Granada Theater 1020 Massachusetts St.
With its monstrous marquee, Granada is the venue in Lawrence least likely to win a game of hide-and-go-seek. According to the theater's Web site, The Granada was originally built in 1928 for vaudeville shows and did not become the club we all know and love until 1993.
As the Lawrence venue most likely to book acts that some of you may have actually heard of, big name bands like Weezer and The Hives have taken to the Granada stage at times of relative fame. In addition to the heavy concert schedule, Granada also hosts Neon, a dance party every Thursday night where patrons pretend the 80s were cooler than they probably actually were.
Top 5 venues
that didn't make the top 5
*The Eighth Street Tap Room, 801 New Hampshire St.
- GaslightTavern and Coffeehouse, 317 N. $ 2^{\mathrm{nd}} $ St.
*The Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Massachusetts St.
- Nattily dressed Scottish rock dandies Franz Ferdinand at Liberty Hall, September 22 (Tonight!)
*Harbour Lights, 1031 Massachusetts St.
*Stu's Midtown Tavern, 925 Iowa St.
- Japanese psych-rockers Acid Mothers Temple at Jackpot Saloon, October 8
- Gypsy punk miscreants Gogol Bordello at The Bottleneck, October 12
If you miss these shows, you'll be sad
- Minneapolis hip-hop heavyweights Atmosphere at Granada, November 11
- Morose post-post-punkers Paper Chase at The Replay, October 18
Liberty Hall 644 Massachusetts St.
Liberty Hall's got it and then some. Since it was first built in the 1870s, Liberty Hall has re-invented itself more than Madonna and has had more names than Diddy. Originally used as the Lawrence town meeting center, the hall was visited by none other than Irish writer and itinerant hooligan, Oscar Wilde, near the end of the century.
After burning down in the early 1900s, a new building was erected on the site and, for the next 60 years was used for an odd variety of purposes - vaudeville theatre and Hallmark card storage among them.
First used for music in 1965 when it became the Red Dog Inn, the building would spend the next 20 years changing names and, conversely, booking disparate bands. After spending time as both a blues club, hosting Hound Dog Taylor, and a punk club, hosting damn near every important punk band you can think of, the building closed for renovation and re-opened in 1986, and became known as Liberty Hall once again.
Used mainly for movies these days.
the theatre only b o o k s a b o u t t h r e e to four shows per m o n th, but with a capacity of more t h a n 1 , 0 0 0 t h o s e shows are generally some of the best and biggest in
town. The most chronologically diverse venue in Lawrence, Liberty Hall hosts old-time favorites like Joan Baez as well as hip new rockers like The Faint and Interpol for young people who like to wear black and shuffle their feet a little.
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Harbor Lights 1031 Massachusetts
Feeling claustrophobic at your usual downtown bar? Have you gotten sick of the same pints of beer you can find at nearly every bar in Lawrence? Well, maybe Harbor Lights cab be your new favorite watering hole. With its two newly-felted pool tables, two dart boards and one of the few foosball tables in town, Harbor Lights is sure to bring out the bar sport Olympian in anyone.
Harbor Lights offers one of the best selections of import and microbrew draught brews in all of Larry-ville. The Tuesday night pint special is microbrew pints only $2 and import Pints $2.25. The bar also hosts live music every Sunday and Wednesday night, which varies with everything from jazz to bluegrass to hip-hop. Bartender Chris Wheatley says what he enjoys most about the bar is the chill atmosphere. "You can be comfortable even when the place is packed. Also, you don't have to put up with the bullshit you do at other downtown bars." Harbor Lights also has a covered patio to feed your nicotine addiction or simply enjoy a beautiful evening.
- Rory Flynn