Live-music venues worth the trip in Olympia, Washington

A 1924 downtown house run by the Olympia Film Society, its stage given over to concerts and performance between film runs.

The South Sound’s largest performing-arts hall, a ~980-seat main stage booking touring artists across genres.

A goth-leaning downtown bar with a live calendar of metal, darkwave, and synth, and a queer-inclusive corner of Olympia’s scene.

A graffitied 4th Avenue punk-and-indie institution, weekly live music behind a kitchen that runs late.

A grunge-era dive with a back-room stage and deep roots in Olympia’s ’90s punk and indie scene.

A downtown Labor Temple bar with a mixed calendar of bands, DJs, comedy, and burlesque.