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Best Live Music Venue in Northern Virginia?
Posted by: LoudounDream ()
Date: October 01, 2009 07:41PM

I know one thing. It sure isn't Jammin' Java! That place is the most uptight pretentious white bread joint Ive ever been into.

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Re: Best Live Music Venue in Northern Virginia?
Posted by: TheMeeper ()
Date: October 01, 2009 07:42PM

Drive into DC and head to the Black Cat.

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Re: Best Live Music Venue in Northern Virginia?
Posted by: ThePackLeader ()
Date: October 01, 2009 07:46PM

LoudounDream Wrote:
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> I know one thing. It sure isn't Jammin' Java! That
> place is the most uptight pretentious white bread
> joint Ive ever been into.


White bread, as opposed to what, Multi-grain Wheat?

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Re: Best Live Music Venue in Northern Virginia?
Posted by: MrMephisto ()
Date: October 01, 2009 07:48PM

I'm partial to O'Shaughnessy's in Old Town Alexandria, myself.

It's not in Fairfax, but Iota in Arlington has a lot of acts through there.

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Re: Best Live Music Venue in Northern Virginia?
Posted by: Genevieve ()
Date: October 01, 2009 07:56PM

MrMephisto Wrote:
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> I'm partial to O'Shaughnessy's in Old Town
> Alexandria, myself.
>
> It's not in Fairfax, but Iota in Arlington has a
> lot of acts through there.


Don't give him ideas.

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Re: Best Live Music Venue in Northern Virginia?
Posted by: eesh ()
Date: October 01, 2009 07:57PM

Meade, there are a lot of great places near the Navy Yard in DC. The place is filled with live music around midnight.

Blessed are the murderous.

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Re: Best Live Music Venue in Northern Virginia?
Posted by: ferfux ()
Date: October 01, 2009 08:01PM

MrMephisto Wrote:
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> I'm partial to O'Shaughnessy's in Old Town
> Alexandria, myself.
>
> It's not in Fairfax, but Iota in Arlington has a
> lot of acts through there.


O'Shaughnessy's proud to present, recording artist MEADE SKELTON! Give him a warm welcome!

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Re: Best Live Music Venue in Northern Virginia?
Posted by: trogdor! ()
Date: October 01, 2009 08:11PM

I've always thought the State Theater in Falls Church is pretty cool. I just wish they could pull in some bigger acts. The place just isn't that big with all the dinner tables.

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Re: Best Live Music Venue in Northern Virginia?
Posted by: RealMusician ()
Date: October 01, 2009 08:32PM

trogdor! Wrote:
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> I've always thought the State Theater in Falls
> Church is pretty cool. I just wish they could
> pull in some bigger acts. The place just isn't
> that big with all the dinner tables.


Yes, because after all, if its a big named act, it must be good....

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Re: Best Live Music Venue in Northern Virginia?
Posted by: trogdor! ()
Date: October 01, 2009 09:49PM

RealMusician Wrote:

> Yes, because after all, if its a big named act, it
> must be good....

I bet you have a nice Hannah Montana CD collection.

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Re: Best Live Music Venue in Northern Virginia?
Posted by: bloody blisters ()
Date: October 01, 2009 10:04PM

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Re: Best Live Music Venue in Northern Virginia?
Posted by: ThePackLeader ()
Date: October 01, 2009 10:28PM

eesh Wrote:
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> Meade, there are a lot of great places near the
> Navy Yard in DC. The place is filled with live
> music around midnight.


Usually you can only hear the distant beat of the music from that location. To REALLY get to where it's off and popping, be sure to head a few blocks east of there, straight across the river. Travel down Good Hope Rd (An Oxymoron of a name), and take a left on 18th Street.

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Re: Best Live Music Venue in Northern Virginia?
Posted by: Daryl Williams ()
Date: May 20, 2013 12:50AM

I really like TOMMY'S PLACE on Mathis ave. in Manassas Va. I recently saw a great local country band there called The Gunsmoke Band . The staff was very nice and the food was good too.

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Re: Best Live Music Venue in Northern Virginia?
Posted by: Depends on the Act ()
Date: May 20, 2013 09:16AM

I'm old, so I like the Birchmere. I can have a couple of drinks before the show, grab some dinner, and then sober up during the show, and drive home. Yeah, there's a lot of gray hair in the audience for a lot of the acts, but that's my age group at this point.

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Re: Best Live Music Venue in Northern Virginia?
Posted by: WingNut ()
Date: May 20, 2013 09:20AM

Depends on the Act Wrote:
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> I'm old, so I like the Birchmere. I can have a
> couple of drinks before the show, grab some
> dinner, and then sober up during the show, and
> drive home. Yeah, there's a lot of gray hair in
> the audience for a lot of the acts, but that's my
> age group at this point.

Birchmere is nice when they do the bandstand thing. The dinner theater set up is like you said, for the oldsters.

Seldom Scene? Asleep at the Wheel?

Perfect venue.


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Re: Best Live Music Venue in Northern Virginia?
Posted by: localboob ()
Date: May 20, 2013 04:07PM

i'm extremely glad no one has mentioned empire.

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