Southern-inspired Main Street restaurant and pub hosting live music every Friday and Saturday. For working artists, the venue’s established use includes september 2026 calendar has eight live performances and weekly Fri/Sat music. The venue’s live-music mix covers Acoustic, Singer-songwriter, Country, Pop, Rock, Local, Multi-genre, providing a useful reference point for bands and solo performers considering the room. Because the space already presents live performers, artists can assess it as an active music destination rather than a general room with no performance history. Founding Brothers Restaurant & Pub is located at 168 E Main St, Newark, DE 19711. Age access is event-dependent. Artists evaluating the space should focus on how closely their show format matches the venue’s existing live-music pattern, since that is the clearest indicator of fit available here. For performers building a routing plan, the venue’s established live-music activity provides a concrete reason to consider it alongside other active rooms in the market.
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Bank Shots 40 brings live music to Newark, Delaware with a 21+ door policy and room for roughly 200. They host live music on Friday and Saturday nights only. Artists working in Classic Rock, Folk Rock, Rock, Rockabilly, and Southern Rock fit Bank Shots 40’s stated range. Bank Shots 40 accepts booking inquiries through Facebook. The available PA and production support at Bank Shots 40 are not confirmed; settle those requirements before accepting the date. Artists should confirm Bank Shots 40’s final schedule and show-specific deal before publishing the date. Bank Shots 40’s stated song policy is all song types.
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- Capacity
- 200
- Age policy
- 21+
- Genres
- Classic Rock, Folk Rock, Rock, Rockabilly, Southern Rock
- Sound & production
- Confirm with venue
- Address
- 2689 Pulaski Highway, 19702, United States
- Venue phone
- (302) 737-9887
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