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Solly's U St Tavern is a live-music venue in Washington, District of Columbia. U Street neighborhood tavern with weekly Friday live music and an upstairs space available for bands and events. The venue supports live-band performance, giving working groups a clear basis for evaluating the room. Programming includes Rock, hip-hop, local bands, karaoke, mixed. Age access is 21+. The venue is located at 1942 11th St NW, Washington, DC 20001. 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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202-232-6590

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Capacity
100
Age policy
21+
Genres
Acoustic, Americana, Blues, Folk, Indie, Rockabilly, Singer-Songwriter
Sound & production
House sound system
Address
1942 11th Street NW, 20001, United States
Venue phone
(202) 232-6590
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