Neumos on East Pike is the Capitol Hill room that pairs touring indie, hip hop and electronic bookings with sister venue Barboza in the basement and hosts Capitol Hill Block Party each summer.
Tip: Doors are typically 19:00 with show at 20:00. Many shows are all ages to enter, 21 plus to drink. Tickets via AXS.
Address: 925 East Pike Street, Seattle, WA 98122
The Cuff Complex on 13th Avenue is the four bar, 7,000 square foot gay leather and dance institution open since 1993, with a 500 capacity dance floor and a large outdoor deck.
Tip: Tuesday through Sunday from 18:00, closed Monday. 21 plus with ID. The deck opens in warm months; Pride Fest takes over in June.
The Cuff Complex on 13th Avenue is the four bar, 7,000 square foot gay leather and dance institution open since 1993, with a 500 capacity dance floor and a large outdoor deck.
Tip: Tuesday through Sunday from 18:00, closed Monday. 21 plus with ID. The deck opens in warm months; Pride Fest takes over in June.
The Crocodile on 1st and Wall opened April 1991 and launched Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and Mudhoney. The 2021 rebuild added a 750 capacity showroom plus Hotel Crocodile upstairs.
Tip: Showroom typically opens 19:00 with show at 20:00. Use the Wall Street side entrance; tickets via Ticketweb.
The Showbox at the Market on 1st Avenue opened July 1939 and ran Duke Ellington, Muddy Waters and the grunge era's Soundgarden, Pearl Jam and Mudhoney; landmarked in 2019 at 1,150 capacity.
Tip: Tickets via AXS. Doors typically 19:00 with show at 20:00. The Art Deco ballroom keeps the original oak dance floor.
Showbox SoDo on 1st Avenue South is the 1,800 capacity sister room AEG opened mid 2007 in a converted Fenix warehouse, with exposed brick and heavy timber for larger touring acts.
Tip: Doors typically 19:00, show at 20:00. The 300 capacity SoDo Lounge opens for smaller bookings; tickets via AXS.
Tractor Tavern on Ballard Avenue is the Americana, country and indie folk room that runs touring singer songwriter bills out of a 250 capacity brick room in Old Ballard.
Tip: Doors 20:00, show varies by booking. Cash bar in front; the back showroom holds the stage. Buy tickets through the tractor calendar.
Nectar Lounge on N 36th has run as Seattle's largest indoor and outdoor music venue since 2004, with two floors, three bars and a covered patio in the heart of Fremont.
Tip: Doors Monday through Sunday from 20:00 to 02:00. Tickets via Showclix; the outdoor patio runs year round with heaters and cover.