Live-music venues worth the trip in Tacoma, Washington

A restored 1918 vaudeville palace of roughly 1,270 seats, the flagship of Tacoma’s downtown theatre district.

A 1916 ballroom on the second floor of McMenamins’ Elks Temple, roughly 700 capacity under original detailing and back in use for live music.

A two-level 6th Avenue room with a full bar and kitchen, Tacoma’s dependable stop for touring bands and local nights.

Tacoma’s non-profit, all-ages room since 2015, community-booked indie, punk, and metal.

A Puyallup Avenue pub with a stage and a covered patio, live bands on the weekends.