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Dee's Country Cocktail Lounge
The hub of Nashville's young bluegrass scene: a '70s-style country lounge in Madison. Go on a Monday, when pickers often sit in.
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When to go
Monday: Bluegrass Mondays, a 6-8 pm residency then a full-band show; guest pickers often sit in.
Insider tip
21+ (house rules: 'Pay your tab. Don't be an asshole'). Pool, darts, a fire pit out back and a front porch. In 2025 talent buyer Keshia Bailey and manager Elizabeth Turner became partners with founder Amy Dee Richardson.
Live music
- Mon 6 PM–8 PMBluegrass Mondays residency slot (currently banjo player Kyle Tuttle; previously Bronwyn Keith-Hynes), followed by a ticketed full-band show; about $10 source
At the venue
- Tickets
- ticketed (TuneHatch via deeslounge.com)
- Ages
- 21+
- How to get in
- The shows calendar on deeslounge.com is a TuneHatch ticketing page; Bluegrass Monday was listed at $10 (Pamphleteer, Sept 2026).
- Calendar
- See who's playing
Find it
- Phone
- (615) 852-8827
- Website
- deeslounge.com
- Reservations
- n/a
Recognition
Checked Oct. 1, 2026. Ratings are a snapshot from Google and Yelp; ranks are ours (how we rank). Something out of date? Tell us.
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