Restaurants with Live Music in Washington, DC
Washington, DC's best restaurants with live music include 9:30 Club ($20-60), Black Cat DC ($15-35), Blues Alley Jazz ($20-70), Dauphine's ($30-50 per person), and Georgia Brown's ($35-50 per person). Most performances are Thursday through Saturday — reservations recommended.
Routinely ranked best live music club in America
815 V St NW, Washington, DC 20001 · Show nights, doors typically 7pm
Oldest jazz supper club in America, since 1965
1073 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC 20007 · Shows nightly at 6pm and 8pm
Co-founded by Dave Grohl's former bandmate
1811 14th St NW, Washington, DC 20009 · Show nights, doors typically 7pm; Red Room bar open nightly
250 seats, every one close to the stage
33 Pearl St SW, Washington, DC 20024 · Tue-Sun, show times vary; closed Mon
Mid-size room splitting the difference at The Wharf
740 Water St SW, Washington, DC 20024 · Show nights, check schedule
1917 movie house, still has the original facade
535 8th St SE, Washington, DC 20003 · Show nights, check schedule
Live music 7 nights a week, no cover most nights
2461 18th St NW, Washington, DC 20009 · Sun-Thu 5pm-2am, Fri-Sat 5pm-3am; live music nightly from 8pm
Roberta Flack got her start here — live jazz Wed-Sat, no cover
601 Pennsylvania Ave SE, Washington, DC 20003 · Mon-Thu 4pm-12am, Fri-Sat 11am-1am, Sun 11am-12am; live jazz Wed-Sat from 7pm
Live jazz Wed-Sun on U Street, Sunday sessions are a ritual
1518 U St NW, Washington, DC 20009 · Wed-Sun from 5pm; live music from ~7pm
Free Sunday night jazz in Adams Morgan — no cover, no minimum
1847 Columbia Rd NW, Washington, DC 20009 · Jazz nights: Wed, Thu, Sun from 8pm
Sunday jazz brunch with Southern food — a DC institution
950 15th St NW, Washington, DC 20005 · Sunday jazz brunch 11am-2:30pm
Free Sunday afternoon jazz 3-5pm at a natural wine bar
3212 Georgia Ave NW, Washington, DC 20010 · Sun jazz 3-5pm; regular hours vary
NOLA jazz brunch with beignets and a speakeasy downstairs
1100 15th St NW, Washington, DC 20005 · Sunday jazz brunch 11am-3pm
Metal dive bar with pinball and burgers — Petworth's weirdest gem
5413 Georgia Ave NW, Washington, DC 20011 · Daily 5pm-2am; live music nights vary