Shakedown Bar

Shakedown Bar bills itself as Vail's premier live music joint, and the 191-capacity 21-plus room on Bridge Street backs the claim with a seven-night-a-week calendar. Sundays through Thursdays are typically reserved for regular weekly performers who give the early-week programming its rhythm, with weekend nights opening up for more variable bills. The programming reaches across rock, hip-hop, and rap. For guests in Vail Village, it is one of the essential live-music stops; for artists, both local and touring, the room's density of programming and its state-of-the-art production infrastructure make it a legitimate mountain-town working stage.