Live-music venues worth the trip in Little Rock, Arkansas

First Security Amphitheater is an outdoor stage in Little Rock’s Riverfront Park, “nestled on the bank of the Arkansas River”, and its operator’s site calls it “Central Arkansas’ premier outdoor concert venue”.

The Hall is a concert venue on West 9th Street in Little Rock that holds 1,300 standing, and its own site takes booking inquiries from bands and says, “Recording policies are at the band’s discretion and change from night-to-night.”

Stickyz Rock N’ Roll Chicken Shack is a restaurant and music room in Little Rock’s River Market District that its own site calls “a true Little Rock original”. Its own site also says, “You’ll find that our music room is a great place to hang out and watch some stellar musicians on our groovy sound stage.”

Hibernia Irish Tavern is an Irish pub on North Rodney Parham Road in Little Rock, and its own site says, “Hibernia’s stage is home to contemporary local bands and traditional Irish music”, with an Irish Traditional Music Session every Sunday.

Revolution Music Room is a concert room on President Clinton Avenue in Little Rock’s River Market District that takes band booking inquiries through its own site, which says it “caters to a wide variety of musical and cultural tastes year-round”.

Vino’s Brew Pub is a brewpub founded in 1990 on West 7th Street in Little Rock, and its own site says it is “Known for its slate of up-and-coming, cutting-edge bands” and that “All shows are all ages”.