Live Music Blog

Now that you have your dream concert tickets, how can you guarantee to have a great night. Well the only way is to plan, What

you may ask needs planning ”I’ve got the tickets” what else is there well what about the venue, eating before or after,

getting there, security and getting home.

Most modern concert venues are extremely large and are capable of holding thousands of people. And almost all of them have

multiple entry and exit points a good idea before you arrive at your venue is to know your entry point the last thing you

need is to be searching for the right door 5 minutes before the start with 2000 other people.

Parking. It is imperative that you have this worked out beforehand you do not want to walk a great distance both before and

after the event or even be looking for parking when you should be in the concert.

Eating before hand is also fraught with danger, what I do is book a restaurant beforehand, at booking I ask them how long

does it takes to get served. After all you don’t want to leave the meal half way through, or worse be late for the show and

remember don’t drink too much as it will impact on those around you and your own enjoyment.

Getting there and home again is always an important consideration, in many venues there is insufficient parking at peak

times, so it is sometimes best to catch public transport check the arrival times and distance to venue from the drop off

point, once again you don’t want to be late. Another great thing about public transport is that you are able to have a couple

of drinks and not drive home which is always a plus.

Security, after a concert I tend to wait at the venue for 15 to 20 minutes so as to let the crowd disperse it is dangerous

when so many people are all trying to leave at the same time. If you are picking up younger concert goers they will be much

easier to see once the crowd has gone. Venue security will still be around at this stage thus making it safer for youngsters,

remember to designate a specific pick up point for them and give them a mobile phone in case a problems arises.

Whilst this is not a definitive list it does show you that there are things to sort out before you depart home to make things

more enjoyable.

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The final concert of the inaugural La Nucia arts festival took place last night. Starting at 10:30pm, it was staged in the

town’s recently completed open air auditorium and featured the World Youth Orchestra directed, again masterfully, by Josep

Vicent. Given the setting, it would have been so easy to present a procession of pop classics that would have the punters

humming along happily. I attended, for once not having even tried to research the programme, a task that is usually rendered

essential here in Spain since the detailed list of works is rarely printed on the publicity material.

Having mentioned the setting, it has to be described. The town of La Nucia, just 5 kilometres inland, up the hill behind

Benidorm, has been transformed in recent years. I have lived in the town for over four years and have seen an almost complete

transformation in that time. It was a beautiful, if quiet place in 2002, when I first visited. Since then a major project of

refurbishment and reinvention has been undertaken. Besides a new road, the town now has several shopping complexes, new

health centres, libraries, community centres, playgrounds and parks. The most important additions, if, like me, you have a

keen interest in the arts, have been the beautiful 600 seat concert hall and, across the road, an outside auditorium that can

seat up to 3000. Back at the start of the year the World Youth Orchestra under Josep Vicent inaugurated the Concert hall,

l’Auditori de la Mediterrànea, with a concert in which a 110 piece orchestra performed Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring. It’s a

piece that can be its own parody, if played badly. Now I would claim to know just about every note of the piece and in my

humble opinion Josep Vicent’s reading of the score, frankly, was perfect.

And so to the setting. La Nucia is perched on the side of a valley that runs down to the sea from the Sierra Aitana and the

mountain, Puig Campaña. On the other side of the valley is Polop, a pretty, floodlit, tumbling Costa Blanca town of pastel

shades beneath a hilltop citadel. Beyond, the large town of Callosa d’en Sarrià, the centre of the unique nispero trade, lies

illuminated at the base of the Sierra Guadalest. Turning a little to the right, there is the jagged junction between rock and

sky that is the summit line of the Sierra Bernia and then, over the now well-known town of Altea, the Mediterranean. Behind

the outdoor auditorium’s stage, a row of houses and shops become a backdrop for lighting effects. I hope the residents don’t

mind. Frankly, it would be hard to imagine a more beautiful place to listen to music, except for the reservation, of course,

that the outdoor setting needs amplification, which makes the sound flat. That, I believe, need not be too much of a handicap

if the programme is well thought out. And last nights concert triumphed in that respect.

So, initially not expecting much, I took my seat and looked (as best I could in the dark) at the works on offer. Sandwiched

between two of Alberto Ginastera’s dances for the Estancia Dances Op8 (1941), we were to be offered Stravinsky’s Firebird,

Tres movimientos tanguisticos porteños by Astor Piazzolla and a complete Al Amor Brujo of Manuel de Falla. If the prospect on

reading the list of works watered the mouth, the reality simply stunned.

Ginastera’s Danza del Trigo (Dance of the Wheat) rushed and raced to evoke effects of wind gusts on a wheat field. Rhythms

and keys are crossed and the music speeds along without actually being fast! I recall an article by Colin Matthews some years

ago about how to write music that sounds very fast while in fact changing very slowly.

The Stravinsky, of course, is utterly well known, and like the other two ballets in what most of us regard as his early

romantic trilogy, it can become a cliché. But not in the hands of Josep Vicent, who has a complete understanding of the

composer’s music. It was superbly played, never rushed, but never allowed to rest.

What followed was a different universe. Astor Piazzolla is known as a composer of tangos, which, for some reason tend to be

associated with the lightweight. Josep Vincent, in his introduction to the piece, Tres movimientos tanguisticos porteños, was

at pains to tell us that Piazzolla was a “classical” composer who studied with Nadia Boulanger. Yes, true, and he also

studied with Ginastera and others, declaring, himself, that he had developed a profound love of Bach. The reference is

apposite, since the last of these three tangos turned out to be a complex fugue! I know a number of the composer’s works very

well, having heard Joachim Palomares’s ensemble on several occasions and having played the Barenboim disc regularly. But

these pieces were as hard as nails. Rhythmically they were tangos, but if you think that Stravinsky’s music might be

associated with toughness (which I don’t) you should try these three orchestral pieces by Astor Piazzolla. As ever, Piazzolla

uses minor keys, sometimes rather confused minor keys as well. The gloom would be unremitting were it not for his utterly

inventive use of form. Throughout, however, there was that little trilling turn that is his musical signature. Surely he was

one of the twentieth century’s most original musical voices.

The only work on the programme by a Spanish composer was next, a full account of El Amor Brujo of Manuel de Falla. Written in

1915, the score blends elements of Flamenco from the composer’s native Andalusia with “classical” forms. Scored for

medium-sized orchestra and voice, it was performed last night by Mayte Martin, who specialises in flamenco-style singing and

she was quite excellent. Necessarily under-stated because of the nature of the piece, her singing added a sonority to the

overall sound that transformed the whole piece into something unique. The extremely famous Ritual Fire Dance at the core of

the work raised its own round of applause, despite being offered in an intriguingly controlled way in Josep Vincent’s

reading. It worked, since the restraint prevented the section dominating the work and thereby held our attention more for the

vocal sections.

And then to finish the evening was a real bit of summer night out. Malambo, another of the Ginastera Opus 8 dances, closed

the show. Now I will freely admit that when I am in a concert of any type an invitation that we might “put our hands

together” and clap along with the music usually leaves me feeling empty and, often, not a little resentful, because it

usually indicates a concert that is so poorly presented by the performers that they have to do something cheap to drum up

support. But when the conductor turned to the audience, a few phrases into Malambo and indicated participation, frankly, it

was impossible not to comply. The piece is utterly infectious. The whole audience joined in – AND the whole audience was

utterly attentive, able to react immediately when the conductor turned to quell the clapping with a wave of the hand to allow

a detailed variation in the music to come through, and then start again as requested as the main rhythm returned. Five works

in the concert, three of which I had not heard before, faultless playing by the World Youth Orchestra and, as ever, the

highest possible standards of interpretation under the direction of Josep Vicent …. Quite beautiful.

Buying concert tickets online isn’t scary. In fact, it’s as easy as visiting Google and typing in the event you are looking

for and follow with the word “tickets”. However, a couple of questions may come to mind when browsing for sports or concert

tickets.

1. Why are tickets so expensive on the internet? On Ticketmaster the tickets are so much cheaper. Why should I pay twice as

much for tickets?
2. Does the ticket broker website I am visiting really have this many tickets in their inventory?
3. How do I know the website I am visiting is offering the lowest prices on these tickets?

First, concert tickets are more expensive because you are not buying them off of the primary market but the secondary market.

Brokers are buying the tickets before the fans can get them and selling them on the secondary market. The brokers make their

money off of the arbitrage.

If you want decent seats to a hot event you are pretty much going to have to buy tickets through a broker. eBay has a decent

inventory of tickets. Also, sites like http://www.ticketspot.com hundreds of thousands of tickets in their inventory which

you can browse and purchase. Second, ticket broker websites don’t have the concert ticket inventory on hand that they are

displaying on their website. Rather, they are displaying inventory from a central database of brokers which reads out on many

brokerage websites. The websites mark up the tickets accordingly while acting as a “retailer” for the tickets.

Finally, the vast majority of the concert ticket brokerage websites have the exact same inventory. Because of this, the only

decision you need to make is choosing which one to buy from. I recommend shopping around a couple of the websites to see what

kind of markup they have on the tickets. Keep in mind, you are looking at the exact same pair of tickets, but the markup of

the different websites is going to be different.

Live Music Seattle, Washington – People who aren’t in the know seem to still be stuck in the mindset that the Seattle live music scene is restricted to grunge and emo. Grunge began about two decades ago and, rain be damned, Seattle has more to offer than whiney emo bands. The Showbox in Downtown is one of Seattle’s premier venues for national touring acts. Since 1939 the venue has featured legendary acts including Duke Ellington and the Ramones along with today’s favorites such as Jimmy Eat World, The Pogues and The New Pornographers. The recent addition of the Experience Music Project to Seattle included new venues within—Liquid Lounge and the Sky Church. This venue also books famous national acts along with up and coming Seattle bands. For more local favorites, try Neumo’s, High Dive and Doc Maynard’s. Who knows, you might witness music’s next big thing.

The nightlife scene in Seattle is dynamic enough to suit just about everybody’s taste. This is especially true in the case of bars and clubs specializing in live music. If you dig that kind of show – rock, blues, jazz, country, or R&B, it doesn’t matter – do yourself a favor and check out the big-name acts and local bands scheduled to play at these spots.

Bad Juju Lounge

1425 10th Ave., Seattle, Washington; Tel. 206.709.9951
Seattle’s tattooed and pierced set hang at the Bad Juju Lounge, a boozy local bar that’s decked out with plenty of eye candy for those that can still focus after downing some of their completely dangerous cocktails. Music at the Bad Juju Lounge, from both live Seattle local musicians and a revolving slate of house DJs, is firmly set in the rock continuum blasting tunes from the indie, alternative and punk set straight through to metal and hard-core all presented with no freakin’ cover charges. You could probably travel far and wide and this local Seattle bar would still rank among the best places to get sauced and bang your head in under the protective gazes of herpetological guardians, glass flames, metal monstrosities, freakish artwork and genuinely good people.

Central Saloon

207 First Ave. S, Seattle, Washington; Tel. 206.622.0209
Good food and stiff drinks have been the staple at the Central Saloon since this local Seattle bar first opened its doors way back in 1892 and having survived all these years and still kicking is just about all you need to know if you’re thinking about swilling some booze there, but we’ll give you more. The Central Saloon is still on the cutting edge of the raucous Seattle live music scene featuring a slate of up and comers seven nights a week. Also, the food at the Central Saloon is enough to keep their loyal regulars coming back for the hearty smoked plates doused in the Central’s signature barbecue sauce or the burgers and sandwiches that virtually dwarf the plate. Heck, if all this wasn’t enough, the prices at Seattle’s Central Saloon are very reasonable, but sometimes the cover charges for bands can reach the double digits.

Chop Suey

1325 E Madison St., Seattle, Washington; Tel. 206.324.8000
Chop Suey is a stylish Seattle club that caters to a hip crowd with its heavy pours from the bar and its eclectic musical stylings from local Seattle live music acts, some national touring bands and some beat DJs. Chop Suey’s interior looks as if someone rolled through a Chinatown garage sale, but had a better eye for style and retro kitsch than when your mom used to birddog one five blocks away and say “we’ll just stop for a minute.” When popular local bands play or one of Seattle’s top spinners mans the decks at Chop Suey, get there early because even though the layout at this Seattle live music club is crowd friendly, it can get a little cramped at sold out shows. Packed or not though, Chop Suey always keeps you fueled with plenty of booze.

Chopstix

11 Roy Street, Seattle, Washington; Tel. 206.270.4444
A dueling piano bar seems like something out of a Jerry Lee Lewis heyday movie, but the existence of Chopstix piano bar in Seattle dispelled any notions we may have had that our time machine actually worked. Chopstix definitely has its Seattle following evidenced by the hordes of sharp patrons packing into this live music club for a sing along night of revelry, dancing, decent food and some heavy drinks that grease the social wheels. A perennial favorite of the birthday party and bachelorette planners looking for a bar in Seattle that’s a guaranteed good time, Chopstix takes reservations that are highly recommended if you want to get a table on the weekends.

Clever Dunne’s Irish House

1501 East Olive Way, Seattle, Washington; Tel. 206.709.8079
Not enough Seattle bars pour you imperial pints, but at Clever Dunne’s Irish House that’s pretty much what your draft of Guinness is coming in. Besides the beers poured the way beers should be, Clever Dunne’s Irish House also has a fine selection of Irish whiskeys to warm your chilled bones and this Seattle Irish bar also serves up heart stopping traditional Irish fare for the decidedly un-health conscious. When DJs aren’t manning the decks—usually spinning hip-hop, funk and the like which is a little weird to hear in an Irish bar—live bands take the stage on the weekends with no cover and get the packed in crowds moving. The happy hours rock at Clever Dunne’s featuring drink specials nightly and sporting those discounts all day on Sunday.

Crocodile Café

2200 Second Ave. SE, Seattle, Washington; Tel. 206.441.5611
The slate of local Seattle live music acts and national indie rock tourers often determines the crowds at the Crocodile Café, that has been leading the cutting edge of the Seattle music scene for years so anytime there’s a good show get your tickets and seats early. Also, the Crocodile Café serves up some decent food—especially the breakfast—and the drinks flow with a zealot’s fervor from the bar. Seriously one of the best places in Seattle to catch live music, c’mon it was the epicenter of the grunge scene in the 90’s so you know the Crocodile Café has some clout in Seattle.

Doc Maynard’s

601 1st Avenue, Seattle, Washington; Tel. 206.682.3705
Doc Maynard’s, a Seattle local bar and live music club, makes the most out of what it’s got by dishing out cheap beer, usually in frat house stemware, for a young, rock and roll loving crowd whose palates have stopped developing somewhere between top ramen and spaghetti-os. But, this beer soaked and raucous Seattle party is usually one of the first stops of the night when Pioneer Square does their frequent joint cover nights—and really that’s a deal you just can’t beat—where you can catch a slew of loud Seattle local bands making the leap from garage to stage. During the day, Doc Maynard’s is the meeting spot for the Seattle Underground Tours with, well, tourists crowding the bar while they wait for their hokey guide.

El Corazon

109 Eastlake Ave., Seattle, Washington; Tel. 206.381.3094
Although this Seattle live music club has changed names a few times, with the current incarnation being El Corazon, it has never lost its hard driving punk rock soul. Some of the best local Seattle punk and rock bands roll through El Corazon (the name we’ll use until we’re informed otherwise) to play to a mass of beer and whiskey addled moshers who like their music in the traditional punk veins of loud and rowdy. Also, not to worry kids, El Corazon has a goodly mix of all ages shows thrown in with the 21+ gigs so that youngsters can see what a Seattle live music venue parties like and glimpse a window into their futures.

Fenix Underground

109 S. Washington, Seattle, Washington; Tel. 206.405.4323
The undisputed heavyweight live music and dance club of Seattle’s Pioneer Square, Fenix Underground is comprised of three levels for hipsters, clubbers, scenesters, ravers and aural freaks to lounge, booze and party. There’re five, yup five, wholly separate bars in Fenix Underground so getting your drink on is never a problem and with plenty of space, this very crowded Seattle club never feels cramped. Also, the live music acts that pound out the tunes from the Fenix stage are some of Seattle’s best local talent, not to mention that their line up of resident and international DJs seriously know how to drop beats and are some of the most coveted Seattle spinners. Plus, there’s never a shortage of hotties doing their thing on the dance floor—especially on the third, underground level, that houses the illustrious poles and cages—so, drop the canned beer you just opened in your squalid apartment, don some threads and check out Fenix Underground. C’mon, you work hard all week; play hard on the weekends.

High Dive

513 N. 36th St., Seattle, Washington; Tel. 206.632.0212
The High Dive satisfies three of the basic needs of life: stiff drinks, inexpensive grubbin’ barbecue and live rock and roll. This Seattle local bar seriously does those three staples extremely well, the drinks are always quick and strong from the unbelievably long bar, the kitchen pumps out food that’s a step above most other joints and if you dig some loud ass alternative, indie, punk, pure rock or country, you’ve found your new hangout in the High Dive. The owner of High Dive’s strong booking skills allows live music junkies to see up and coming local bands for a pittance—and like we said, you’re not going to spend that much on the tab either—so, give this Seattle live music club and bar major value points across the board.

Howl At The Moon

315 2nd Ave. S, Seattle, Washington; Tel. 206.839.1300
Self proclaiming to be the “world’s most dangerous rock ‘n’ roll dueling piano show,” Howl At The Moon in Seattle does have plenty of drinks for the partying crowd and has piano players doing their shtick, but as far as the world’s most dangerous…we haven’t been to ‘em all so it’s hard to corroborate Howl’s claim. Also, how exactly are piano bars dangerous? Well, we’ll tell you that this Seattle bar does pour the cocktails fast and furious from test tubes shots to jello shots and some huge mixed concoctions while the hokey entertainers pound away at the ivories. Also, the staff and patrons frequently join the fun making for an interactive, but not in the wannabe creepy crooner karaoke way, experience.

Liquid Lounge at EMP

325 5th Ave. N, Seattle, Washington; Tel. 206.770.2779
The Liquid Lounge at EMP (the Experience Music Project) is starting to draw bigger crowds due to its cool styling and propensity for booking, not only Seattle local bands, but national and international live music acts. Although the EMP is somewhat of a Seattle tourist attraction, the Liquid Lounge is a pretty hip bar that serves a decent drink, in smoke free environs, and never charges a cover—the bonuses of that whole museum thing.

Little Red Hen

7115 Woodlawn Ave. NE, Seattle, Washington; Tel. 206.522.1168
The only game in town for live country music is the Little Red Hen, an unassuming Seattle bar and restaurant that gets wall to wall with country music fans during a show and wannabe stars during their rocking karaoke nights. The Little Red Hen serves up big platted home style grub for breakfast, lunch and dinner to their down to earth Seattle regulars and if you like a little boozy eye opener in the morning, the Little Red Hen has a breakfast happy hour from 9am to noon.

Neumo’s

925 East Pike St., Seattle, Washington; Tel. 206.709.9467
A hard drinking set of rockers fill up Neumo’s—the reincarnated Moe’s, a Seattle live music club institution, brought gloriously back to life, Lazarus style, by the original owners—to catch up and coming local Seattle indie bands under a booze fueled haze. The space at Neumo’s has been revamped along with the sound system to provide a better venue for the boozers and the bands, but on nights when the club’s stellar booking agent has lined up some hot band that has sold this Seattle icon out, get there early if you want to snag a seat.

New Orleans Restaurant

114 1st Ave. S, Seattle, Washington; Tel. 206.622.2563
Good Creole food served hot with live jazz and blues are the staples of Seattle’s New Orleans Restaurant that consistently gets high marks for their authentic grub and good service, but ranks decidedly higher with their commitment to providing music junkies a nightly fix. The stage at this Seattle club and restaurant sits in the middle of the room which can make conversation a bit problematic when the bands start to heat up, but really with live music acts this good, your conversation can wait until between sets. Also, New Orleans Restaurant participates in the joint cover gig for Pioneer Square that seriously can’t be beat.

Paragon Restaurant & Bar

2125 Queen Anne Ave. N, Seattle, Washington; Tel. 206.283.4548
Well heeled 30-somethings crowd into this chic Seattle restaurant and lounge for some cool jazz or blues stylings from live music acts that sometimes break away from their down tempo norms. Paragon Restaurant and Bar does some excellent cuisine for their “dressed for a night on the town” patrons in a decidedly American rooted culinary vein and the drinks are poured expertly, if not particularly heavy from the stylish bar. Paragon is a Seattle bar for a romantic date over a let’s booze it up and see where the night takes us sort of one.

Patti Summers Lounge

94 Pike St., Seattle, Washington; Tel. 206.621.8555
Patti Summers Lounge is a cool little underground Seattle live music club where the owner—ex-Broadway diva Patti—croons to the crowd nightly. When Patti isn’t gracing the stage with her intimate renditions, local acts take center stage while Patti and her husband man the bar with a heavy hand. You can always count on them for a warm smile, some kitschy music and some homemade pizza.

SeaMonster Lounge

2202 N 45th St., Seattle, Washington; Tel. 206.633.1824
The SeaMonster Lounge is a hip little Seattle bar that tries, and succeeds, at being more than just your average drinking establishment. The intimate space is made to feel more open and airy thanks to the SeaMonster Lounge’s no smoking policy and the sheer friendliness of the staff. Also the cocktails are poured pretty stiff which probably lends to the amicable vibe and the eclectic lineup of Seattle local live music acts always delivers. Plus the tapas style menu at the SeaMonster Lounge is created using fresh organic ingredients so they’re tasty and the menu aims to satisfy both carnivores and vegetarians.

Sky Church

325 5th Ave. N, Seattle, Washington; Tel. 206.770.2777
Sky Church is a live music club buried deep within Seattle’s EMP so it’s a little touristy for die hard local live music fans, but even they cannot deny that Sky Church is able to book some excellent local and national acts and present them in an intimate setting. However, the vibe at Sky Church is a little on the sterile side because most of shows presented are 18 and over so imbibers have to keep their spirits in check and drinks in the bar.

Studio Seven

110 S. Horton St., Seattle, Washington; Tel. 206.628.0888
This all-ages Seattle live music club caters to young and old rockers for Studio Seven’s top billing of good local and national talent. Boozers, however, aren’t going to find a huge selection at Studio Seven, but the live music acts usually outweigh the lack of cocktail selections.

Sunset Tavern

5433 Ballard Ave. NW, Seattle, Washington; Tel. 206.784.4880
The Sunset Tavern is making a name for itself in the Seattle live music scene by booking strong rock shows with up and coming local talent. The ambiance at this local Seattle bar is both hip and old school with a decided nod to its past incarnation as a Chinese restaurant and dive bar. The beer selection is decent at the Sunset Tavern and their weekly events like movie nights and karaoke, along with the live music, are huge draws for hipsters seeking a toned down alternative to other Seattle clubs.

The Green Room

1426 First Ave., Seattle, Washington; Tel. 206.628.3151
The Green Room, the loungier area attached to Seattle’s live music mainstay, the Showbox, is a great spot for a little swank pre-show imbibing. The Green Room serves premium liquor with a good selection of beers that gets packed with hipsters even when there’s no band playing the Showbox that night because the vibe is laid back and unpretentious, welcoming everyone at one of Seattle’s best venues. The Green Room even offers food nightly for a good price and has a basement lair with plenty of intimate seating for when the rush of the bar crowds gets to be a little much.

The Premier

1700 First Ave. S, Seattle, Washington; Tel. 206.382.7870
The Premier is a huge Seattle live music club that brings home some of the best local and national acts that span genres and even branches out into performance pieces. The above par booking agent at The Premier seems to always get the hottest alt-rock, indie, metal and hip-hop bands playing to the ever-packed house. The expansive bar at this Seattle club pours ‘em fast and furious for the thirsty crowds that never seem to end.

The Showbox

1426 First Ave., Seattle, Washington; Tel. 206.628.3151
An impressive slate of national touring acts spanning genres always rolls through The Showbox when they’re hitting Seattle and want a live music club with great acoustics and a rocking crowd. The Showbox has three bars in the club itself to make sure concertgoers don’t go thirsty and, for a great pre-show cocktail, you can hit the adjacent Green Room for a comfortable nip and expedited entry into this Seattle live music club. The Showbox has a large dance floor where the more adventurous hang while patrons more into the music than dancing snag one of the tables or booths that overlook the action.

ToST

513 N 36th St., Seattle, Washington; Tel. 206.547.0240
An extensive selection of cocktails, brews and wine in a comfy, but industrial linked space with eclectic DJs and live music pretty much sums up ToST in Seattle where hip imbibers can chill on couches by the fireplace or get their groove going on the dance floor. Everyone is pretty much treated as a regular here and if you pop into this Seattle local bar and live music venue for happy hour, you’ll most likely be treated to free gourmet pizza to boot. ToST gets really hopping on the weekends when folk, funk, acid-jazz and world live music acts occupy the small stage and everyone in the bar is bopping their collective heads to the beats.

Tractor Tavern

5213 Ballard Ave. NW, Seattle, Washington; Tel. 206.789.3599
The Tractor tavern is the live music club in Seattle to get your alt-country, rockabilly, roots and Americana fix featuring local acts and national tourers no less than five nights a week. Everything from the drinks to the barbecue fare to the crowds and bands at the Tractor Tavern seriously lacks pretension, and dang it that’s exactly what a bar like this is supposed to be like. So grab your pearl buttoned shirt and extra liver, leave your attitude at home and check out this packed house Seattle live music club for a rocking good time.

Source: Seattle.com