Music barEast Nashville$$$$
The 5 Spot
A Five Points bar and dance floor with a mostly local crowd.
#5 in Clubs + small rooms#22 in Late-night eats
When to go
Monday: 6 pm Blue Monday ($5), then Motown Monday ($5), with swing dancing at 9 pm and party dancing from 10 pm until about 2 am.
Insider tip
No kitchen: grab a sub from Duke's out the back gate or a slice from Five Points Pizza. Strictly 21+. First-Saturday 'Funky Good Time' all-vinyl funk and soul DJ night ($10).
Live music
- Mon 6 PM–8 PMBlue Monday with The Tiger Beats (old-school blues), $5 source
- Mon 9 PM–2 AMMOTOWN MONDAY DJ dance party, $5: swing dancing from 9 pm, party dancing from 10 pm source
- Wed 6 PM–8 PMGuthrie Trapp Trio instrumental residency, $10 (most Wednesdays) source
- Fri 6 PM–8 PMTim Carroll Rock'n Roll Happy Hour, free (most Fridays) source
- Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun 9 PM–midnightLate-show slot (until 1 am Fri-Sat) source
At the venue
- Capacity
- 150
- Tickets
- cover at door; advance tickets on the club's own fee-free system (Venyall)
- Ages
- 21+
- How to get in
- Buy fee-free advance tickets at the5spotnashville.com or pay at the door: default cover $10; Motown Monday and Blue Monday $5; Tim Carroll's Friday 6 pm set is free. A $10 Support Pass works for any future non-sold-out show.
- Calendar
- See who's playing
Find it
- Phone
- (615) 650-9333
- Website
- the5spotnashville.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 Something out of date?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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