Nightclubs in Memphis

Beale Street's nightclub row is Memphis's most famous entertainment corridor — the blues-soaked street where B.B. King played his residency and where virtually every building is a bar, nightclub, or live music venue with music pouring onto the sidewalk every night of the week. While covered separately as an entertainment district, the individual nightclubs of Beale Street deserve recognition as the living, breathing expression of Memphis's extraordinary musical heritage.

Cobra is Memphis's most beloved live music club and bar — a Cooper-Young venue presenting an extraordinary range of Memphis music from hip-hop to indie rock in an intimate, community-focused setting. Memphis's extraordinary music heritage — birthplace of rock and roll at Sun Studio, home of Stax Records, the birthplace of Memphis soul and rap — creates a music culture so rich that even small venues like Cobra contribute to the city's ongoing musical legacy.