Live-music venues worth the trip in Evansville, Indiana

Its own About Ford Center page lists an NHL-regulation floor with no obstructed views, sixteen twenty-person suites and 95 main concourse loge seats, and credits VenuWorks as the arena’s manager. Its calendar mixes touring concerts with college basketball and WWE.

Its own site describes a locally owned bar and restaurant in Evansville’s historic Haynie’s Corner district, with two patios and a calendar built around live music nights and weekend brunch.

Its own site calls it the area’s only country-themed restaurant and bar, at 2124 W Franklin Street, with new acts coming from Nashville every weekend.

Its own site describes a multi-faceted West Side room at 2131 W Franklin Street under an 18-foot neon guitar, with a nightclub floor where Saturday night is always live and a calendar running from tribute bands to touring acts from Nashville, Indianapolis and Louisville.