40 Watt Club

Very displeased with the handling of the patrons for the Laundry Day concert. My daughter and I drove from SC to wait 4.5 hours before they opened doors and they allowed patrons who had just gotten there in front of the ones who had been waiting all day (including an employee who was off duty). When I mentioned the fact that many people had been waiting for hours, I was met with the most unsympathetic response from the gentleman who was doing the metal detector. My daughter was extremely upset because she had been waiting PATIENTLY and abiding by the rules, just to let many others in front of us. Definitely don’t plan on coming back here again.

Excellent venue. Great bands great bar, just a great place to hear music.. nice mix of crowd - lots of college age young'uns and a decent number of us older folks.

This is a really, really good place to see live music, arguably the best in Athens. Always love going here and they constantly have great bands booked.

Great "college town" concert venue. Sound was great. Don't get anything but beer, if you are drinking, we had a couple cocktails that were terrible, but they have a fully stocked bar.

40 Watt Club is probably the worst "legendary" venue in Georgia, the sound is always hit or miss and they always give a terrible deal to local bands whether they are from Athens or Atlanta. They always cater the most to out of town acts and spend most of their time promoting those shows. The only upside to this place is the kind souls working the bar who try to help you have a good night. I would rather play or go see a show at any other venue in Athens, literally any other one. That alone should say a lot about the abomination this place has become, there is nothing "legendary" left to this place. If you're gonna hold yourself to such a high standard then do better.