This was my first time visiting Open Chord. My brother hosted the blues jam for Friday night! It was absolutely amazing! I took my 4 year old with me and I think he had more fun than I did. Food was good, drinks were great! Highly recommend!

A great place for small live performances with seated attendance and standing room availability. Wonderful service and employees.

Great venue & food! I saw a comedian, not music, but the staff, energy, and atmosphere were very good. The Graceland steak burger with bacon, peanut butter, & fried plantains that I had was surprisingly addictive…I really like fries but found myself ignoring them to devour the burger. I sat at the bar where the the bartender was attentive. The chef and owner were also friendly. The one thing that I think should be changed is that the act I saw, Robin Williams impressionist, was described as an “all ages” act on Open Chord’s website - so those details might need to be vetted better.

Good variety of shows here. Open mic nights are great too.

A nice little hole in the wall for live music. The stage is front and center for all to see. Theres always a variety of music featuring local artists. The owner is on-site and a musician as well. They also have an open mic night.

Its definitely not that friendly maybe just bartender went for blues jam there was no facilitator and kids are on the stage were not very good

Arrive early for concerts. The ticket says doors open at 9, bit thats actually the key act time. Youll miss the backup band. Get there by 7:30. Great small venue. We saw the Quebe Sisters. Spectacular show. Incredible talent.

Really awesome experience here as I get started with guitar. I’ve found some shops’ staff to be snotty or elitist about being new to an instrument and this was not the case at Open Chord at all. They really patiently answered my questions and didn’t make me feel dumb about the basics. I got exactly what I needed and everyone was super helpful. Great job, y’all. I’ll definitely be back.

This place is just absolutely amazing. One of my favorite music venues!The staff is friendly and just awesome as well.Not to mention they have a very respectful amount of high quality music instruments and supplies on hand.I highly recommend, Almost insist, you experience this place!!!The band picture, Just in case you Live under a rock, is Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen!!!!!!They are freaking awesome!

Nice place. Ticket said doors open at 9, but actually 7. Made it hard to find a seat and we missed the first act. We may go back now that we know the system.

I stopped in to check out the music store. Very nice, with pro quality to beginner equipment (stringed instruments and amps). Great bonus... This is a live music venue, open stage with a house band on Wednesdays, good atmosphere, the house band was knocking off a Stevie Ray Vaughn song, sounded good!

Great show, Food and atmosphere

Open Chord fills the need for live music 🎶 in an intimate setting. The bartenders pour a good drink and keep up with demand.

Friday night open blues jam! Good food, good music, good tome.

Best listening room in town, with great food, drinks and service. The quality of the musical acts they book is the real draw.

Pretty good overall. Nice place. Would like to have someone come to the table to take and bring our food orders though. Now have to stand around by the car until someone waits on you.

Good drinks, great venue, great location! The sun sets through the windows onto a well laid out venue. Well played

Awesome place. Great sound and lighting. Smaller intimate room great up close shows

Love hearing The Romeo Kings play & sing.

Great place! They have great service and really clean establishment. The food is good and entertainment outstanding. Highly recommend it...

Great food and drinks and very nice atmosphere to hear live music.

I came to see an interesting music mix on Wednesday evening, which was fun. It did take me forever to get a drink because of old men cutting and lining up at the service well and only one bartender, but the drink was decent once I got it.

Great night with the Dave Matthews tribute band!!! Thank you!!

I always try to stop by when Im in the area to support this great venue!

We have been to the Open Chord quite a few times. Its a small venue but always has great bands there for those who enjoy live music. The drinks are good and so is the food.

Great little space for small shows, good food and a great selection of drinks.

Great people, staff, food and drinks. They have all different kinds of entertainment from live bands to poetry slams. Ask for Jeff and a Tennessee Russian to drink. Cheers.

A great place to see live music.

Great little venue for live music and drinks! Just get there early because parking is limited.

Great atmosphere. Good food. Open mic night was a great time for the wife and I.

Open Chord is an amazing intimate place. Always playing great live music and one of the coolest vibes in Knoxville. Great food and service too!

Love this place and the dry rub wings are amazing

Last night my band (40 Rounds) played Open Mic here & we all had a blast. It’s great that Knoxville has a venue like this. There’s also a musical instrument store inside as well. Super nice venue & super nice people. ❤️

Awesome atmosphere great live band one night stand just awesome experience highly recommend

Finally got to hear live bands after missing out on my big festivals this year. Thank you so much Open Chord.Great place great people my new favorite place!

Very nice relaxing atmosphere. Friendly staff. Full service bar. Although I didnt eat they seem to have a good selection of menu options. Great prices. Live music which is always a plus.

Great spot for music junkies.

Always great music

Always enjoy playing at the Wednesday jam!!

Great venue, but avoid the Eat a Peach drink. Pretty nasty

Good fresh coffee. Music is not loud at all during the day and evening unless they have a concert, very chill atmosphere and when you are bored they have a full fledged music store and music school and bar.

The finest listening room in East Tennessee supported by excellent staff, strong management and industry professionals.

Nice, intimate live music spot!

Great venue for live music!

Absolutely great place love the atmosphere and youll like it to you need to check it out

Love the blues bands, and the cover bands. Love when they bring in muscians like Coco Montoya and Tinsley Ellis. Kudos to the Smoky mountain blues society. The tacos are as good and better than some Mexican restaurants.

My first experience here, Led Zeppelin Tribute band. The staff were very friendly and professional.

I love this venue. It is very intimate being so close to the bands!

Great Music, Pro promotions, and 106.1 VLZ

Loved it! Had a great time. . .

Awesome store nice helpful people

Always a great time at open chord. Poetry nights are the best!!

We came to see REDD sing and she was awesome!!! Shes also my daughter.

Great place

We had a truly 5 star experience working with Koi to get the perfect first guitar for my husband. I highly recommend this shop! I cant say enough good things about how kind professional and informative they are. We are very happy with our purchase!

The number one thing I love about this music venue is its size. Its a very intimate atmosphere and there is not a bad spot to watch the show in the house. The bar always has Dunkel and some rotating craft beers on tap. The staff is friendly. They cater to all sorts of musical talents, youre sure to find a concert there that suits your musical palette.

This place is super neat. I came here for karaoke and had a blast. The drink selection was awesome and the food was pretty good as well.

Last night. 3 hour Blues Jam. No cover charge. Older crowd. 3 bands. Each band was experienced, pro level. Not a bad seat, there. Intimate club. I will go here, often, when I am in town. Inn Town suites is so close, I could easily walk to the club. And, I had Polio. I play Bass, and drums, and all the musicians worked well, together. Great drink prices. My date was new to live jams. So I could point out the performance technicals, on stage. I am Happy, I found this place.

I was next door at Firestone and wanted to get some coffee, so I stopped in. They didnt have any made, but they offered to make some right then and there! Theyre so kind and probably saved my life by not making me cross Kingston Pike xD Thanks yall~

Awesome place.

We stopped here for a couple drinks before doing a Breakout Game and we had a very nice experience and will for sure be back. Jeff our bartender was very nice and knowledgeable and helpful making sure our drinks were full. We came during happy hour which Im not sure when it starts but we got here at 4:40 and I think it goes to 7? They had a really nice selection on Draft beer and it was overall a nice atmosphere. This may become a new regular stop for us in Knoxville

Great local spot

I fell in love with this place tonight. The shows were so personal. You really get to know your favorite band or get to discover a really awesome local band. The atmosphere is really laid-back and all of the staff are cool. I enjoyed myself a lot. If your band is playing there you will not be disappointed. It is small but big, enough at the same time. The drinks were really good and the food was ok. The restrooms was super clean and smells pretty good. Overall is a really cool place to watch live shows.

Service is absolutely horrible. They dont even try to be friendly or apologetic about the fact that theyve sold a few hundred tickets for a show, its standing room only, and you must order all drinks & food from the bar where there are 3 bartenders. No servers. Only 3 bartenders. 40 people continuously herded around the L shaped bar just hoping one of the 3 will give you an opportunity to ask for food, or a drink, or your check sometime before the show is over. Dumb.

What a great venue! Knoxville needs more places like the Open Chord!

Just wanted to chime in here about my experience with Open Chord. Bought a Suhr classic T today. Never thought Id own one, but thanks to Coi and Jim, I was able to get one. Those guys are superb. Went out of their way to help me in every area. Worked with my situation, and even called the owner who was cool to help me out as well. Guitar is perfect. I will forever be grateful for their help. If youre looking for a new guitar, go to OC.

Took our son here for private guitar lessons. It was great until the instructor quit and we were out the money for the unused lessons. Don’t go here for lessons.

Great music with friends.

*A Relaxed Environment W/Great People!*We🆔! Ages21&Up!🔞*Full Bar**Casual Dress**Live Music*(Music Can Get Loud)*Great For A 1st Date!*🚭No Smoking Inside!*There Is A Cozy Spot, Outside, Where Many Go, To Smoke & Gather! Very Nice!*Celebrate 🎉& Enjoy Life!*Unwind & Relax!*Meet Up Friends/Or Make New Ones!👍*After A Hard Days Work*OrJust A Hard Day!* Drama Free Environment!*Listen to Live Music!*Avg. Age Groups ~LATELY ate 20s/Early 30s-Mid 40s/Late 50s! *All Age Groups(21&Up)and down and get it bc Ive*Relaxed Setting*Wonderful People!*$$

Great live music venue with good local beer selection.

Loved it and such individual special service

Love live music!

Great atmosphere for an after work happy hour or group gathering. At 8 there is typically live music as well. Major plus!

Our Band 40 Rounds had a great time playing here- professional courteous staff -

N2O WAS GREAT

5/5 the poetry slams are amazing and so much fun!

Awesome venue, even better customer service from the team - absolutely worth going to! Great job guys!

I went here for yungbluds concert,the people are really nice that work here. I love it and will be comming back soon♥️

Always awesome! Great music venue, nice variety of tap beers, very friendly staff. Everything music is right!

Odd crowd. Decent music. No where near enough parking. Ill probably be back.

Great music! Atmosphere is phenomenal!

Love it!

I bought my mandolin from Open Chord. This was the first musical instrument I had ever purchased and I have to say the whole experience was fantastic. First of all, the price I paid for The Loar mandolin was more than fair, including the accessories I needed. A couple of weeks after I had purchased it, I realized one of the frets was higher than the others, which caused a buzzing on certain notes. Randy, Sam and Josh went overboard to make sure the problem was corrected. In fact, they made a special trip out to a distributor warehouse to pick up a replacement so that I could have a new mandolin before I left on a trip. That is definitely above board service!

It is an awesome store to visit they have a nice selection of guitar picks and a nice collection of suhr guitars

Excellent place to go chill and just enjoy that lovely thing called Music

Great place to buy your music equipment and enjoy live music with excellent food!!🤘🏽🎸

Its cool.

Best sounding venue in Knoxville, not to mention a great guitar store, lesson center, and delicious cafe.

Theres always a very memorable visit to the open chord on Kingston Pike in Knoxville Tennessee and :-) tonight weve got coerulea and more starting at 8 so come on down and enjoy a great time great food great people as always!

Always a great experience, show, vibe and exceptionally great people. Both staff and talents :)

Not actually a brewhouse, abysmal excuse of beer cheese, music so loud you cant talk to the person next to you without screaming. Maybe the music merchandise is good, but wouldnt know since they close their shop after 7.

Great game of SINGO but pizza too small for what you pay.

Knoxville is so FORTUNATE to have a place like this!!!

A great place for people to fellowship with others with a common bond called music

Knowledgeable Staff. Good Venue.

Great music, great staff and great folks :)

The Open Chord is a running joke to most of Knoxville. Ive been there quite a few times Whoever does their booking has NO eye for talent. One of the nicer venues in town and they only draw around 20 people a show. Half of that are the musicians playing and their girlfriends. I went to a show there a few days ago that was sponsored by 94.3. There were MAYBE 25 people there. Most of them were staff who came and went as they pleased (ie .didnt pay for admittance.) Youre telling me one of the nicer (looking) venues in town cant draw a crowd when theyre getting free advertising from the biggest radio station in Knoxville?The worst part is, they dont even seem to realize they have a problem. Theyre all over Facebook smiling about having another successful show when an average of 5 people like their status when they posts. It just sad...

Great people and great atmosphere, Seriously cool looking venue in Knoxville.

Hands down, best music venue in town!

Nice place for music lovers, now they got liquor.