Don't know the Dallas / Fort Worth area? If the club does not have a
website with a location map, try typing in the city and address at this
site:
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Type in the address, city, and state. For most locations it will give
you a nifty map to navigate by. You can zoom in and out as
needed. You can also get detailed driving directions from any
location.
AllGood Cafe
, 2934 Main Street, Dallas TX. 214-742-5362. Small country
bar that rarely books local blues
bands or touring acoustic acts.
http://www.theallgoodcafe.com/
Alligator Cafe, 4116 Live Oak, Dallas, TX 75204.
214-821-6900. Cajun cafe with great food and live acoustic blues
7-9 pm, Thurs-Fri. http://eatgator.com/
Big Fish, 414 South Main Street, Grapevine. 817-481-2010. Formerly Half Shells. Good cajun restaurant with occasional live blues.
Cadillac Pizza Bar, 112 S. Kentucky St.,
McKinney, Texas. Pizza joint with brick oven pizzas and
occasional live blues. Plenty of free street parking.
Cottage Lounge, 3006 W. NW
Highway, Dallas. 214-358-3018. Occasional live blues.
Cowboy Lounge, 3016 Colonial, Dallas, TX. 214-426-1993. After hours joint with weekend music starting around midnight and going until. Rough area. Be careful.
Granada Theater, 3524 Greenville Ave, Dallas, Tx 75206 (214) 824-9933. Beautiful old theater, revamped as a music hall. Great sound and sight lines. Tasty pizzas. Parking on Greenville still sucks. Go early. www.granadatheater.comLota's Goat, 7248 Gaston Ave, Dallas, TX. (former location of
The Office Lounge). 214-327-8119. Mixed
format with occasional blues.
Mambo's, 1010 Houston
Street, Fort Worth, TX 817-336-3124. Small mexican restaurant and
bar attached to a hotel acroos from the tarrant County Convention
center. Hash Brown Jam monday nights, live music Thurs-Sat. http://www.mambosfortworth.com/index.html
Nate's Seafood, 14951 Midway Road, Addison, TX 75001. 972-701-9622. Good cajun seafood place with live blues on Thursday night at 7:30-11:30 pm. Annual week long blues fest. Obnoxious valet parking guy blocks off most of the parking spaces. You can go around to the Sam's on Beltline, park behind Nate's and walk around. Nate's Website
Pearl, 2038 Commerce St.,
Dallas, TX 75201. 214-655-8824. Mixed format club with
occasional blues (usually Saturday). SW corner of Pearl at
Commerce. Free parking on
Jackson Street. http://www.pearlatcommerce.com/
Poor David's Pub, 1313 South Lamar, Dallas, Tx. 214
821-9891. High profile, 27 year old, eclectic club that rarely
books mostly folk and country acts but occasionally books blues
acts. Poor
David's Website
Sons of Hermann Hall, 3414 Elm Street (at Exposition), Dallas. 214-747-4422. Fraternal order hall built at the turn of the century with large wood floored ballroom upstairs. Occasional blues shows. Website
Stumpy's, 2811 W.
Division, Arlington. 817-275-3202. Big lighted
parking lot with lots of parking. Nice
little stage area with plenty of seating. http://www.stumpysbluesbar.net/
Tolbert's Restaurant, 423
South Main Street, Grapevine, Texas 76051.
817-421-4888. Occasional live blues. http://www.tolbertsrestaurant.com/index.htm
Tuckers Blues, 2617 Commerce Street, Dallas,
75226. 214-744-2583. New blues and R&B
club in the old Blue Cat Blues location. Open Friday-Sunday. http://www.tuckersblues.com/
Zander's House, 2300 North
Central Expressway, Plano, Texas 75074. 972-943-9199.
Vietnamese restaurant with live blues on Thursday nights
at 7 pm. http://www.zandershouse.com/