Dallas is a big place , and while that can mean affair like sempiternal traffic and a metroplex roughly the size of a New England state of matter , it also intend that there is a place to go to experience any and every sort of music you love . In shortsighted , being a medicine fan in Dallas does not suck , and here ’s where you’re able to feel all the good shows of any genre .
Hip-hop
The Bomb Factory
Deep EllumRising from the long - forgotten ashes of this Dallas locale which closed in the mid-’90s , The Bomb Factory presently dominates live music in town . Leave it to a venue whose maiden ocean trip was a show by hometown heroine Erykah Badu to host the undecomposed pelvic girdle - record hop shows to add up through Dallas . The lounge upstairs offer a perfect vantage point in time as well as lucullan environment and an easily approachable taproom .
Fun fact : The squad that resurrected The Bomb Factory will also be reopening ' ninety superintendent - venue Deep Ellum live on next room access . The dream of the ' 90s is live on Canton St.
RBC
Deep EllumFormerly known as the Red Blood Club , this Deep Ellum legal community hosts everything from clowning to noise rock . But what it does best is local hip - hop . With a sweaty , hush-hush club - like atmosphere and a love of the experimental , this is where the hip joint - hops devotee with their ears to the earth know to go on any given weekend .
sport fact : At one item in the former history of the Red Blood Club , concertgoers were bid free blistering dogs served from a Crock - Pot as part of paid entrance fee to a show .
Trees
Deep EllumWhile Trees used to be principally considered a rock club , this raw material settle on the bosom of the Elm St strip has steady make for emcee to more and more national hip - hops show . From Slim Thug to Aesop Rock , Trees is the place to catch a rising articulatio coxae - hop ace before they get too big to play careen clubs .
sport fact : Trees is infamous as being the site of an onstage competitiveness between a chucker-out and Kurt Cobain at an early Nirvana show , the footage of which was included in Nirvana ’s circuit documentaryLive ! Tonight ! Sold Out ! !
Electronica
Lizard Lounge
East DallasNightclubs come and go , but Lizard Lounge has outlasted them all base on the unfaltering love of the electronic and dance medicine that it embraces . Whether it ’s the industrial and goth mainstay of Sunday night ’s The Church or the vast touring EDM creative person who love to wreak Lizard Lounge on a Saturday Nox , this is the synagogue where electronic music fans go to adoration .
Fun fact : One of the most popular yearly events at Lizard Lounge is the Dallas Fetish Ball , tickets for which can be purchased in Deep Ellum at Leather Masters .
It’ll DO Club
East DallasHouse music is alive and well and It ’ll DO caters to all the planetary house - music fans without the pretentiousness that sometimes accompanies it . Located between Deep Ellum and Far East Dallas , It ’ll DO take a long - forgotten speakeasy and plough it into the hippest dance club in townsfolk . And for those dance - medicine - loving parents , It hosts an all - ages , fry - friendly terpsichore party on the light - up floors some weekend afternoons to blow off steam .
playfulness fact : Many of the fry who assist Disco Kids with their parents are the offspring of ' 80s and ' 90s club scene legend who made the scene at the nationwide legendary Starck Club back in the solar day .
The Crown and Harp
low GreenvilleThis neck of the woods mainstay has transitioned from British pothouse to more cut - edge local music locale . Its bread and butter is experimental saltation and haphazardness artist from the local scene and area . Cover is always affordable and the dimly lit small - ish terpsichore story enable sweaty medicine fans to bond .
Fun fact : The locus , in the first place known as The Cavern , was open up by an exile Brit as a tribute to the iconic Liverpool nightclub where The Beatles commence their start .
Singer-songwriter
Opening Bell Coffee
South DallasThe coffee shop on the ground floor of South Side on Lamar , in the heart of The Cedars , host an eclectic blending of singer - songwriters include local favorites Camille Cortinas and John Lefler . Lurking in the shadows of the skyline of Downtown , Opening Bell provides an open creative space for acoustic experimentation .
playfulness fact : The locus ’s cover charge is a suggested donation starting between $ 5-$10 and goes directly to the performers toy that nighttime .
Kessler Theater
Oak CliffWhen a locus describes itself as a “ hearing room , " you know that you ’re stepping into audiophile heaven . This Art Nouveau dramaturgy was restored to its original halo , and the way has what is undeniably the serious acoustic in Texas . It also makes sure to al-Qur’an shows which equalize the venue ’s military capability . await a crowd filled with fellow music fans who listen to each creative person with a genteel intensity .
playfulness fact : The Kessler Theater is home to the yearly natal day festivity of Eric Nadel , the interpreter of the Texas Rangers and a Kessler Theater takeoff booster .
The Foundry
Oak CliffAnother Oak Cliff neighborhood hangout which takes advantage of all the porch weather that Dallas has to offer , The Foundry hosts prove in its outside courtyard that launch the gamut from pickle bands to classic country balladeer . It also does n’t hurt that the courtyard is picturesque , and food for thought fromChicken Scratchnext door can fill out the experience .
Fun fact : In 2013 , a then - strange Sturgill Simpson play on the out-of-door phase to a gang of around 30 mass , giving those 30 lucky concertgoers ultimate bragging right for life .
Country
Adair’s Saloon
Deep EllumIt does n’t get much more down and dirty , nitty - gritty country than Adair ’s Saloon . The first matter you ’ll notice is the Sharpie graffito on every square inch . The next thing that you ’ll notice is the omnipresent basket of burgers and fries . But then you ’ll see that every single turning point of the dance trading floor is occupy with couples swing dancing to the springy state euphony that Adair ’s lineament each and every weekend .
merriment fact : Adair ’s was founded in 1963 at its original placement on Cedar Springs Rd . Performers who have played the honkie tonk admit Jack Ingram and member of The Dixie Chicks .
Billy Bob’s
Fort WorthBilly Bob ’s is the mecca to which land medicine fan make pilgrimage . It is far-famed for hosting iconic appearance by country fable such as Willie Nelson , Merle Haggard , and Waylon Jennings . But it ’s not just the large headliner that make Billy Bob ’s an attractive feature . On any given night , you might see the next large land caption appear on Billy Bob ’s holy stagecoach .
Fun fact : Movies shoot at Billy Bob ’s includeNecessary Roughness , Pure Country , and Sylvester Stallone ’s ode to build up wrestling , Over the Top .
The Rustic
UptownWhere is a country music fan living in the heart of Uptown to go when they are searching for red grunge Texas body politic euphony ? The Rustic has make a snug haven for urban inhabitant who still prefer cowboy iron heel to designer Loafer . The outdoor degree and picnic tables give The Rustic a down - home feel while only being moment away from the thump heart of Downtown .
Fun fact : The locus was plant in 2013 by legendary red dirt Texas country creative person and savior to bros everywhere Pat Green .
Indie rock
Texas Theatre
Oak CliffThe club for indie photographic film and euphony aficionados , Texas Theatre ’s Behind the Screen concert serial marries cult films with local and touring bands whose music pairs utterly with said film . tag combo packages for the movie and a concert also total in at under $ 20 , which makes it one of the most low-cost and pelvic girdle event in town .
sport fact : The original chairperson that Lee Harvey Oswald sit down in before being trance by Dallas law was removed by the proprietor of the theatre that day and replaced with another chairperson , which the FBI confiscated the next day as grounds , believing it to be the original .
Granada Theater
Lower GreenvilleYet another abandoned theater which was restored to its former glory , this music venue sits in the eye of Lower Greenville and offer up one of the most eclectic concert calendar in the metropolis . The locus ’s commitment to cater to music superfandom of the metroplex is 2d to none .
Fun fact : The mural in the theatre of operations ’s lobby and venue were project by the same muralist who created the paintings inside Grauman ’s Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles .
Club Dada
Deep EllumIf Club Dada was a cat , it would be on its seventh or so life . It has hung around to see Deep Ellum ’s rise and fall many times over . But the one invariable is that Club Dada has always had a commitment to cutting - edge medicine and quirky local acts who might not tally on a billhook anywhere else in townsfolk .
play fact : Before a major renovation a few year ago , mesa at each booth next to the streak include laminate candid depiction of local artists such as Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians , for whom the club was a domicile base in the 1980s .
Three Links
Deep EllumWhile supply to the noisier and punkier side of indie rock , this venue has been vital in the renascence of Deep Ellum as a coarse-grained and industrious medicine hub of the Southwest . It does n’t injure that it was found by Oliver Peck ( of TLC ’s Ink Masters TV serial ) and local booking power plant Kris Youmans and Scott Beggs . Three Links by all odds knows how to appeal buzzworthy national acts .
Fun fact : If you ’re on the fence about whether or not you desire to stop out a show at Three Links , just take the air down the pavement on Elm St on a Nox with skilful weather . The garage door at the back of the venue will be up , and confide us , you ’ll be able-bodied to hear the show from a few block away .
sign up up herefor our daily Dallas email and be the first to get all the food / drink / sport DFW has to offer .
The Bomb Factory|Karlo X. Ramos
The Bomb Factory|Flickr/Adam Simmons
Lizard Lounge
Opening Bell|Flickr/Shanna
Courtesy of Billy Bob’s
Flickr/Neff Conner
