Dempsey's Public House is a live-music venue in Fargo, North Dakota. Downtown Irish-style pub with a recurring live-music schedule featuring local and regional bands. Reviews generally praise the lively Irish-pub atmosphere, value and entertainment; service and security experiences are somewhat mixed. The venue supports live-band performance, giving working groups a clear basis for evaluating the room. Programming includes Rock, blues, folk, acoustic, covers, local/regional bands. Age access is 21+. The venue is located at 226 Broadway N, Fargo, ND 58102. For musicians evaluating a date, the established programming is the clearest guide to whether a set, instrumentation, and audience profile will fit the room. Artists can compare their sound and show scale with the venue’s existing live-music format before pursuing a date. Bands and solo performers can use the genre mix, audience setting, and performance style as practical signals when building a routing plan. For working musicians, that established performance pattern also provides useful context for deciding how much production, stage footprint, and preparation a show may require. The venue’s live-use pattern makes it a practical lead for suitable performers.
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Babb's Coffee House is a downtown Fargo café where live music and poetry readings are part of the atmosphere. Acoustic, folk, singer-songwriter, jazz and pop all fit the all-ages room, which rewards nuance and direct connection more than amplification. Solo performers and small ensembles with strong material should be especially comfortable here.
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- Shawn and Misty
- Role
- Talent Buyer
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- Capacity
- 100
- Age policy
- All Ages
- Genres
- Acoustic, Americana, Bluegrass, Blues, Folk, Folk Rock, Jazz, Pop, Singer-Songwriter, Soft Rock
- Sound & production
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- Address
- 604 Main Avenue, 58103, United States
- Venue phone
- (701) 532-1260
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