Ukulele Open Mic and Jam at THE BALCONY CLUB - A Dallas Landmark - Lakewood Area
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The Balcony Club is one of those legendary places. You know the kind.
One step into The Balcony Club, and you know you’ve arrived somewhere special. While you’re sipping a Manhattan or a Martini, you can’t help but notice the art deco accents from days past adorning the walls. Live music fills the cozy lounge and makes the perfect setting to begin (or end) a perfect evening; or, you can join our regular patrons and stay all night long. Behind the bar, a fine collection of spirits and wines await your arrival. Let us pour you a cocktail as you take in the next ukulele open mic performance at the one and only Balcony Club. Or better yet, get up there and perform yourself.
Join us for a Sunday afternoon Ukulele Open Mic and Jam - bring your Uke! Bring the jam book!
Stay afterwards (if you'd like) for live JAZZ Music from 5:00pm - 2:00am
NO COVER SUNDAY -- Please plan on buying a drink from The Balcony Club: They are not charging us to use the space, and this is how we can pay them back.
Ages 21 and UP Only
Sunday, August 11th
2:00pm -5:00pm
The Balcony Club
1825 Abrams
Dallas, TX 75214
https://balconyclub.com/
214-826-8104
DRINKS
HAPPY HOUR - Sunday 2:00pm - 6:00pm
$2 OFF Cocktails
$2 OFF Draft Beer
$1 OFF Bottle of Wine
FOOD
Although they are a Liquor only venue they are within walking distance from ten restaurants. And attached to Mi Cocina mexican restaurant.
A little about the venue: Source - D Magazine BY CHASE BEAKLEY PUBLISHED IN ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT JUNE 7, 2019 3:36 PM
Most people who are at the Balcony Club on Sunday night are here every Sunday, unless they’re sick or out of town. Something about the honesty of the music and intimacy of the room transforms jazz heads and bon vivants into loyal congregants.
The venue is nestled against the Lakewood Theater like a mother-in-law apartment. It has been a neighborhood haven for live music for almost 40 years. Back then, Dallas jazz legends like saxophonist Marchel Ivery and pianist Big Al Dupree held residences. The bar was big on character and, well, not big on amenities. “I started coming in the late 80s,” one regular says. “It was so smoky you had to duck under a layer of cigarette smoke to find a seat.”
“They used to regularly run out of booze,” says another Balcony Club stalwart. “I like Hendricks and I would come in and want a Hendricks and tonic and they would just be out and say, ‘Well we don’t know when we’ll get any more.'”
Despite, or because of, that history, the Balcony Club has the character every newly opened bar tries to manufacture. Nowadays the smoke is gone, the bar is stocked, and new owners Patrick Glennon, Scott Metcalfe, and Toni Scott have blunted some of the jagged edges. But the soul of the place still shines. Sitting at the J shaped bar, you can imagine those old jazz legends pulling up a stool beside you.