- Alpine Lounge – Grand Rapids AKA Brass Monkey (previous to Alpine Lounge)
- Avalon Tavern – Gun Lake
- Barney’s Tavern – Sand Lake
- Barvarian Inn – Bridge St. GR
- Blue Note – Grand Rapids
- Blue Shoe Zoo – Onekama
- Bostwick Lake Inn – M44
- Bow Tie – Sparta
- Brass Bull – Sparta
- Brass Monkey –Same location as Alpine Lounge on Alpine Ave. Brass Monkey preceded Alpine Lounge.
- Brown Derby – 1930s, between 3000-4500 South Division
- Charlevoix Club – Grand Rapids
- Cheers – On Plainfield in Grand Rapids
- Chez Ami (SW corner of 54th St. and Division) AKA Paulo’s Living Room?
- Clio’s – Grand Rapids (NW Corner of 6 Mile Rd. & Alpine Ave.)
- Colony Room – Kalamazoo
- Continental Bar – Greenville
- Coral Gables – Old Crow – Saugatuck
- Coral Gables – Point After – Grand Rapids
- Cozy Lounge – Division at Wealthy; AKA Green Room
- Creek – Big Rapids
- Crystal Palace – Paw Paw
- Danny J’s – Grand Rapids, Division
- Dick’s Lakeside Inn – South side of Big Crooked Lake
- Dirty Shame – Ada
- Driftwood Bar Grill – Croton Dam
- East Town Saloon On Wealthy AKA Yacht Club/ Billie’s
- Elbow Room – Originally on Division next to the 4 Star Theater in the early 60s but was moved to the opposite side of the street.
- Embassy – Allendale
- Fountain Street Church – Grand Rapids
- Golden Glo – Grand Rapids
- Gratton Irish Pub – Gratton
- Grotto – Disco on 28th Street
- Gussy Wussies – 937 S. Division; demolished
- Harbor Inn – Grand Haven
- Harvard Tavern – Harvard, MI
- Hilliards -Wayland
- Homestead Lounge – Plainfield Ave.
- Intersection – Wealthy S.E.
- Konkle’s Bar – Bridge St.
- Lamar Park – Wyoming
- Lamonico’s Lounge – Comstock Park (demolished)
- Lena Lou’s – Ada
- Lincoln Country Club – Standale
- Log Cabin – South Disivion
- Make Believe’s – Remembrance Road at Leonard
- Mayfair Bar – Lansing – Kingtones played here in early years
- Metro Bowl – Lansing
- Michigan Classic Country Museum and WPLB – Frank Anderson at
- September 18, 2005 12:41 AM
- Mouse Trap – Bridge St.
- Mr. Clark’s Beefeater Room – On Campau (demolished)
- Mr. President’s Inn – Plainfield & I-96
- Nick Fink’s Bar – Comstock Park
- Night Hawk– Belding
- Northern Star – Mecosta
- One Trick Pony – Fulton St. (Downtown)
- Our Theater (Fenton Studios) – West Leonard, Grand Rapids
- Paulo’s Living Room – (SW Corner of 54th St. & Division)
- Point West – Holland
- Putt Putts – On West Fulton near John Ball Park
- Radison Landing Lounge – Holiday Inn, Ann St.; Also AKA Holly’s Landing
- Ricker’s – Comstock Park
- Roaring 20s – Had a pipe organ; located on the north side of 28th St. East near Paris S.E.
- Rogue Lounge – Plainfield Ave. near Four Mile N.E.
- Roma Hall – South Division, Grand Rapids
- Rose Room – 814 South Division S.E.
- Run Amok Promotions – Spring Lake
- Russo’s – Belding
- Russo’s – Bridge St. GR
- Sayfee’s – South Division, moved to Lake Easbrook Blvd. in the 70s
- Sentry Post – Monroe near the post office (north of Michigan NE) (Demolished)
- Shamrock Lounge – Bridge St. in Grand Rapids by the post office
- Snug Harbor – Grand Haven (downtown Grand Haven)
- Sound Factory – Kalamazoo
- Stephenie’s Lounge – Eastern/44TH
- Silo Gopher – Marne
- Stardust Lounge – West Fulton
- Stoney’s – Grand Rapids – 4 Mile & Plainfield (Now Bud & Stanley’s)
- The Abbey – Traverse City
- The Back 40 – Fulton St. Downtown Grand Rapids
- The Bank – Grand Rapids
- The Basement – Corner of Front and Pearl St. in the early 70’s
- The Bob – Downtown Grand Rapids
- The Hatch – Holland
- The Muze – Grand Rapids (Old Tequila Willey’s)
- The Thunder Chicken – AKA Alibi on Alpine near 6 Mile Road
- Thunderbird Lounge
- TiKi Lounge – Grand Rapids
- Tom’s Brew – Grand Rapids
- West Bank – Bridge St. GR (Sold to Russo’s)
- Westgate Bowl – Alpine Lounge, Gate Room, Bucket Pub; on Alpine near 5 Mile Road
- Westwood Ranch House – West River Road
- White House Bistro – Saugatuck
- Wigwam
- Willard House – Lake City
- Wooden Nickel – Lake County
- Woodshed – Rockford
- Yellow Jacket – M-45 west of Allendale
- Sand and Surf – Ann & Alpine
- Z’s – Downtown Grand Rapids
(Visited 1 times, 1 visits today)
Some local music venues to consider adding to your list:
Kentwood Roller Rink (aka “Bowen’s”) on 52nd St. at Division – Kentwood
Wyoming Armory on 44th St. west of 131
Southern BBQ at 4157 S. Division (demolished)
We have photos of several Wyoming venues on our Facebook account (Wyoming History-Room), including Chez Ami.
Tom M.
We already have your Venues in a list, they are under Teen Clubs, as that best describes them. Please tell us about Southern BBQ, was this a place that had music at one time or is it just an eatery? Admin.
Great!
Here’s a link to a captioned photo of the Southern BBQ: http://www.flickr.com/photos/joeyharrison/378088034/
It was located where Tommy Brann’s is now on South Division.
We played the Grand Haven Roller Rink and Ballroom many times.WTRU disc jockey Don Anderson hosted.The place was always packed.
Whatever happened to The Grand Haven Ballroom? Lots of big time bands played there over the years.
Will you please add us to your venues
Grattan Irish Pub
Rockford Michigan
Please add us to venues and thanks for doing this site
Ben, Your welcome and glad that you like our site. We will add your name to the Venues list. And I had a great time at your place Saturday Night. Thanks