About
The Casbah opens at 8:30 pm on show nights unless otherwise noted on our site. Generally our bands will kick off around 9 or 9:30 depending on the night of the week. For touring acts, the set times are at the discretion of the headlining artist, however they generally start by 11pm on weeknights and by 11:30 on weekends. For shows outside the Casbah, the set times are determined by the venue and artists, but it is worth noting that our ALL AGES shows (at the Women’s Club, The Irenic, and Soma) are subject to curfew laws and usually start within half an hour of the posted time on our site and generally are over by about 10:30pm.
History
The Casbah has been open since 1989. Its first location (pictured left) 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, and local acts such as Rocket From The Crypt, fluf, Drive Like Jehu, Three Mile Pilot, Creedle, the Rugburns, Tanner, Blackheart Procession.
