List of local Venues throughout Indy music history.

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Permalink Reply by indyfitz on June 26, 2008 at 4:23pm

perfect.. glad to get this all started.. go post!

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Permalink Reply by PJ Christie on June 26, 2008 at 4:33pm

I drove by the old Dharma Emporium yesterday and they have ripped off the roof and ceiling on that building. Couldn't tell if it was a fire or a collapse.

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Permalink Reply by Oland C. Boles on June 27, 2008 at 7:16pm

no real order or time line here, just a random list off the top of my head....


the arlington theater, later the ritz (my first big punk show and first movie ever, song of the south)
hoosier ballroom
the ritz (the one that was connected to a hotel on shadeland, might have the name wrong)
the patio
the avenue
the vogue
nypd
an old school on lafayette rd. (jot, heretic lunch)
the moose lodge near 52nd & keystone
the out back bar (used to be the bar connected to the broad ripple steak house)
india community center
mugwumps
modern times
rhino's
second story
bluebird
mars
oliver's
dharma emporium
fall creek park pavilion
melody inn
flying tomato (muncie)
33 steps
the fountain room
radio radio
the underground (on 16th street across from O.P.s)
the upper room
blue velvet ? (tufty's place on b.r ave., short lived saw steve kawolski there)
there was a place where chumly's is now and was once an italian restaurant on b.r. ave.
the wellington
sitcom
the super secret spot aka mike farmer's place
ct pepper's
locals only
bentley's (south side metal bar) there was a place on the west side too, next to indoor soccer!
birdy's
the emerson
no bar and grill
zanies too

i would love to see a venue go in at the site of the old coconut records/sunflower market. more in the fountain square area would be cool.

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Permalink Reply by Dave Bostwick on July 6, 2008 at 11:27pm

Club 816
The Avenue (where Landshark's is now)
JC Bistro (which might have been the same place as Club 816

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Permalink Reply by benjamintraub on July 17, 2008 at 5:30pm

i am fucking insulted that the Secret Location has not been mentioned.
25th & Broadway was, for a long time, the only non-rental all ages spot in the city.
from stories and asides, the history goes back to 1996 (i know it doesnt seem that long ago, but it is)
everything from west coast experimental hardcore to swedish dream pop, that place saw it all.
too many neighbors around for shows now, but really some of the best parties ive ever been to, lived through, cleaned up after, and miss.

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Permalink Reply by DBJ on July 17, 2008 at 11:33pm

jeff said:

I think that Blake Babies played there twice, once upstairs and once down.

Yeah, the basement show was at night, the upstairs show was a Sunday afternoon gig, and I think they did a 15-hour drive to get there for the latter. They were both great shows...hey, you haven't even mentioned bringing Henry Rollins to Mugwumps, Jeff. Yank Rachell used to play in the basement there as well (last musician from the Anth of American Folk Music still alive when that set got reissued in '97).

Looks like Herron already got mentioned--I remember Tin Lounge (Jeff Sample era) playing there in the fall of '89.

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Permalink Reply by Bill Levin on August 5, 2008 at 8:49am

Ceasars pub, Skitz, Third base, The Art Academy on Vermont, The CHASE, 2147 (tallbot st) all prior to 1984

There was a warehouse on South Meridian we used for THE WIPERS show one year..85?...

OLIVERS in Speedway...

Oh Yeah.. Hey Marv we forgot TSOL at K9 Dogcollege in BRV !!! lol....80?..81?

AND.... The Peppermint Twist in Speedway. (before olivers)

SHERWOOD Country Club... Husker Du, and Violent Fems... shit... WASP!

Oh Yeah......... TIN HOUSE

American Heritage Park - 1977 First Urban Guerrilla Pop concert! Latex Novelties, Your Parents...

Dawsons Lake - Fathersday Mondo 1985 DOA, Sloppy 2nds, Latex Novelties

and the beat goes on....

XOXOX
bill levin

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Permalink Reply by indyfitz on August 5, 2008 at 11:29am

benjamintraub said:

i am fucking insulted that the Secret Location has not been mentioned.
25th & Broadway was, for a long time, the only non-rental all ages spot in the city.

Don't be fucking insulted, this was part of my very first post on this discussion.

indyfitz said:

I'll start with a place I've never been, but have heard about many times.
- The Secret Spot in Broad Ripple

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Permalink Reply by benjamintraub on August 5, 2008 at 12:21pm

well, it wasnt quite broad ripple. i dont know who considers south of 38th broad ripple. not to be a dick, but the house wasnt known commonly as a spot rather than a location. im not as offended by it being mentioned by its wrong name as much as that no one else mentioned it. youre one person but that house had thousands of shows.

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Permalink Reply by indyfitz on August 5, 2008 at 4:05pm

well, to those who have never been there, it's kind of a myth.. which is neat, i think. I always had heard it was in broad ripple.. i wasn't quite sure the location.. as it was the secret venue. and I said spot, because well.. to me it was a spot to have secret shows.. spot, venue, location.. it's all good. maybe one day i'll go there.

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Permalink Reply by WendyD on August 12, 2008 at 5:03pm

My favorite of all time was the Art Academy...Whipping Boy, Die Kruezen there in particular...

was it Ceasar's where the Bad Brains played?

what was that crazy warehouse where the Necros played? we spent alot of time throwing ourselves down a packing chute. best time EVER.

er, Dog College?

now the all-ages shows at Crazy Als make growing up in Indpls the most stellar of experiences...dang, we were lucky.

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Permalink Reply by matts1w on August 12, 2008 at 5:43pm

Dd anyone mention Cosmo's Pizza on 52nd Street between College and Keystone....or was it 54th??? or 49th street???I cant remember. Didnt I see basement shows there?

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