The Continental Club is a South Congress landmark and one of the best live music venues in Austin. Although small, the Continental has a long and rich history and features multiple live performances every night of the week.
The sheer amount of awesome music and great acts that have played the Continental Club make it one of Austin's most loved live music venues.
Don't let the retro look or the birthday celebrations for Elvis, Johnny Cash, and Buck Owens fool you. The Continental hosts a wide variety of acts: alternative and progressive country, alternative rock, and, since it's Austin, a whole lot of blues, too.
The place is small and crowded but always friendly. It also boasts some of the smallest restrooms in the western hemisphere.
But the music and charm of the place more than makes up for any temporary bouts of restroom claustrophobia.
Continental Club Calendar - Upcoming Live Music
Definitely double check the Continental Club's site for the official music schedule, times, covers, etc., but for your convenience, an unofficial Continental Club calendar is below:
September 2010 9/1/2010 - Hot Club of Cowtown; Jon Dee Graham; James McMurtry; Jon Blondell; Sniz-O-Rama
9/2/2010 - Warren Hood and The Goods; Shapes Have Fangs; Amplified Heat; Habibi's Hutch Art Opening; Continental Graffiti
9/3/2010 - The Blues Specialists; Eve & The Exiles; David Garza; Alejandro Escovedo & The Sensitive Boys; Mike Flanigin Trio
9/4/2010 - Redd Volkaert; The Inheritance; White Ghost Shivers; Mike Flanigin Trio
9/5/2010 - Junior Brown & the lovely Tanya Rae; Heybale! w/Redd & Earl; Jon Dee Graham & Friend; Mike Flanigin Trio
9/6/2010 - Continental Graffiti; Dale Watson & his Lone Stars; Dan Dyer
9/7/2010 - Toni Price; Mudphonic; Wisebird; Dana Wheeler; Naked @ 2am
9/8/2010 - Hot Club of Cowtown; Jon Dee Graham; James McMurtry; Jon Blondell; Trube, Farrell & Sniz
9/9/2010 - Planet Casper; The Preservation; Deadman; Continental Graffiti
9/10/2010 - The Blues Specialists; Kenneth Brian; Lynda Kay; Deke Dickerson; Mike Flanigin Trio
9/12/2010 - Junior Brown & the lovely Tanya Rae; Heybale! w/Redd & Earl; Jon Dee Graham & Friend; Mike Flanigin Trio
9/13/2010 - Continental Graffiti; Dale Watson & his Lone Stars; Dan Dyer
9/14/2010 - Toni Price; Graham Wilkinson; Wisebird; plust TBA
9/15/2010 - Hot Club of Cowtown; Jon Dee Graham; James McMurtry; Jon Blondell; Trube, Farrell & Sniz
9/16/2010 - Planet Casper; Back Porch Mary; Chris Gates & Gatesville release party; Honky; Continental Graffiti
9/17/2010 - The Blues Specialists; Guy Forsyth; LeRoi Brothers; Mike Flanigin Trio
9/18/2010 - Redd Volkaert; Crooks; Possessed by Paul James; Leo Rondeau; Woodsboss; Mike Flanigin Trio
History of The Continental Club
The Continental Club has a rich and varied history. Morin Scott first opened it in 1957 as a private dinner club with touring orchestra type bands. This was a very different era of Austin (Harry Akin's Night Hawk restaurants and Matt's El Rancho are a couple of surviving contemporaries in the dining realm).
By the 1960s it had evolved into a burlesque club. In the late 1970s, Roger Collins and the late Roddy Howard, the former owners of a biker bar called the One Knite (now Stubb's BBQ), leased the Continental Club and began booking great local and regional talent.
Steve Wertheimer has owned the Continental since 1987 and has cemented the club's reputation as a top tier Austin live music venue.
Map - The Continental Club
1315 S Congress Ave
Austin Texas 78704
512-441-2444
