The Birchmere (opens in a new tab)
Alexandria
The Birchmere is a music hall on Mount Vernon Avenue in Alexandria, and its own site calls it “America’s Legendary Music Hall” and “one of America’s great listening rooms”.
Live-music venues worth the trip in Alexandria, Virginia
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219 Restaurant (Basin Street Lounge) (opens in a new tab)
Alexandria
219 Restaurant is a French-Creole restaurant in Old Town Alexandria that has served guests since 1979, with live music in its Basin Street Lounge and DJs in its Bayou Room, and its own site says, “Enjoy live Jazz & Blues.”
Murphy's Grand Irish Pub (opens in a new tab)
Alexandria
Murphy’s Grand Irish Pub, an Irish pub in Old Town Alexandria dating to 1978, presents live music, and its own site invites guests to “Enjoy nightly Irish entertainment with no cover charge”.