Club Congress

Live Music: This upbeat dance club offers a wide range of popular theme nights, with some of the best DJs in the area spinning nostalgic tracks or the best alternative music of today. Club Congress is also a popular live music venue for touring national acts. Mondays are 80s nights, Friday is live music, and Saturday night DJs spin music for Tucson's hippest crowds. Club Congress is located...

The '80s have made a significant comeback. From the special-edition DVD release of "Say Anything" to leopard-print spandex shorts (OK, so maybe I’m the only one wearing those), it seems like we really are living in the '80s all over again. It all makes sense; if you think about it, we have the same president (though not for long ...), Wall Street is in turmoil again and "Family Ties" is still...

This boisterous joint on the ground floor of the Hotel Congress has five bar areas that offer steeply discounted drinks after 10 p.m. Live bands often have crowds of dancers spilling out into the lobby of the hotel.

Just off the lobby of the restored Hotel Congress (now a budget hotel catering to younger travelers), Club Congress is Tucson's main alternative-music venue. There are usually several nights of live music each week, and over the years such bands as Nirvana, Dick Dale, and the Goo Goo Dolls have played here, although more recently, the club has tended to book primarily local and regional acts.

The Scene
Club Congress has been Tucson's self-appointed center of cool since its inception in 1985. Probably the closest thing to an urban club experience in Tucson, what was once a...

“One of the 10 best rock clubs in the United States,” Club Congress has continuously striven to be...