![]() ![]() Well-known acts that have performed there include alternative groups like Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, 311, The Cranberries, Green Day, Radiohead, Widespread Panic (from Athens) in '92, Flaming Lips, Blind Melon, Phish, Blur, Dave Matthews Band, Faith No More, Foo Fighters, Weezer, Queens of the Stone Age, Oasis, Afghan Whigs, The Killers, Panic at the Disco, Curve, and Manchester Orchestra (from ATL) in '07 Devon Allman (son of the late Gregg Allman from Macon) played there in '18 mainstream acts like INXS, Björk, Macklemore and Coldplay and punk and metal acts like The Ramones, Fugazi, Motörhead, Alice in Chains, Stone Temple Pilots, Rage Against the Machine, Tool, Iron Maiden, Marilyn Manson, Misfits, Social Distortion, Danzig, Blink 182, Dropkick Murphys, Amon Amarth, Sevendust (from ATL) in '09, Mastodon (from Atlanta) in '12, Baroness (from Savannah) in '17, and BACKTOEARTH in '19. At the mill, Heaven was upstairs above Hell at the right (west) side of the building, with Purgatory as the bar area downstairs to the left, all accessed from a central entryway behind the box office with a stairway to Heaven. The Masquerade's three principal interior stages are named after the destinations of the afterlife: Heaven, Purgatory, and Hell - though they are now all on the same level with separate entrances. Its live music mostly consists of alternative music styles, such as indie rock, metal, punk rock, rockabilly, and electronic, ranging from local acts to ones internationally known. ![]() The building was designated as historic by the city and all of the original parts will be saved through adaptive reuse, though many of the other attachments and the music park used by the Masquerade are being removed. It was sold in 2006 and moved in late November 2016 after it was made part of a new mixed-use development called North + Line. The venue had both indoor and outdoor concert space. The Masquerade was founded in 1988 at the historic DuPre Excelsior Mill, a former excelsior mill at 695 North Avenue in the Old Fourth Ward neighborhood. The address for the parking deck and entrance is 75 Martin Luther King Jr, DR, SW. It is located in Kenny's Alley, the lowest level of Underground Atlanta. The Masquerade is a mid-sized concert venue located in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. 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.Exterior of the venue at its former location, DuPre Mill (c. 2006)Ĭoordinates: 33☄5′06″N 84☂3′31″W / 33.751539°N 84.3920599°W / 33.751539 -84.3920599 The venue’s stages have played host to a list of artists which reads like a dessert menu of alternative music royalty. Located in the heart of downtown Atlanta, Ga 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.Įstablished 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 most everyone who is anyone in the rock, alternative, indie, electronic, metal, punk and hip hop genres of live music. The Masquerade features three indoor venues with capacities ranging from 300 to 1500, appropriately named Heaven, Hell and Purgatory. One of the most uniquely designed, and diversely programmed live music venues in the country. ![]()
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