08/13/09

Wow ! Yes this is a great, intimate venue

by SurgeonRobinson

Need to visit their website to get a peek inside the place. I am not good describing beauty. Very pleasing to the eye.

• Pros: Intimate, Ornate features throughout , good acoustics
• Cons: Parking does not exist. Take public transportation

03/12/07

Good concert atmosphere

by aeh5458

This venue has good acoustics and a laid-back atmosphere. The space is medium-sized but still felt intimate. They seem to host a pretty good range musical styles and I always check out what shows they have coming up, usually an interesting line-up.

It's a concert hall, a movie theater and sometimes a big sports bar.

by Contributor

The Venue
The Vic Theatre was built in 1912--the sign reading "no moshing, body surfing" came a bit later. The concerts at the Vic cover a wide musical landscape; it's a great place for live music. You might see Jackson Browne one night, PJ Harvey or Leftover Salmon the next. The Vic's top-notch acoustics can accommodate them all. With plenty of seating on the main floor, it's comfortable--unless jammed to capacity, as it was for a 1998 David Bowie show. The elegant balconies and gold-painted ornamentation are the most obvious evidence of the theater's rich history.

The Experience
The Vic is open every night. Brew & View kicks off at 8pm (plus 12pm shows on weekends), when a young crowd takes in double features on the mammoth screen and nurses discounted beer. Summer, if the Chicago Bulls reach the NBA playoffs, the place becomes a hipster sports bar with a massive-screen TV.

06/27/02

Best Music Venue in the City

by alhweber

By far, this is the best place to see a show in all of Chicago. It's old, stately, quaint and has great views and even better acoustics.

I saw the Radiators jam there in one of the better shows I've ever seen.

The Brew and View movie showings they do are awesome as well. Go see a show here!

05/31/02

Still rowdy?

by jaye_shaw

Back in the day this place was very rowdy when they had great groups like King Diamond and Megadeth playing. It's a great place, but parking is bad and so is the neighborhood after midnight.

• Pros: Bad parking

05/31/02

fun little place

by jpanderson_citysearch

saw margaret cho here a while back, and i was surprised at what an intimate venue this is. sitting at a small cocktail table off to the side, we were comfortable and had no trouble seeing the stage. good mid-size place.