McCabe’s Guitar Shop
McCabe’s is a guitar store on Pico Boulevard in Santa Monica that turns its back room into a 150-seat concert space on show nights. Furniture designer Gerald McCabe opened the shop in 1958, and it still sells and repairs instruments and runs a music school during the day.
Concerts began in 1969 with a benefit organized by Mike Seeger for folk musician Elizabeth Cotten. Since then the room has hosted performers such as Townes Van Zandt, Norman Blake, Maria Muldaur and R.E.M., and a number of artists have released live albums recorded there. Current bookings focus on folk, bluegrass, Americana, singer-songwriters and world music.
Tickets are sold online and all sales are final. Photography and recording are not allowed during shows. Parking is on the street: Pico’s meters are free after 6 p.m., and a bank lot behind the building opens to concertgoers in the evening.
Know Before You Go
- Venue type: Listening Room
- Opened: 1958
- Operator: Independent
- Programming: Folk, bluegrass, Americana, singer-songwriter and world music concerts
- Phone: (310) 828-4497
This profile is part of The 824 Journal Guide to Live Music Venues in Los Angeles and Orange County.
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Photo: Cbl62 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Venue Details
- Address
- 3101 Pico Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA 90405 - City, State
- Santa Monica, CA
- Capacity
- 150
- Indoor / Outdoor
- Indoor
- Standing / Seated
- Seated
- Parking
- Metered spaces on Pico Blvd. are free after 6 p.m. and all day Sunday, and the lot behind U.S. Bank is available after 6 p.m.; nearby residential streets require permits.
- Phone
- (310) 828-4497
Photographer's FAQ
- Camera Policy
- Photography and all other forms of recording are prohibited during concerts.
https://www.mccabes.com/concerts-landing/