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website with a location map, try typing in the city and address at this
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Type in the address, city, and state. For most locations it will give
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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/
R.L.
Griffin's Blues Palace #2, 3100 Grand Avenue (at
Meadow), Dallas,
Tx 75215. 214-421-9867. R&B and blues nightclub run by The
Right
Reverend of Dallas Blues, R.L. Griffin. Occasionally books major road
acts like Bobby Bland and Bobby Rush. On site parking with security.
Rough area, be
careful.
Holds about 750.
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.
Eddie V's, 3100 West 7th
Street, Fort Worth, TX 76107. 817.336.8000.
Eddie V's, 4023 Oak Lawn Ave,
Dallas, TX 75219. 214.890.1500. Upscale Dallas and Fort
Worth restaurants with occasional live blues. http://www.eddiev.com/
Lota'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. Occasional live blues. http://www.mambosfortworth.com/index.html
Medical Center of Lewisville Grand Theater, 100 N Charles
Street, Lewisville, TX. City owned 296 seat theater
with occasional blues events. Opened 1/14/2011.
Poor David's Pub, 1313 South Lamar, Dallas, Tx. 214
821-9891. High profile, 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 opened in 1911 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.
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/
Uptown Theater, 120 East
Main Street,Grand Prairie, Texas 75050. 972.237.8786.
Renovated city-owned theater featuring occasional blues shows.
http://www.uptowntheatergp.com/home.htm