Mercury Ballroom is a nightlife spot in Downtown, Louisville.
Mercury Ballroom on South 4th Street in Louisville is the downtown 800-capacity concert hall booking touring rock, hip-hop and indie acts, the city's mid-size live-music room.
Tip: Tickets on Ticketmaster or Live Nation. Standing-room-only floor.
Address: 611 South 4th Street, Louisville, KY 40202
8UP on West Chestnut in Louisville is downtown's rooftop drinkery, the all-glass Hilton Garden Inn-top bar with mint juleps, bourbon flights and skyline views of West Main Street.
Tip: Book the rooftop patio for Derby weekend; the bar runs walk-in most nights.
Pin + Proof inside the Omni Louisville Hotel is a prohibition-era speakeasy with sleek wooden bowling lanes in a dimly lit cellar, hidden behind a photo mural of a woman shushing.
Tip: Find the entrance left of the Omni lobby. Book bowling lanes through OpenTable.
Down One Bourbon Bar in the Galt House Hotel basement pours 100+ bourbons in a low-lit speakeasy-style room under West Main Street, a hidden hotel-attached drinking room.
Tip: Walk-in for the bar. The Old Fashioned class runs Saturday afternoons.
Headliners Music Hall on Lexington Road in Louisville is the 600-capacity Butchertown rock club booking touring indie, metal and Americana acts, the city's longest-running music room.
Tip: Tickets on the venue's site. The standing floor sells out fast for headliners.
The Whirling Tiger's back room runs as a renovated 300-capacity live-music venue with a state-of-the-art sound system, the Story Avenue spot for indie and electronic touring acts.
Tip: Walk-in for the front cocktail bar. Tickets through the venue site for shows.
8UP on West Chestnut in Louisville is downtown's rooftop drinkery, the all-glass Hilton Garden Inn-top bar with mint juleps, bourbon flights and skyline views of West Main Street.
Tip: Book the rooftop patio for Derby weekend; the bar runs walk-in most nights.
Rabbit Hole Distillery's rooftop bar in Louisville's NuLu pours port-finished craft bourbon and rye from the top of the modern East Jefferson Street distillery, with downtown views.
Tip: Walk-in for the rooftop in warm months. Distillery tours run separately downstairs.
Pin + Proof inside the Omni Louisville Hotel is a prohibition-era speakeasy with sleek wooden bowling lanes in a dimly lit cellar, hidden behind a photo mural of a woman shushing.
Tip: Find the entrance left of the Omni lobby. Book bowling lanes through OpenTable.
Down One Bourbon Bar in the Galt House Hotel basement pours 100+ bourbons in a low-lit speakeasy-style room under West Main Street, a hidden hotel-attached drinking room.
Tip: Walk-in for the bar. The Old Fashioned class runs Saturday afternoons.
