Distribution Bar is a live-performance stop in Fort Worth, Texas, while final capacity and age rules remain show-specific. The bar occupies the former S&R Bar location in the city’s Near Southside development. Distribution Bar can hold shows any night of the week, and its calendar is open to All Genres. Booking inquiries go through the venue’s online form. The production package is not confirmed, so PA, monitoring, backline, and staffing need direct agreement. Final timing and event-specific arrangements also need agreement before the show is announced. Artists should build proposals around musical fit, available dates, and the practical setup required for the room.
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White Elephant Saloon is a long-running Stockyards bar with live music seven nights a week and a classic Texas saloon atmosphere. The venue is especially well suited to country, Western swing, Americana, Red Dirt, blues, acoustic performers, and compact full bands. For musicians, a broad repertoire, strong vocals, and crowd interaction matter because the audience is social and may be dancing, drinking, and moving through the room. Large production is unnecessary; authenticity and a confident bar-band set carry more weight. White Elephant is a strong Fort Worth target for working country and roots musicians seeking recurring Stockyards dates and a crowd that already expects live music every night.
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- Capacity
- 150
- Age policy
- 21+
- Genres
- Acoustic, Country, Honky Tonk, Southern Rock, Western
- Sound & production
- House sound system
- Address
- 106 E. Exchange Avenue, 76164, United States
- Venue phone
- (817) 624-8273
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