Al's Bar
601 N Limestone, Lexington, KY 40508
Al's Bar is a venue in Lexington, Kentucky. Though it hosts locals and traveling bands of all genres, the venue for a time hosted a plethora of independent and touring doom, stoner, sludge, death metal, black metal and punk bands. The bar itself had been around since the 1960s but upon new ownership became a regular spot for touring bands and locals since 2007.
The venue also had a side building for more extreme and heavy acts known as Al's Sidecar since 2007 though in 2013 this would be revamped into a Beer Garden. The Sidecar, even with some remodeling, was easily one of the scuzziest dive spots in Lexington. By 2018, the Sidecar name was phased out.
Notably, it also hosted the Lexington Lexington Festival, Blood of the Wolf Fest (In four of it's five editions) and Boomslang / Doomslang.
On 19 November 2018 it would be announced that the current owners of Al's Bar have put the business up for sale and possibly even the building itself with the right offer. Al's Bar would find new ownership in April 2019 and go through an extensive remodeling process, finishing in August 2019.
List of Selected Performers at Al's
Louisville
- Blind Scryer
- GRLwood
- Hookers (incl. 20th Anniversary and Blood of The Wolf)
- (ohlm)
- Shi
- Shutaro Noguchi
- Stonecutters
- Tropical Trash
Lexington & Other Kentucky Cities
- Bed Sore
- Below
- BOMBS
- Brassknuckle Boys
- CROP
- The Corrupting Sea
- DeAnimator
- Dirtbag
- Dismal
- Everyone Lives Everyone Wins
- Globsters
- Hawkbill
- Idiot Glee
- Jovontaes
- merkaba
- Mook
- Neglect
- Sonic Altar
- Stampede
- Tombstalker
- Vibrolas
Regional & Touring Bands
- Devil Master
- droneroom
- Horrendous
- Howling Giant
- JD Pinkus
- Lung
- Midnight
- Negative Approach
- Nuke
- R. Stevie Moore
- Shitfucker
- Sete Star Sept