Sly Grog Lounge

• 271 Haywood Street
• Asheville, NC 28801
• Phone: (828) 552-3155
• Region: Downtown

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We are a fully licensed entity and a NC private club. You Must be 21 to be a member and to attend events unless accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. all are welcome to join for a one time membership fee of $1! Sly Grog Lounge is a bar, music venue and the happiest, most fun place in Asheville! If you wanna see why AVL is so special, then come to SGL and meet the creative, cool folks that make it so. We invite all kinds of music, performance, spoken word, storytelling, theater, fashion shows, puppetry, burlesque, and meet-ups. We are just generally a place for people to meet and co-conspire co-inspire each other in art and life.  We are a home for creators and doers to be energized and have a platform to put forth ideas and art that promotes positive ideas that will inspire and foster community spirit and small is beautiful thinking! You'll always hear an eclectic range of music from punk, electronic, heavy metal, art rock, folk, traditional, experimental, EDM, DJ's etc. you will see the best of our local talent as well as national and international out of town acts. For the rock star in you, we also have a store, Foxy & Co. where you can buy LP's and other vintage music and games, music gear, pedals, instruments, and toys, and vintage clothes, costumes, fine jewelry, patches, buttons, toys and other stuff we think are fun. In Non-Covid Times...We have tons of toys, yes toys and stuffed animals, babydolls and and board games. There are vintage video games like Nintendo64, NintendoNES, Atari, Wii, Playstation, and arcade games as well as pinball, ping pong, pool, vintage organs and a baby grand piano you can play. For a quiet moment there are cool books and art supplies! We liked the spirit of a Sly Grog, which is the slang for an Australian speakeasy, unlicensed hotel or liquor-store, often found in the communities of sheep herders or outposts in the Australian outback.  Just like the ancient Agora, the corner store, the stoop, the barbershop and all the informal places in the world that people create in their neighborhoods. Sly Grog is a place to meet, talk, sing, play, exchange ideas and get to know each other. We are inclusive of every friendly person and support LGBTQ, BLM and all races, religions, orientations! Hate and intolerance is not tolerated at SGL.