The Bowery Vault

You know it’s going to be a fun night when the bartender pauses making drinks to run over to the stage and introduce the acts. Welcome to the Bowery Vault, a vintage store and coffee shop by day, and a bar and listening room by night. This bar is housed in a former East Nashville brothel (yes, really) and has musicians playing everything from plucky queer pop and heart-rending folk to synth-heavy indie. The production value is pretty impressive given the small size of the venue, and acts take on a friendly, conversational tone with their audiences thanks to the close proximity. The bar menu has cocktails featuring beer and cider as their bases rather than liquor, and also includes a refreshing variety of creative non-alcoholic beverages like the Terma Patagonia, a take on Argentinian mate.