Sugar House Coffee — Long-running Sugar House coffeehouse that explicitly serves as a venue for local artists and musicians and hosts original-music open-mic programming. Programming includes Original music, acoustic, singer-songwriter, open mic, local. The venue is all ages. Acts that can read the room and adjust volume should do well here.
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Downtown restaurant, bar and live-music venue presenting experienced musicians nearly every day, with multiple performance/event spaces. A polished downtown music-and-cocktails venue with frequent live performers and more than one room for entertainment. For musicians, the room’s live-performance profile centers on dedicated stage and frequent live musicians; multiple rooms. Programming spans Jazz, Latin, acoustic, rock, singer-songwriter, mixed, giving artists a clear picture of the styles already associated with the room. For musicians evaluating a date here, the strongest signal is that live performance is already part of the venue’s established identity, not an incidental add-on. Lake Effect is located at 155 W 200 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84101. Capacity is 250 — Rabbit Hole room only (). Age access is event-dependent. For artists comparing possible dates, the most relevant considerations are the room’s existing music mix, the scale implied by its live-use profile, and whether the act’s format matches the venue’s established presentation style.
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- Talent Buyer
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- Capacity
- 250
- Capacity notes
- main floor, 500 total.
- Age policy
- 21+
- Genres
- Acoustic, Americana, Country, DJ, Folk, Funk, Jazz, Pop, R&B, Singer-Songwriter, Soft Rock, Soul
- Sound & production
- House sound system
- Address
- 155 West 200 South, 84101, United States
- Venue phone
- (801) 532-2068
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