This is going to be a wild rollercoaster ride through Lubbock club history.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s start with the fact that I\u2019m a live music guy\u2014always have been and always will be. Because of that, this list leans heavily toward music venues, though I did include a few of the bigger dance clubs that helped define different eras of the city\u2019s nightlife. I\u2019m sure there are plenty I missed, but every spot on this list is one I actually set foot in\u2014so forgive me if some of those memories are a little fuzzy.<\/p>\n
A great example of a place I didn\u2019t include is The Willow Hill Diner. Here\u2019s a fun fact: I walk through that location every single day. The club once occupied the bottom floor of the three-story building at 82nd & Quaker, a spot that\u2019s seen more reincarnations than a rock band lineup. Another omission is Chelsea Street Pub, a legendary hangout known for karaoke before karaoke was cool\u2014but technically, it wasn\u2019t quite a \u201cclub.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Bars, Bands, and Beats That Built the Lubbock Scene<\/p>\n
This list also skips over more modern-day mainstays like Jake\u2019s and The Pavilion. Don\u2019t get me wrong, both are fantastic and have hosted a mountain of rock history, but my focus here is the \u201cback in the day\u201d crowd\u2014the smoky rooms, neon signs, and local legends that helped shape Lubbock\u2019s nightlife long before smartphones and social media.<\/p>\n
And yes, I even left out my own creation, The Freaky Tiki, which might\u2019ve been the coolest idea in the worst location ever. Finally, I\u2019d be remiss not to mention Froggy Bottom’s Comedy Club\u2014but back then, my nights were mostly filled with music, drinks, and dancing.<\/p>\n
13 Clubs That Shaped Lubbock’s Nightlife<\/p>\n
Gallery Credit: Nessmania<\/p>\n
Texas Tech’s Tortilla Throwing Tradition<\/p>\n
Gallery Credit: Topher Covarrubio<\/p>\n
Never Grow Up: A Peek At Lubbock’s New Toy R Us Location <\/p>\n
Lubbock is home to a new Toys ‘R Us pop-up inside South Plains Mall <\/p>\n
Gallery Credit: Renee Raven<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This is going to be a wild rollercoaster ride through Lubbock club history. Let\u2019s start with the fact…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15921,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":["post-16391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}