Live-music venues worth the trip in Bloomington, Indiana

The park’s own site lists a main stage and performance lawn with room for up to 5,000 people plus an 11,000 square foot pavilion with overhead doors for indoor and outdoor festival use, and the city’s parks department programs free summer concerts there.

Its own site describes a 1922 art deco theater at 114 E. Kirkwood Avenue with 630 fixed seats, and its calendar mixes touring concerts with comedy, film and the Lotus World Music and Arts Festival.

Its own site calls it a beer bar and music venue in an alley at 205 S. College Avenue, with a Tuesday open mic and honky tonk night and karaoke every Saturday following the night’s show.

Its own site describes a bar at 123 South Walnut Street that specializes in craft beer as an alternative to the Kirkwood college bars, with a separate venue calendar of 18-plus and 21-plus touring indie shows.

Its own site bills it as The Bluebird Nightclub at 216 N. Walnut and runs a 21-plus calendar spanning classic rock, country, Americana and emo nights alongside touring acts.