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The Marquis Lounge is a cash-only hole-in-the-wall sports bar with darts, pool tables, and Friday-and-Saturday live music. Local and touring acts are welcome, and the venue provides sound. That means the room has already done its part. The band needs to do the harder thing: make a rough little bar feel like a destination. A weekend set needs pulse. Rock, punk, blues, metal, covers, originals—whatever works, if the songs have teeth and the band can keep dead air out of the room. Pool-table bars do not need a lecture. They need a chorus, a beat, and a reason to delay the next game. The raw feedback is mixed about service, so the band should keep its own operation clean: show up on time, set up fast, treat the staff well, and do not become another thing the bar has to manage. The PA is there; confirm monitors, mics, stage space, load-in, soundcheck, set length, pay, and whether cash-only applies to anything beyond the bar. The source does not list a booking route. Use the venue's public channel with a strong live clip, lineup, dates, and a direct description of the show. This is not a velvet-rope room. Proof beats poetry. Marquis is for bands that can work a real hole-in-the-wall without acting above it. Bring the riffs, respect the bar, and let the darts miss somebody else.

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(909) 882-9342

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Capacity
150
Age policy
21+
Genres
Blues, Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Reggae, Rock
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Address
1036 W. Highland Avenue, 92405, United States
Venue phone
(909) 882-9342
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