Photos by Eric Rife

HISTORY The Casbah has been open since 1989. Its first location had a legal capacity of 75 and hosted such bands as: Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Lemonheads, The Jesus Lizard, and Rocket From The Crypt. In the beginning of '94 we moved just down the road to our larger, plusher quarters and the rest is history. Our "new" location has a capacity of 200+, there is an enclosed smoking patio, a back room featuring pool tables, pinball, the classic video game Galaga, and a full bar. There is also a music room with a full bar and a state-of-the-art 24 channel Yamaha, JBL, QSC, Crest sound system.

Some of the bands that have played at our current location include: Boss Hog, Alanis Morissette, Morphine, the Amps, The Breeders, Elastica, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Royal Crown Revue, Supersuckers, Ben Harper, Liz Phair, G Love & Special Sauce, Social Distortion, The Cult, The Strokes, White Stripes, Razorlight, Electric Six, The Arcade Fire, Radio 4, Autolux, El Vez, Juliette & the Licks, Cadillac Tramps, The Mooney Suzuki, Mouse On Mars, Dave Alvin, Mark Lanegan, Queens of the Stone Age, Gogol Bordello, Helmet, Sahara Hotnights, Dresden Dolls, DKT/MC5, The Walkmen, Ambulance Ltd., Burning Brides, Elefant, Keane, Sloan, Local H, TV on the Radio, Melvins, Von Bondies, Dramarama, Fu Manchu, Urge Overkill, Hank Williams, III, TSOL, Fiery Furnaces, The Evaporators, The Dirtbombs, The Sights, Pretty Girls Make Graves, VUE, The Pattern, The Fever, The Thrills, Adam Green, Mando Diao, Marshal Crenshaw, Shonen Knife, The Felshtones, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Raveonettes, Stella*starr, The Killers, Whirlwind Heat, Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Dandy Warhols, Evan Dando, A.R.E. Weapons, Soledad Brothers, Singapore Sling, The Kills, The Black Keys, The Fall, Mates of State and local acts such as Rocket From The Crypt, fluf, Drive Like Jehu, Three Mile Pilot, Creedle, the Rugburns, Tanner, Blackheart Procession, Hot Snakes, The Album Leaf, Louis XIV, Reeve Oliver, etc..

The Casbah features live music at least 6, often 7 nights a week with cover charges usually varying from "$0 to $10". Patrons must be 21 with a valid ID. Our hours are 8:30pm-2am.

BOOKING

How do I get tickets for The Casbah?

We now sell tickets for most shows .. at www.casbahtickets.com . You can buy tickets directly from the schedule page of our website - www.thecasbah.com. We also sell tickets for some shows at the club - these can be purchased anytime the club is open, generally after 8:30 in the evening or on Wednesday afternoons between noon-2pm, when we're there for deliveries.

Buy tickets early as a lot of shows sell out!