| High Noon Saloon | |
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| Background information | |
| Founded | 2004 |
| Capacity | 250 |
| Location | Madison, Wisconsin, USA |
| Website | Official Page |
The High Noon Saloon is a live music venue located in Madison, Wisconsin. Founded in 2004, High Noon features rock, metal, alternative, punk, alt-country, pop, indie, bluegrass, blues, and folk music, hosting national acts, smaller touring bands from around the globe, as well as local music groups.
The High Noon has a country-western vibe, and is named after the western themed Gary Cooper film, High Noon.
History[]
The High Noon Saloon opened on 5 May 2004, in Madison Wisconsin. It was founded by Cathy Dethmers to replace O'Cayz Corral, which was destroyed in a 2001 fire.[1]
The building previously housed the "Buy & Sell" shop, a Madison resale shop with an unusually large neon colored fish on its roof. Numerous national and local bands practiced and recorded in the basement of the Buy & Sell shop who would eventually play upstairs in the High Noon Saloon. Turbonegro recorded two songs of their Ass Cobra album with Sean Bovine at Green Room studios in the south-east corner of the basement.[2] No Name printing would churn out their flyers in the basement, also home to Rhetoric Records. Brainerd recorded their first album, "There's No Eye In Pussy," in the two central studios, directly under the dance floor for the High Noon. Ivan Klipstein also recorded his third album "Lifestyle!" there. Brickshithouse, Trin-Tran, as well as X-OR and countless others recorded and practiced there. The basement is currently home to "The Brink," which features jazz music and wedding reception catering, and the first floor is also home to "The Brass Ring" pool hall and eatery.<
Prior to being the "Buy & Sell Shop," the building was an automobile repair garage.
On 4 May 2014 the venue would host their 10th anniversary party, featuring Murder By Death and Those Poor Bastards.[3]
Cathy Dethmers retired as club owner and sold High Noon to Madison-based promoter, FPC Live, in 2017.[4]
The High Noon has won numerous awards over the years for it's quality, namely the following:[5]
- Isthmus - Madison's Favorite Live Music Venue (2005 - 2009, 2011 - 2018)
- Madison Magazine - Best of Madison: Live Music Venue (2006 - 2017)
- Madison Magazine - Best of Madison: Performance Venue (2013 - 2014)
- Madison Magazine - Best of Madison: Nightclub (2006)
- Madison Area Music Award (MAMA) - Best Live Music Venue (2005 - 2017)
- Wisconsin Area Music Industry (WAMI) Award - Best Live Music Venue (2006)
- Brava Magazine - Fave Live Music Venue (2013)
Selected Performers at the Venue[]
- Melvins
- King Buzzo
- Altamont
- Porn (The Men Of)
- Big Business
- Le Butcherettes
- Bongzilla
- Weedeater
- Torche
- Jucifer
- High on Fire
- Pentagram
- Pallbearer
- Priestess
- Pelican
- The Skull
- Saint Vitus
- Witch Mountain
- All Them Witches
- Russian Circles
- Inter Arma
- Dead Meadow
- Mono
- Yob
- Jex Thoth
- Black Mountain
- Red Fang
- Eyehategod
- Unsane
- Killdozer
- Melt-Banana
- Helmet
- Local H
- Murder By Death
- Negative Approach
- Those Poor Bastards
- The Avett Brothers
- Eagles of Death Metal
- Redd Kross
- Red Sparowes
- Silver Jews
- Cannibal Corpse
- Sepultura
- Destruction
- Dwarves
- Deerhoof
- Deerhunter
- Dr. Dog
- Don Caballero
- Dick Dale
- Gene Ween
- Jon Spencer
- Stephen Malkmus
- Thurston Moore
- Bob Mould
- J Mascis
- Lou Barlow
- Kurt Vile
- Charles Bradley
- Danny Brown
- Lizzo
- Waxahatchee
- Lucero
- Fishbone
External Links[]
- High Noon Saloon Official
- High Noon Saloon Facebook
- High Noon Saloon Twitter
- High Noon Saloon on Songkick