Ultra-Dive is a bar in the heart of Lawrenceville. ...
Houston, TX
Since 2008, Big Star Bar has been serving cheap beer to the Houston Heights area of Houston, TX. Big Star is a dive bar and community hub with a pool table in the back, arcade games lining one wall, and a large outdoor patio. ...
Prattville, AL
Big Star Tavern in Prattville, AL, is a bar and pool hall offering karaoke and dancing. Big Star has a great atmosphere with several levels of music and fun for every party mood. Dance until the morning hours or chill and relax with your friends in the lounge. ...
Bayfield, CO
Located in Gem Village, CO, the World Famous Billy Goat Saloon is a roadside honky tonk and local watering hole and a live music hot spot. The Goat has a little something for everyone: TVs for sports, pool tables, cheap beer, and live music. ...
New Orleans, LA
BJ’s Lounge is a great local bar in New Orleans’ Bywater neighborhood. This corner dive bar has a jukebox, pool table, video poker machines, wonderful back patio, beer, cocktails, and more. ...
Miami, FL
Blackbird Ordinary is a stylish cocktail bar in a historic building next to Brickell City Center and Downtown Miami with a dance floor and two rooms hosting DJs and select live music until late. ...
Joplin, MO
Blackthorn Pizza & Pub is a dive bar with live music and pizza in Joplin, MO. ...
Seattle, WA
Blue Moon is a historic dive bar operating as a music venue offering local draft beers, local spirits, and local espresso. ...
Oklahoma City, OK
Blue Note OKC is a historic and legendary venue and neighborhood lounge. One of Oklahoma City’s oldest live music venues, Blue Note Lounge first opened in 1961. The Blue Note has an extensive beer selection, a lively variety of premium liquors, and nightly features. Two pool tables, dart boards, and a killer stage where many local and touring musicians play make The Blue Note Lounge an OKC icon. ...
Norman, OK
Bluebonnet Bar Norman is a small dive bar and live music venue in the heart of the Walker Arts District in historic downtown Norman, OK. The Bluebonnet features local Oklahoma artists on its corner stage. ...
Nashville, TN
Located on Nashville’s Music Row, Bobby’s Idle Hour Tavern is an iconic watering hole and premier Americana venue where you can hear the best of Nashville’s rising songwriters and performers on stage alongside the area’s seasoned veterans. ...
Nashville, TN
As Nashville’s only moonshine bar, Bootleggers Inn has taken the history of Prohibition, combined it with great music, and landed right in the heart of downtown Nashville. ...
Corpus Christi, TX
Boozerz Rock Bar in Corpus Christi, TX, is a local bar for rock, metal, punk and occasional country or reggae. ...
Seattle, WA
Boxcar Ale House is a local restaurant in Seattle, WA, serving microbrews and bar food. ...
Bozeman, MT
Bozeman Eagles Club & Ballroom is a local dive bar in downtown Bozeman, MT, featuring live music, karaoke, bingo, burgers and fun. Run by the nonprofit Fraternal Order of the Eagles, Bozeman Aerie #326. ...
Maryville, TN
Located in the heart of Downtown Maryville, Brackins Blues Club is a dive bar and home of blues in greater Maryville area. Brackins has live music at least three nights a week and the best bar food in town. ...
Milwaukee, WI
Bremen Cafe, located in the Riverwest neighborhood of Milwaukee, has local craft beer, pinball machines, daily specials, and live music nearly every night featuring local, national, and international acts performing a wide range of genres. ...
Ogden, UT
Located on Ogden’s Historic 25th Street, Brewskis is Northern Utah’s go-to live music spot and watering hole. Nightly entertainment ranges from Heavy Metal Karaoke to open mic nights to weekends packed with tribute bands and some of Utah’s best original acts. The music happens in Brewskis’ center room, where locals and the occasional touring act perform everything from hip-hop to reggae to rockabilly to metal to garage-rock and more every weekend. In the two bars on either side, diverse crowds congregate for drinks, pool, and pizza. ...
Mobile, AL
Brickyard Dauphin Street is a live music venue in the heart of historic downtown Mobile, AL. This local musicians hang out offers outdoor seating along with live music six nights a week. ...
Venice, NE
Buck’s Bar & Grill is a destination dive bar in Venice, NE, with a laid back, small town atmosphere. Buck’s presents some of the best touring original artists and musicians in the world. ...
Chicago, IL
The Burlington Bar is a small, low-key hangout in Chicago’s Logan Square with live music and DJs in the back room. ...
Charleston, SC
Burns Alley Tavern is a neighborhood bar in Charleston, SC. Weekly events include karaoke and live music. ...
Detroit, MI
Cadieux Café in Detroit is know for feather bowling, steamed mussels, live music, and serving more than three dozen beers from Belgium. Additionally Cadieux Café features a large outdoor beer garden called Mussel Beach, a stage with projection screen, and an outdoor bar called The Garage Bar. ...
Columbus, OH
Café Bourbon Street is an intimate live music venue, dive bar, and restaurant in Columbus, OH. The restaurant serves delicious food for cheap with many vegan/vegetarian options available. ...
Santa Cruz, CA
Callahan’s Pub in Santa Cruz, CA, is a dive bar with three pool tables and an outdoor patio. ...
Austin, TX
Carousel Lounge is a friendly neighborhood dive bar in Austin, TX, with a circus theme and great live music every night. ...
New Smyrna Beach, FL
Casey’s NSB Bar is New Smyrna’s top spot to relax with friends near the beach and enjoy the best drinks in town. Featuring live music six nights a week. ...
Cambridge, MA
Charlie’s Kitchen is a family-friendly, multi-level restaurant / bar in the Harvard Square neighborhood of Cambridge, MA. Charlie’s houses bars on two separate floors, a front patio, and backyard beer garden. The upstairs lounge has weekly entertainment including live music, karaoke, and Sunday Night Pub Quiz. ...
Fayetteville, WV
Since 1988, Charlie’s Pub has been the favorite dive bar destination for fun-loving locals and tourists to the New River Gorge National Park in Fayetteville, WV. Enjoy Happy hour Monday through Friday, two pool tables, jukebox, a small corner stage for live music, and an outdoor patio and picnic tables. Downstairs from Polecat Tacos. ...
Indianapolis, IN
Chatterbox Jazz Club is an intimate venue in Indianapolis’ Mass Ave Cultural Arts District. The club has a dive bar atmosphere with nightly live local jazz and an outdoor patio. ...
Tucson, AZ
Che’s Lounge in Tucson, AZ, offers cheap drinks, great art, and a fun jukebox. Never a cover, since 2000. ...
Wallingford, CT
Established in 1997, Cherry Street Station is a no-frills bar and live music venue featuring original heavy metal, rock, punk, and hardcore, and a large patio. In addition to the main stage, the venue also features a second stage on the patio for outdoor shows seasonally. ...
Phoenix, AZ
With a rich history of live music and exceptional talent, great prices and great service, Chopper John’s is the “original biker bar.” ...
Chicago, IL
Cole’s Bar is a music venue and Logan Square neighborhood tavern, that features live entertainment such as bands performing original music, stand up comedy, and other events. ...
Royal Palm Beach, FL
Connolly’s Sports Bar & Grill is a neighborhood bar and pool hall in Royal Palm Beach, FL, with liquor, beer, and live music. ...
Huntsville, AL
Copper Top Bar & Grill (aka Copper Top Dive N Dine) is a dive bar in Huntsville, AL. ...
Millvale, PA
Cousins Lounge is a family owned and operated bar with a warm and laid back feel serving Millvale, PA, since 1975. Entertainment includes karaoke and live music. ...
Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Crazy Horse Saloon is a small, smoke-free neighborhood bar and grill in Palm Beach Gardens, FL, with great food, cold drinks, and amazing bartenders. Live music every weekend and different events throughout the week. ...
Pensacola, FL
D&R Lounge & Package is a local dive bar in Pensacola, FL. This biker-friendly lounge has a couple pool tables, darts, and hosts local bands on Friday nights. ...
Pasadena, TX
The longest running bar in Pasadena, TX, Da Pub is a full-service bar open seven days a week. Entertainment includes karaoke, trivia, open mic, live music, wrestling, darts, pool tables, poker nights and more. ...
Houston, TX
Since 1988, Dan Electro’s is one of Houston’s oldest and best local venues for live music located in the historic Heights. ...
Boulder, CO
The World Famous Dark Horse has been a Boulder landmark since 1975. This unique bar and grill is decorated from top to bottom with movie props and turn-of-the-century antiques. ...
Shoreline, WA
Established in 1967, Darrell’s Tavern is an old-school dive bar north of Seattle in Shoreline, WA, with live music every weekend. Darrell’s supports local and out-of-towner music of all flavors: punk, rock, country, electronica, metal, soul, jazz, funk, ska, comedy acts and anything in between. ...
Tacoma, WA
Dawson’s Bar & Grill in South Tacoma, WA, is a great place to gather with good friends for great service, great food, and great music. This unique dive bar is most known for live bands on the weekends and weekly dart tournaments. ...
Fischer, TX
The oldest dive bar in Texas, Devil’s Backbone Tavern is a historic 1940’s dancehall and tavern in Fischer, TX, with a cash-only full bar and outdoor patio. ...
Washington, DC
Come hang out on the funky side of the tracks and have a cold one. Dew Drop Inn DC has a great patio, great bar menu, and some damn good train spotting. Housed in a rustic stone industrial building in Edgewood, near Brookland, Dew Drop Inn is open seven days a week with a traditional bar menu and a happy hour. DJs are featured on Friday and Saturday nights. ...
Grass Valley, CA
Dew Drop Inn is a local roadhouse on State Route 49 in Grass Valley, CA, showcasing some of the best local music every Friday and Saturday nights and Sunday evening. Enjoy a full bar, 10 beers on tap, ool tables, horseshoes, cornhole, bocce ball, and karaoke every Tuesday and Friday night. ...
Columbus, OH
The One and Only Dick’s Den is an intimate bar and music venue in Columbus, OH. Dick’s Den is known for live jazz and bluegrass. ...
Fayetteville, AR
Dickson Street Pub offers the best view on Dickson Street from its rooftop patio. Located in the heart of Fayetteville, the Pub is the coziest spot on Dickson to enjoy a conversation with friends over a cold pint. Established in 2011, Dickson Street Pub serves local craft beer, an assortment of liquors, and its famous Pickle Shot! ...
Clifton, NJ
Established in 2004, Dingbatz in Clifton, NJ, features a sweet stage, professional sound system and a spacious floor to accommodate all your head-banging, rocking and moshing needs. Providing a home and a pit-stop to both local and national touring artists, Dingbatz offers a unique and intimate setting to take in your favorite concerts. ...
Fort Worth, TX
Located in the Fort Worth neighborhood of Near Southside, Distribution Bar Fort Worth has a laid-back, dive bar feel with craft beer, cocktails, pool tables, and TVs playing sports. ...
Nashville, TN
Featuring a Wild West theme, Doc Holliday’s Saloon is a local bar located in the heart of Nashville, TN. Established in 2000, Doc Holliday’s Saloon is a cozy, bi-level bar that hosts live music all day. ...
Gahanna, OH
The Dolphin Lounge in Gahanna, OH, features a blues jam on Mondays, open stage on Tuesdays, karaoke on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, and live bands on Saturdays. ...
Philadelphia, PA
A cross between a dive bar and a nightclub, The Dolphin is South Philly’s most famous nightlife destination. The Dolphin offers rotating beers, cocktails, and nightly dance parties with some of the region’s most famous DJs, drag queens, and international touring acts. ...
Dallas, TX
Double Wide Dallas is a bar with a trailer park aesthetic serving up the coldest beer, stiffest drinks, and best live music this side of the Trinity. Since 2003, Double Wide has been letting the good times roll with live music from rock to country and just about everything in between. ...
New Orleans, LA
Dragon’s Den is a historic two-story bar and event venue with a large courtyard and balcony overlooking Esplanade Avenue in New Orleans, LA. Located at the foot of Frenchmen Street, The Dragon’s Den is open seven days a week with a full calendar of daily live music events on both floors. ...
Cabot, AR
Drunken Monkey is a nightclub, pool hall, and bar south of Cabot, AR, with a stage for live music, dance floor, pinball, pool, trivia, and much more. Drunken Monkey hosts cornhole and 9-ball tournaments every Thursday. ...
Charlottesville, VA
Dürty Nelly’s Pub – Deli is a legendary Charlottesville Irish pub and sandwich shop established in 1978. One of Charlottesville’s favorite small music venues, Dürty Nelly’s is known for hosting live local bands and karaoke in evenings. On the deli-side, the restaurant offers fresh sandwiches, locally-made baked goods, rotating specials and more. ...
Seattle, WA
Opened in downtown Seattle in 2005, El Corazón is nightclub/live music venue with two stages: a large Main Showroom and a smaller Lounge Stage. The venue hosts national and international acts, provides local bands a place to build their foundation, and remains one of the leading concert halls for the all-ages crowd. ...
Oakland, CA
Eli’s Mile High Club is a bar and music club in Oakland, CA, with a wide variety of liquor, specialty cocktails, and several beers on tap. Eli’s is a hub for Oakland’s many musical subcultures and eclectic artist community. This legendary Bay Area venue hosts everything from weekly punk and rap concerts to DJ nights, and drag shows. ...
Burien, WA
Elmer’s Bar & Grill has been a Burien landmark for decades. The menu includes soups and salads, sandwiches, burgers, breakfast dishes, and more. Enjoy live classic rock Fridays and Saturdays, and on Tuesday evenings, you can pick up your instrument and join in for “Jam Night” on stage. ...
Austin, TX
Elysium, Austin’s alternative nightclub, a Red River bar, has been hosting Austin’s alternative nightlife since 2001. ...
Billings, MT
Affiliated with the Fraternal Order of Eagles, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people, F.O.E. Billings is open to everyone, whether you’re a member or not. With live music, great events and a friendly atmosphere, the F.O.E in Billings has all the fun you need to turn your humdrum night into an unforgettable evening. ...
Prairieville, LA
Fat Cat Saloon is a laid back neighborhood bar and live music venue in Prairieville, LA. ...
San Antonio, TX
Faust Tavern is an intimate San Antonio dive bar with metal vibes and live music. ...
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