Ex Novo Brewing Co. — Albuquerque Taproom & Restaurant is a downtown brewpub with live music and enough room for a substantial crowd. The main indoor area seats about 250, with additional patio and private-room capacity, giving rock, indie, roots and local bands more breathing room than a small taproom date. It is a 21+ hospitality setting, so the strongest acts will balance full-band energy with the social flow of a brewpub.
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Commercial brewhouse/taproom with an active event program that includes bands, jam nights and live performers. Brewhouse with documented 2026 band performances and musician-focused event nights. From a performer’s standpoint, the venue is set up around multiple 2026 full-band performances and jam events are documented. The music mix includes Rock, jam, local bands, mixed, which helps define the kinds of performers already represented in the venue’s programming. For working musicians, that established live-use pattern makes the venue easier to evaluate in terms of format, audience setting, and show style. The Tatted Bee Brewhouse is located at 11500 Menaul Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87112. Musicians considering the venue can use its existing programming and performance format as the main guide when deciding whether their set, instrumentation, and audience expectations are a good match. Its ongoing connection to live performance also gives artists a stronger basis for judging the room than they would have with a venue used only sporadically for music.
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- 11500 Menaul Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87112, United States
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