The Masquerade

The Masquerade is one of the most uniquely designed, and diversely programmed live music venues in the country. The Masquerade features three indoor venues with capacities ranging from 300 to 1500, appropriately named Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory. Located in the heart of downtown Atlanta, and a short walk from the State Capitol, Georgia State University, and Centennial Olympic Park, the venues surround a large brick open-air courtyard which provides a truly unique setting and experience.

Established in 1989, and originally housed for an amazing 27 years in its legendary North Avenue location inside the historic Dupree’s Excelsior Mill, The Masquerade has presented almost everyone who is anyone in the rock, alternative, indie, electronic, metal, punk, and hip hop genres of live music. The venue’s stages have played host to a list of artists which reads like a dessert menu of alternative music royalty. Nirvana, Nine Inch Nails, Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Soundgarden, and Fugazi once graced the same stages that are today occupied by Odesza, Death Grips, Future, In This Moment, Little Dragon, Taking Back Sunday, and countless other amazingly popular and influential bands.