The Cove is a late-night dive bar in Broad Avenue, Memphis.
Editorially verified May 21, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Oyster happy hour 17:00. Live music most weekends. Closed Mondays.
Address: 2559 Broad Ave, Memphis, TN 38112
Young Avenue Deli in Cooper-Young Memphis runs cold beer, deli sandwiches and live music until 03:00 daily, the city's defining late-night beer and sandwich.
Tip: Late kitchen until 02:00 most nights. Live music in the back room weekends.
Itta Bena is a hidden upstairs late-night room above B.B. King's on Beale Street in Memphis, named for the Mississippi town B.B. King was born.
Tip: Open daily 17:00-22:00. The unmarked Second Street door is the easy entrance.
B.B. King's Blues Club at 143 Beale Street in Memphis is the flagship of the B.B. King chain, with the Beale Street Allstars in residence and live blues.
Tip: Cover charge after 19:00 most nights. Sit upstairs for an easier view of the bandstand.
Rum Boogie Cafe on Beale Street in Memphis runs live blues seven nights since 1985, with over 200 autographed guitars hanging from the ceiling.
Tip: Live blues from 19:00 nightly. The Beale Street Flippers usually take a stage break at 22:00.
Mr. Handy's Blues Hall on Beale Street in Memphis is the only original juke joint left on the strip, a tiny no-frills room with live blues and the rawest.
Tip: Tipping the band keeps the music going. The room holds maybe 40 people; get there early.
Lafayette's Music Room in Overton Square Memphis runs diverse live bands seven nights a week plus Southern food, in a vintage indoor-outdoor music club.
Tip: Reservations on Resy or OpenTable. Patio seats face the Overton Square plaza.
