Enjoy live music in half-moon booths with plush seating and rich fabrics in the historic Mann building. Food and wine provided by Wild Ginger. Don’t miss the 1,900-gallon freshwater aquarium in the lounge while sipping on a colorful cocktail.
Capitol Hill’s hipster epicenter, Neumos caters to all types of music lovers and cocktail imbibers. It’s a great, somewhat intimate venue to hear a beloved band, so long as you don’t mind getting beer sloshed on your shoes.
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Swing your pardner round at this no-frills music joint with a full bar and dance floor to throw it down or do-si-do. See local alt-country acts, renowned rockabilly artists, Celtic jammers, indie-pop bands, and folksters.
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Inside the circular glass facade, find amazing acoustics and artist Dale Chihuly’s Crystal Cascade (two chandeliers, three tons each). Home to the Seattle Symphony and host to more than 700 events each year, the performance space will take your breath away.
The infamous grunge club may have a new paint job and fancy pizza parlor, but the stellar indie and hip hop lineup remains. Among rock musicians, The Croc is still a career rite of passage.
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Avant-garde and surprising contemporary dance, musical, and theater performances plus whatever else seems obscure enough to take to the stage from international and continental U.S. companies.
Party people’s favorite spot. The beautifully crafted (salvaged wood and metal railings) loft space caters to Capitol Hill’s nighttime denizens. Rent it out or swing by to partake in the scheduled hoopla, hors d’oeuvres, wine list, and full bar.
Walk under Cai Guo-Qiang’s automotive Inopportune to enter the city’s preeminent selection of modern and contemporary, American, European, Asian, and Northwest permanent art collections plus internationally recognized traveling exhibits.
The historic downtown theater hosts local and national musicians, comedians, theatrical performances, and community events in a central (bar- and restaurant-saturated) strip of the city.