Red-walled Ballard Ave rock room behind the old Chinese-restaurant sign. Bookers from The Crocodile and Tractor pack the calendar most nights of the week.

All-ages, volunteer-run nonprofit at the foot of Seattle Center. Runs the shows and the screen-print and recording studios that feed them. No bar, no barrier, no one turned away for age.

The oldest bar in Ballard, brick and a back-room stage. Country dance nights, songwriter matinees, Irish sessions and the weekly open mic under the pressed-tin ceiling.

Screwdriver Bar's Belltown room, no boat in sight. Punk, metal, and local bills most nights, ticketed through Dice.

All-ages arts nonprofit in a 1914 stone church. Songwriters, string bands, storytelling and the Round, under the vaulted ceiling.

Wallingford's funk, soul and jazz hole, two sets a night. House bands and residencies most of the week, the odd local ringer the rest.

Dive of record since 1934, once Roethke and Kerouac's, still standing off the Ave. Small stage, long history, cheap beer.

U District dive with a back-room stage, punk and local bills. Calendar lives on Instagram.

Beacon Hill bar, pizza window, and back room. Touring indie and punk, trivia, drag and DJ nights, most of them ticketed.

Georgetown chili dive with a shack stage and a patio. Roots, country, and rockabilly when the calendar is up.

Oldest saloon in Seattle, back-bar stage in Georgetown. Live bills a couple nights a week around the karaoke, trivia, drag and shanty sings.

Music room in the old Rainier Brewery on Airport Way. Shares a booking calendar with Baba Yaga, so check which room the bill names before you go.

The basement under Neumos on Pike. Low ceiling, touring indie and hip-hop, a club feel when the DJs take over.

Pioneer Square room booking loud and busy, punk to metal to touring indie, most nights of the week. All-ages when the bill says so.

Seattle's oldest saloon, 1892, stage at the back. Metal, punk, hip-hop and local showcases in Pioneer Square.

Shoreline dive up Aurora, open to 2am seven days. Punk, surf, garage and country weekends, a Sunday jazz jam, cover at the door.

West Seattle cafe and club on Delridge, kitchen up front, stage in back. Local rock bills, drag, and the odd all-ages show.

Axe-throwing bar south of the city with live music Friday and Saturday nights. Calendar comes and goes.

White Center tavern with BBQ, a dog-friendly patio, and live music most nights. Open mic Tuesdays, local bills the rest of the week.

Eastlake's black box for metal, hardcore, punk and the loud touring circuit. Been the Off Ramp and Graceland before this name; still the room bands aim for.

The small room bolted to El Corazon, clown mouth over the door. Local punk, metal and the cheap-cover bills, most nights of the week.

U District metal dive, cheap and loud, band stickers over every inch. Calendar lives on Instagram.