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Hours{'monday': 'closed', 'tuesday': 'closed', 'wednesday': '18:00-02:00', 'thursday': '18:00-02:00', 'friday': '18:00-02:00', 'saturday': '18:00-02:00', 'sunday': 'closed'}

Tip: Wed nights are live music. Check the calendar for headliner tickets vs walk-in nights.

Location

Address: 1335 Story Avenue, Louisville, KY 40206

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Headliners Music Hall ★ 4.5

$$Butchertown{'monday': 'varies by event', 'tuesday': 'varies by event', 'wednesday': 'varies by event', 'thursday': 'varies by event', 'friday': 'varies by event', 'saturday': 'varies by event', 'sunday': 'varies by event'}

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.

1386 Lexington Road, Louisville, KY 40206

The Whirling Tiger live music ★ 4.2

$$Butchertown{'monday': 'closed', 'tuesday': 'closed', 'wednesday': '18:00-02:00', 'thursday': '18:00-02:00', 'friday': '18:00-02:00', 'saturday': '18:00-02:00', 'sunday': 'closed'}

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.

1335 Story Avenue, Louisville, KY 40206

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Mercury Ballroom ★ 4.5

$$Downtown{'monday': 'varies by event', 'tuesday': 'varies by event', 'wednesday': 'varies by event', 'thursday': 'varies by event', 'friday': 'varies by event', 'saturday': 'varies by event', 'sunday': 'varies by event'}

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.

611 South 4th Street, Louisville, KY 40202

Headliners Music Hall ★ 4.5

$$Butchertown{'monday': 'varies by event', 'tuesday': 'varies by event', 'wednesday': 'varies by event', 'thursday': 'varies by event', 'friday': 'varies by event', 'saturday': 'varies by event', 'sunday': 'varies by event'}

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.

1386 Lexington Road, Louisville, KY 40206

The Whirling Tiger live music ★ 4.2

$$Butchertown{'monday': 'closed', 'tuesday': 'closed', 'wednesday': '18:00-02:00', 'thursday': '18:00-02:00', 'friday': '18:00-02:00', 'saturday': '18:00-02:00', 'sunday': 'closed'}

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.

1335 Story Avenue, Louisville, KY 40206

8UP Elevated Drinkery and Kitchen ★ 4.2

$$$Downtown{'monday': '17:00-24:00', 'tuesday': '17:00-24:00', 'wednesday': '17:00-24:00', 'thursday': '17:00-24:00', 'friday': '17:00-02:00', 'saturday': '12:00-02:00', 'sunday': '12:00-24:00'}

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.

350 West Chestnut Street, Louisville, KY 40202

Rabbit Hole Distillery Rooftop ★ 4.4

$$$NuLu{'monday': '16:00-22:00', 'tuesday': '16:00-22:00', 'wednesday': '16:00-22:00', 'thursday': '16:00-22:00', 'friday': '16:00-23:00', 'saturday': '12:00-23:00', 'sunday': '12:00-21:00'}

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.

711 East Jefferson Street, Louisville, KY 40202

Pin + Proof ★ 4.5

$$$Downtown{'monday': 'closed', 'tuesday': 'closed', 'wednesday': '17:00-23:00', 'thursday': '17:00-23:00', 'friday': '17:00-01:00', 'saturday': '17:00-01:00', 'sunday': 'closed'}

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.

400 South 2nd Street, Louisville, KY 40202

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