Waterside District

Cure Coffeehouse & Brasserie is a 48-capacity, All Ages room in Norfolk, Virginia. Cure Coffeehouse & Brasserie are a cafe style eatery serving the best pour-over coffees, signature lattes, craft beers, and selective wines. They host an open jam on Thursday nights and shows sporadically on Friday and Saturday nights. Musically, Cure Coffeehouse & Brasserie accommodates Acoustic, Americana, Bluegrass, Blues, Folk, Folk Rock, and Jazz. Cure Coffeehouse & Brasserie handles booking by email, and submissions should include preferred dates. Artists need to confirm Cure Coffeehouse & Brasserie’s sound system, monitoring, available backline, and technical staffing. Confirm Cure Coffeehouse & Brasserie’s show schedule and any unlisted deal terms before routing around the performance.

Leone's is a downtown Italian restaurant with a recurring patio live-music series. The venue combines live entertainment with food, drinks, and conversation, so musicians need to complement the room while still giving guests a reason to listen. For musicians, controlled volume, strong vocals, and a compact, professional setup are especially valuable. Solo artists, duos, trios, and compact full bands can all work depending on the night, with the strongest performers able to move smoothly between atmosphere and higher-energy moments. Leone's is worth considering for musicians whose audience size, stage setup, and live format match the venue’s scale and atmosphere. Before pursuing a date, bands should think about whether their normal set length, equipment footprint, volume, and audience draw suit the way people actually use the space during live events.

Attucks Theatre is a historic SevenVenues theater presenting concerts, jazz, touring performances and community arts programming. The room is designed around a seated or focused audience and a professional stage, so artists can present a complete concert rather than compete with normal bar traffic. For musicians, polished stagecraft, formal advance work, and a well-paced show matter more than the multi-set format common in restaurants and clubs. It is a strong fit for established regional artists, touring performers, ensembles, and projects that benefit from attentive listening and theater-level production. Based on the venue’s programming, jazz, folk are among the styles most likely to feel natural here, although individual events can broaden that mix. Attucks Theatre is worth considering for musicians whose audience size, stage setup, and live format match the venue’s scale and atmosphere. Before pursuing a date, bands should think about whether their normal set length, equipment footprint, volume, and audience draw suit the way people actually use the space during live events.