Cannery Hall

What to Expect

Cannery Hall's building has stood since 1883, when it started as a flour mill. It's since cycled through several lives, including a coffee mill, a food processing facility, and a restaurant named The Cannery, where the name came from. By the early 1980s, the same family running that restaurant started letting promoters book live bands there at night, and the building took on a genuinely split identity: country legends like Reba McEntire and George Strait played by day, while rock and alternative touring acts took over after dark. TNN filmed its "New Country" concert series here regularly by 1984. The Warner family bought the building in 1992. Their later partnerships with local promoters led to Mercy Lounge, Cannery Ballroom, and The High Watt opening inside, three separate venues under one roof. Today the complex runs four distinct spaces: the Mainstage holding around 1,300, a mid-size room called The Mil around 600, the smaller Row One Stage around 300, and Amaranth, a private event space upstairs. The rooms keep their industrial bones: red-brick walls, exposed ceiling beams, and original hardwood floors throughout, refreshed by a full restoration in 2024. Bands as varied as Jane's Addiction, Iggy Pop, and Lenny Kravitz have played here in more recent years. Parking is limited and paid, but the building sits close enough to both The Gulch and Lower Broadway to make walking in from either direction the easier option.