Small music venue with good artists booked plenty of drinks to choose from and small menu. If from out of town be ready to pay Charlottesvilles high parking fees.

Great little venue! Very intimate, decent food and drinks.

Small intimate venue. Love seeing performances here

Great, small venue for live music. You can get right up to the stage for a great view of the band. Havent had food there, but the beer selection is good.

Saw Slothrust for the second time, theyre as great as ever

Interesting venue: very few places to sit but standing-venue allows electric vibe among guests. With the right band, theres opportunity for lots of dancing and head bobbing. TAUK band brought that electricity. An amazing night!!! Would definitely return!

Great live music venue, and the open mic almost every Monday is always a good show.

Disclaimer! Im biased because I work here! However I came to The Southern for years before I started working behind the bar. Featuring great shows of all genres (and comedy!) in a more intimate atmosphere, lots of local beer and cider selections, a new and expanding dinner menu (highly recommend the delicious flat bread pizza, especially the vegetarian masterpiece that is the Spyro G!), and rad quirky staff.

Cool interior, funky location (kind of underground). Venue very bare bones, no-fuss, big wide area. Good for more intimate performances feel.

Love this place for its free open mic stand up nights. They also have more nationally know comics come in periodically and they do charge for those shows. The open mic is always a good time. Winston and Alan do a nice job warming up the crowd and doing their own set. Takes a lot of guts to get up and try out your material, especially as a newbie to stand up. The beer selection is good and they have a decent menu to order from during the show.

I went with a friend to see a show, and did not know what to expect. I saw a world class show. Great beer, great food, great atmosphere. Id gladly go again. Truly great experience. Everyone was having a blast.

New York underground meets Charlottesville hometown vibe. This medium sized venue is excellent for catching everything from bluegrass to punk with up-and-coming travelling artists, before they return to play the Jefferson Theater a year or so later. Local shows are great here and the selection of beer has never disappointed.The staff is small but very efficient, offering friendly and fast service. The food is relatively limited but they do have a decent variety of gourmet grilled cheeses and some various pub fare.There are three bathrooms. The third is located in the music area which is sometimes overlooked by newcomers.Theres plenty of room out front for a smoke in between music sets and a coat area so you never get over heated or have to lug around your jacket.10/10 - I love the Southern.

Love this venue. It’s small but it makes the shows feel much more intimate and special. Make sure you get there early though so you’re centered on the stage

I dont really go to many live music venurs, but this place is fun. The music hall is kinda dark and feels like the ceiling is low. But good music!

Went to this venue for a comedy show. It was a great space since the comic was really close to the audience. We got hot tea at the counter and they had a good variety and were really nice to us. I would totally go back for another event.

The music was great and unusual this night. Parking is far away but it was a great night to walk. People were nice. The seating was spars and crude but the sound was great. I would totally go again!

This was a cozy venue, sort of a private spot for the adult laid back crowd. I would hang out there with friends anytime. The drive down and back was really nice and peaceful.

Good small venue allows you to be up close and personal with favorite acts!

Great music!!! Dancing, with a perfect venue. We had a blast..

Cozy venue to witness excellent musical talent !

Venue was pretty cool. Comedy game show (winstmas games) was great! Very funny! Beer is a bit over priced ($7/can for craft brews) but tickets to the show were cheap so it sorta balanced out. If google allowed half star ratings, I would have done 4.5 due to expensive beer but its a very cool and unique venue so deserving of 5 stars anyway.

Good little venue. Intimate concert space and ample bar space. The sound was very well done for such a small space dominated by huge brick and stone piers holding the building above up. Probably wouldnt want to be down there in an earthquake.

Went there for the first time for a concert. It had a really cool atmosphere, and the concert area seemed to be designed for concerts by people who thought about the space and how to make it so everyone could have a positive concert experience no matter where you were standing/seated. I loved the benches along the columns and the walls - they allowed a short person like me to see above the crowd as well as offer extra seating without cumbersome chairs. Not a super-great draft selection, but sufficient for the evening.

Great place to discover new music passing through Charlottesville.

This is my all time favorite concert venue. Every show is intimate without losing its energy. The location is great, as well. Ive discovered many artists simply by showing up to random shows here. Ive never regretted it.

Great show with The Seven Bends, The Thieves Of Burden, and The Ben Kunkle Band.

Great music venue to get up close and personal

Staff was great behind the counter. Sound board staff not so much. Lead singers mic was off for the first song. :(

Great atmosphere, excellent selection of local beers and a good menu. It hasnt been too crowded the times weve gone so you could stand as close to the stage as you wanted. They get some really good artists and you can get a much more personal experience than at the Jefferson.

Came here to see a comedy show. Cool place. I would go again.

It was awesome! Great music venue nice atmosphere. Sweet selection of beer and ciders. Highly recommend

Great place to see bands, nice acoustics. Intimate and easy to get to bar service, restroom facilities, and centrally located off the downtown mall.

Caught Peter Bradley Adams show here. Have seen his show at other venues throughout Va. Something bout the acoustics in small cavern area..made it one of the most personal entertaining evenings in maybe forever. Everyone was polite, meet & greet for drinks after show, i think we closed the place. But were never told we had to go. Not sure what happen to others ratings here? Maybe the attitude you recieve is same as one you give? treat people like humans theyll for most part treat you same.

Great music venue!

Always a good time at this venue. If you havent been, go. Youll be a happier person if ya do.

This is one of the places that makes Charlottesville great. Literally an underground club where you can see up and coming artists in an intimate venue without spending a lot of money. I have probably seen at least 20 bands here and have not once had a problem with venue. Support live music. Take a chance on something new. Kill your TV.

When to see comedian Hari Kondabolu, was a great evening.

Great small venue. Great beer, food and staff.

Good music venue with tasty food and a decent but kind of small bar.

Food is okay. Great venue!

The staff was an amazing help with my weird fall, I was super embarrassed but they were super attentive and helpful. Food was great, comedy was great, all in all it made for a really cool experience and Ill definitely be coming back

The place was very nice, just wished it were bigger. When theres a show, the place is pretty crowded, so its hard to move around.

They dont serve liquor anymore so thats sad, but otherwise still a good venue to see some great music!!!!

Great venue great music!

Great venue with good desserts, and HILARIOUS amateur comedians on Wednesday nights!

Great underground space for a rocking show. Good food and beer selection!

Ive sen a lot of great shows here. The place is small, and there are posts that can block sight lines, but that has never stopped me from enjoying the shows.

Intimate music venue downtown Charlottesville.

Went for an amateur stand up comedy night. Had quite a lot of fun.

Good band and food.. Nice place to go.

Great acoustics a friendly staff and an OK menu we cant go wrong for a show at the Southern

The venue itself is small and intimate. The acoustics are decent, and the bar fair. The problem with the place is the crowd. People were talking throughout the entire concert. I asked some people to stop talking, and they said, No, were going to keep doing this the whole night. Pretty immature, IMO - and sadly, I think theyre likely to be a regular problem. I probably wont go back unless theres some band I really want to see. If talkers dont bother you then by all means go, but I cant really recommend the place if you want to listen to music. I think thats a shame too because hate not being able to support local businesses.

Eh, not real impressed. Low ceilings, music room all black, steps to negotiate.

I love experiencing music in this club.

Great live music venue. Good food and drink.

I live the bands this bar books!

Great venue for music

Great food. Is in the expensive side for the quality though. Prices are about 20% higher than Id expect.

Always great

Intimate venue. Good food and great selection of beer on draft and in cans.

Cool venue, seemed abandoned last time I went by

Amazing, small venue, perfect for intimate shows. Great food!

Funky down home venue featuring awesome performances in the most intimate setting outside your living room.

Great atmosphere

GREAT Drag Show! Dreama Belle and Symone N. OBishop!

Weird but cool venue, sound is ok, beer is cheap

Great venue, just issues with the acoustics of the venue

Great place to play, bar folks are friendly & grub is yummy!

I quit attending shows there on my own nearly 6 years ago, due to the rudeness of the manager who got mean about me using the venue phone, (I didnt have a cell phone then). I wouldnt recommend it.

Fun shows!

Awesome local music venue

My expirience was possibly the worst ive had in charlottesville. I came in with my friends around 9 oclock and everything was great until the manager came over and demanded I show him I.d after the bartender younger lady had already I.d me. I told him that I HAD ALREADY been I,D he told me i could either show him some I,D or get out. I told him i would do it but that it was extremely rude. Later I talked to the comedian Mark norman who told me he had been treated disrespectfully by the same manager. I forget the managers name but he is shorter probably mid 40s graying and very bad attitude,

Great drink selection and the music Hall is definitely an added bonus

Great live entertainment with the Haus of Dreama Belle

This spot is awesome, my friends and I really had a great time here!!!! Marioscabservice

LYAO is pretty funny

Ive been here a couple of times and while its not bad, objectively, Im not a fan, really. I dislike $7 cans of beer, its weirdly claustrophobic, and the room has big blind spots.

Always great music and has nice beer selection

Extremely rude manager like everyone keeps saying. He doesnt deserve to be able to treat people like that

Great spot...

Basement music hall, not uncommon for main acts to start after 10pm

Fun!

Nice venue.

Always friendly service

Great small venue

Great venue!

Nice concert venue and bar

Manager was an ass but the bouncer was even worse - gave me a hard time about my under 21 id...

Tried several times to purchase tickets for the Jefferson but everybody pretty lame here. Didnt know anything about the place or they were just ignorant.

Intimate shows with an underground feel!

Horrible management rude and disrespectful

Extremely rude management my sons were mistreated and yelled at by a short black haired manager.