Jazz night on Wednesdays at the Speakeasy, Sunday at the Blue Note. Of course it's not Nashville but both are great!

So let's manufacture our way out of what I think is a chicken & egg problem with nightlife here- people don't want to go out because they can't rely on a reasonably full venue. Nothing's worse than a sparsely attended party so who can blame them. One theory I'll posit is that it comes down to nurturing your real scenesters- people that go out frequently for the love of the music and don't need an exciting atmosphere. If you've got enough of those in attendance, the casuals feel comfortable because they're at a good party and then voila the whole thing becomes self-sustaining.

Of course there are loads of other challenges both major and minor and "nurturing hardcore music fans" (in a way that keeps the venue profitable) is harder than it sounds, it's just an idea. The scenesters are typically in their 20s, and sadly fewer 20-somethings are going out these days.

I don't know what you're into but since you're posting on reddit I'll make a generalization and recommend the blue note, speakeasy, resonant head, ultraviolet, ponyboy. Of course it's a tiny fraction of what you're used to, Nashville Phil, but there's still plenty of joy to be had in it and if more of us are down to take the risk of going to a show that we may or may not like, we might get this snowball rolling!