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DownUnder is downtown cocktail bar and pub-grub restaurant with live-musician dates and late-night service. The programming spans Acoustic, singer-songwriter, and local, giving artists a useful sense of what already works in the room. An intimate downtown cocktail bar with live-music nights and a food menu built around international pub fare. The venue is set up for limited — intimate bar with solo and small-format live-music dates; standard full-band setup not. This is a hospitality room, so the strongest acts will know how to keep the crowd engaged without treating every song like a headline-club performance. For the right act, that can be a solid working date rather than a throwaway background gig.

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Contact
Kris
Role
Talent Buyer

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filler@godaddy.com
662-269-2288, 662-432-5753Open booking page

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Capacity
60
Age policy
21+
Genres
Acoustic, Americana, Blues, Folk, Indie, Singer-Songwriter, Soft Rock
Sound & production
No house sound system
Address
216a W. Main Street, 38804, United States
Venue phone
(662) 432-5753

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