Let's talk about music venues for a moment, shall we?

New York City has CBGB. Los Angeles has the Whiskey a Go Go. In Charlottesville, VA, it's the Outback Lodge: home to the very best in rock, funk, reggae, salsa, goth, hip-hop, blues, metal, go-go, bluegrass, industrial, psychedelic, punk, acoustic... just about EVERY kind of music there is to be made!! With killer live music upstairs SIX nights a week and the area's hottest DJ's crushing speakers downstairs Thursday thru Saturday... why go anywhere else!?

Upstairs is where the magic happens! The main stage has played host to such nationally touring acts as Gov't Mule, Average White Band, Bella Morte, the Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies, and Derek Trucks, while maintaining it's reputation as the showcase spot for home-grown talent on the rise. If live music is your passion, join us any night Monday thru Saturday and you will find what you're looking for! Are you in a band?? Want to play the Outback Lodge?? Get in touch with us, and maybe we'll see you on stage! But that's not all this venue has to offer. Take a trip down our mystical spiral staircase and...

Welcome to Club OBL! Thursday and Friday nights, Club OBL is the experimental laboratory for DJ's Stroud and Edit, slicing and dicing the hottest pop music and the funkiest old skool tracks for a night of high-energy dancing that promises to have you singing along to cuts you haven't heard in years!! Saturday night, not to be underestimated, Club OBL switches gears... enter The Dawning, the darker side of the club dance scene. If Goth, Deathrock, EBM or Industrial is what really gets you going, The Dawning is a night not to be missed.