Following a short hiatus, iconic West Bank music club, the 400 Bar, is set to open a multiple use music complex at Mall of America®. The new venue to be located on the Mall’s top floor will include a concert hall, a music-oriented exhibit space, and a restaurant space. Expected to open in Summer 2014 the total music experience will occupy approximately 25,000 square feet. The new Mall of America l
ocation will continue the tradition that the original 400 Bar forged over many years as one of Minnesota’s best rock clubs. The concert hall is flexible in size and can accommodate audiences up to one thousand. A wide variety of music acts will perform in the space similar to the very best concerts of the original location, including rock, blues & country. History of the club:
Originally located in Minneapolis, MN the 400 Bar is known for introducing Minnesota music audiences to artists such as: Neutral Milk Hotel, Elliott Smith, Joanna Newsom, Spoon, The White Stripes, The Drive-By Truckers, The Arcade Fire, Dr. Dog, The National and The Queens of the Stone Age. And Presenting legends like The Pretty Things, Rolling Stones’ Guitarist Mick Taylor and Leon Russell. Fiercely independent purveyors and facilitators of original music for decades, the first location with 275 capacity enjoyed world wide recognition and welcomed the first and sometimes only local club performances of international icons such as England’s Mumford & Sons, Dido, The Frames from Ireland, Welsh groups The Super Furry Animals, The Stereophonics and Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci, Czech bands Uz Jsme Doma and The Plastic People of the Universe, Australia’s Go-Betweens, and Scottish Rockers Idlewild, Arab Strap, and The Delgados. Other bands who’ve played at the 400 include Jack Johnson, Bright Eyes, The Shins, Whiskeytown, The Jayhawks, Interpol, Brandi Carlile, Iron and Wine, Sufjan Stevens, Nada Surf, Patterson Hood, Local Natives, Old 97′s, Mates of State, Elvis Perkins, Neko Case, The Walkmen, Cat Power, Jeff Tweedy, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Rage Against The Machine, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Vic Chesnutt, Teagan and Sara, The Lemonheads, Sharon Jones and The Dapkings, Soul Asylum, Sean Lennon, Built To Spill, Rufus Wainwright, Modest Mouse, Babes In Toyland, Mazzy Star, Jimmy Eat World, Run Westy Run, Mason Jennings, Legendary Shack Shakers, Peter Buck,
Broken Social Scene, Paul Westerberg, The Decemberists, Semisonic, Yo La Tengo, Etc…
