Blue Moon Tavern
Live music bar · University District ·
Historic dive bar with live music, cheap beer, and a legacy
Historic dive bar with live music, cheap beer, and a legacy
"The whole place is pockmarked with band stickers from performances past, the ancient leather barstools sink, and wooden booths look like they may have been carved from some local lumberjack’s backyard. Fancy cocktails aren't a thing here, and the slim snack selection includes Tim's Chips and beef sticks, but that's part of the appeal. Basically, the Blue Moon Tavern is paradise for those who like live music and cheap beer." - gabe guarente, aimee rizzo
"The whole place is pockmarked with band stickers from performances past, the barstools sink with ancient leather, and wooden booths look like they may have been carved from some local lumberjack’s backyard. Basically, the Blue Moon Tavern is paradise for those who like live music and cheap beer. Pinball, tipsy head-bobbing when bands play" - kayla sager riley, aimee rizzo, gabe guarente
"The whole place is pockmarked with band stickers from performances past, the barstools sink with ancient leather, and wooden booths look like they may have been carved from some local lumberjack’s backyard. Basically, the Blue Moon Tavern is paradise for those who like live music and cheap beer." - Gabe Guarente
"Stepping into this 87-year-old University District bar and live music venue means you’re stepping into history. The Blue Moon was a hangout spot for both 1940s beatniks and Nirvana. It still hosts a lot of shows and an art night where patrons take out their sketchbooks." - Meg van Huygen
"It's not exactly quiet or cozy, but the Blue Moon’s literary credentials make it a must for book-loving drinkers: founded in 1934 and long a favorite of local writers forced off campus by a bar radius ban, it hosted Theodore Roethke and other locals, drew visits from Allen Ginsberg and Dylan Thomas, and remains a place where you can sip a Rainier tallboy and open a book of Beat poetry or the latest issue of Poetry Northwest." - Andrew Engelson