5 editor picks in Atlanta.
5 live music in Atlanta our editors have drunk at, sorted by score. All Atlanta nightlife.
The Tabernacle in a 1911 former Baptist church on Luckie Street is the 2,600 capacity Live Nation room that hosts rock, hip-hop, indie and comedy across three balconied levels in downtown Atlanta.
TipFloor general admission, balcony seated. Doors usually 19:00 with openers at 20:00; arrive early for the rail and watch the stained glass.
Variety Playhouse on Euclid Avenue is the Little Five Points 1940 movie palace turned music venue, with theater seats up top, a standing pit at the rail and bookings across rock, indie and Americana.
TipMix of seated and dancing zones. Doors typically 19:00, show 20:00; tickets via AXS with sight lines best from the lower pit.
Smith's Olde Bar at Piedmont and Monroe has run live music since 1994 with a downstairs sports bar, an upstairs Atlanta Room stage, a covered patio and seven nights of local and touring acts.
TipUpstairs Atlanta Room is the main music room; downstairs is the cheaper bar with pool and food. Cover applies for ticketed shows only.
Eddie's Attic in Decatur has run the South's most respected listening room since 1991, launching Shawn Mullins, Sugarland and the Indigo Girls and keeping a Monday songwriter open mic on the calendar.
TipThe listening room enforces quiet during sets; cocktail patio out front handles the talkers. Monday open mic at 18:00 sign-up.
Northside Tavern on Howell Mill is the West Midtown blues dive that has poured cheap beer since 1972, with live blues seven nights a week and a Wednesday Danny Mudcat Dudeck residency.
TipNo cover Sunday through Thursday; weekend shows charge $10 at 21:30. Cash and card both work; the regulars own the back booth.
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