The Dame in Lexington, KY

Address	156 W. Main Street  (MAP) Lexington, KY 40507
Phone	(859)226-9005
Website	http://dameky.com/
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The Dame, 156 W. Main Street, is Lexington's best and most exciting music venue. The Dame has live music six nights a week, of all genres, plus special events like the Lexington Mardi Gras celebration and the Until the Violence Stops: Kentucky festival, charity events, tributes, comedy and improv theater, exclusive film screenings, open mic nights, and more!

Since opening in April of 2003, the Dame has hosted such eclectic acts as, in no particular order, Guided By Voices, The Arcade Fire, Neko Case, Mogwai, Blackalicious, Frank Black, Animal Collective, RJD2, Band of Horses, Fruit Bats, Dalek, Iron and Wine, Scissor Sisters, Del tha Funkee Homosapien, The Juan MacLean, Rahzel, Camper Van Beethoven, the Pharcyde, Dosh, Gillian Welch, Of Montreal, Rogue Wave, De La Soul, X, Elf Power, Dressy Bessy, Dar Williams, the 22-20s, Carlos D, De Novo Dahl, Clem Snide, Jucifer, Forget Cassettes, Burnt Sugar, Man Man, Burning Brides, The Wailers, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & Matt Sweeny, Stars, the Zombies, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, The Essex Green, The Black Keys, VHS or Beta, the Features, Los Lonely Boys, Busdriver, Umphrey's McGee, Hasil Adkins, Jenny Toomey, My Brightest Diamond, Brian Auger, Lucero, Murder By Death, Dieselboy, Tony Conrad, Apples in Stereo, Hank III, Blue Cheer, Jolie Holland, North Mississippi All Stars, Devotchka, Jeff Coffin Mu'tet, Alejandro Escovedo, the Heartless Bastards, Voodoo Organist, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, The Hedrons, Robert Earl Keen, Tommie Sunshine, Iswhat?!, Sun Ra Arkestra, Electric Eel Shock, C-Rayz Walz, Kaki King, Dierks Bently, Michael Tolcher, Devin the Dude, Rodney Crowell, New Model Army, The Sleepy Jackson, Califone, Michelle Shocked, Richard Buckner, Particle, Robert Randolph, Slightly Stoopid, The Detroit Cobras, Kathleen Edwards, Burning Spear, Dark Star Orchestra, the Impossible Shapes, The Queers, Scissors For Lefty, Buddy Miller, Chuck Prophet, Asylum Street Spankers, The National, Goose Creek Symphony, Little Brother, Rickie Lee Jones, Amy Ray, Tommy Stinson, Duwayne Burnside, Pernice Brothers, US Maple, The Sadies, Marc Broussard, Hair Police, Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, Sam Bush, Quintron & Ms. Pussycat, Freakwater, Son Volt, Edith Frost, Papa M, Southern Culture on the Skids, the Tom Tom Club, Shooter Jennings, John Hammond, Hamid Drake, The High Water Marks, Los Straitjackets, The Octopus Project, Drive By Truckers, Karl Denson, Wesley Willis, Revered Horton Heat, Charlie Hunter, Nappy Roots, Over the Rhine, KRS-One, Old Crow Medicine Show, Jabali Afrika, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Pete Best, Brother Danielson, Ming + FS, Souls of Mischief, Avett Brothers, Andrew Bird, Don Caballero, Rasputina, the Suicide Girls, Battles, Do Make Say Think, DJ Spooky, and every local and regional artist worth seeing!

Fyi, The Dame is first and foremost a bar and can therefore only allow those folks 21+ through our doors.

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	John wrote on Sep 5 at 7:06 pm Video of the demolition of the Dame and Busters block. Sad to see such icons of the area destroyed.
	John wrote on Jun 9 at 11:46 pm It is pretty much a count down till the doors close at the dame. I'm pretty sure that the 22 is the last night it will be open. I don't know for sure, but that is the last show listing. It will be sad to see it leave
	JeNe wrote on Mar 1 at 1:11 am This place gets great bands, but what do you expect for the only live music bar in town, or at least that anyone knows about.
	Novi wrote on Feb 27 at 12:14 pm This place gets great bands, but what do you expect for the only live music bar in town, or at least that anyone knows about.
	John wrote on Jan 11 at 9:09 am The Dame is pretty much the only music scene in Lexington. I do have to say they manage to get a pretty good variety of acts too. I've seen Andrew Bird there and Dressy Bessy. Pretty intimate setting for some really good music.
	brandon wrote on Jan 7 at 6:45 pm The Dame is now open on Sundays but their liquor license on permits them to serve beer. It is an alternative to some of over crowd bars.
	Bar Fly wrote on Dec 7 at 7:00 pm I love live music and some of the acts are really good, but the sound tech is horrible. I do not see the point in playing music so loud that it changes into noise. The Dame is a small venue, but you would think that the sound guy was supplying music for 5,000 people. I leave with a headache most of the time, which prevents me from going to see some of the shows.
	Sean wrote on Dec 5 at 10:04 pm Good place. Usually good music (occasionally GREAT music). If you go there on a busy night, though, be ready to wait for a drink.
	Millie wrote on Nov 23 at 1:27 pm It's a cool place, but a little overrated in my opinion.
	toddorama wrote on Oct 29 at 11:19 pm Cool music scene here.
	Andy wrote on Oct 23 at 8:14 pm The Dame always has great bands!
	booze_hound wrote on Sep 24 at 7:41 pm I got messed up at the dame last week! They had an awesome band, mixed with $2.00 KY ALE drafts = Blacked out! haha
	brandon wrote on Sep 13 at 10:36 pm Get venue for music and local bands as well.