Joe's Bar Live Music Venue / Lounge / Sports Bar

Old Town, Chicago –

Located in an old warehouse on dimly-lit Weed Street, Joe’s Bar is a colossal 20,000-square-foot palace of sports, live music, and private parties.

Jocks and fraternity types in athletic gear sit at the long steel bar in the front room under nine monstrous flat-screens and a chaotic sea of framed jerseys and college banners, while groups of young professionals spread out to claim one of several dozen sleek wooden tables or booths that boast their own private TVs.

Just past a narrow hallway littered with concert posters is the second room, which features three full bars and a wide stage – where Rick Springfield and Rascal Flatts have been known to jam – and, of course, more TVs.

Nearly every Friday night, southerners and suburbanites in cowboy hats and flannel crowd in for live country music, while Saturdays feature local acts and cover bands playing mostly rock. But on big game nights, the normally standing-room-only performance area is set up with simple tables and chairs, while a half-dozen projection screens broadcast the Cubs, Bulls, or even the latest UFC cage match to more than a thousand screaming fans.

Wealthy sports and music-lovers might want to rent the Alley Suite, a luxury elevated VIP area with a private bar and a great view of the stage, while larger parties can reserve the nearby Red Room, a velvet-curtained space with yet another private bar.

On warm days, a 6,000-square-foot patio opens to reveal another bar and a twenty-foot projection screen dedicated to the game of the day.

Whether for music lovers or sports fans, Joe’s Bar provides prime viewing and energetic tunes in a venue so monstrous it’s sure to make the average Joe’s jaw drop.