White Water Tavern

Had the honor of performing in this amazing, welcoming space! It’s absolutely perfect for an intimate evening, or a wild one! This versatile space is truly a legendary venue to perform at and the warmth that has been cultivated there shines through!

White Water is the best bar in town. The iconic stories in the walls and the friendliest staff will keep you coming back days in a row. If you are in Little Rock, don’t miss out on this little piece of history. Talk to people! And be nice!

Awesome local spot for music. They have 2 pool tables upstairs and good food. Parking lot can get a little packed some nights, but get there early enough and you should be good. Try the bologna sandwhich.

The greatest bar in the South! It's like extended family, even when you don't know a soul. Get there, yesterday!

Great small venue for intimate music!! Not much seating but plenty of standing room. Third time here and will return. Melissa Carper, Brennan Leigh & Kelly Willis had a phenomenal show.

My personal favorite location for live music in Central AR. Matt brings in a wide variety of bands. Cover charges are reasonable for the quality acts. When the kitchen is open, the burgers are great.

For the election, I was trying to find someplace to watch the returns come in and saw that WWT was having a "watch party." I had seen WWT before and have thought it may be a cool place to catch a live band or show, i thought this was the perfect opportunity to check it out. I was surprised when I walked into learn that it was a total "dive bar," which I am totally cool with. It was packed! I thought "what a fun place to watch the returns!" They had CNN on all the TVs and the place was hopping! It didn't take long to figure out that I was in the minority politically, but I didn't care. I was just there to mind my business, grab a drink, some food, and watch the election results. I finally grabbed an open seat at the bar and sat quietly drinking my beer, eating a burger, and watching. With the crowd though, several people would crowd in next to me to order drinks, no problem, totally understandable. But here is where it turned south... A young lady scooted in next to me to place an order and began to make casual conversation while she waited. In this brief 5 minute exchange, she realized that we weren't on the same "side" of the election, grabbed her drink and left. There was no arguing or debating or any confrontation, she just walked away. I don't know if it was just coincidence, or if she went back and told her friends of my existence, but shortly after, tow more young ladies came to the same spot where she stood, to order drinks, I thought, but they made some rather aggressive comments towards me and my "politics." My only response to this was to say, "That's not accurate." They left. I turned back to the bar and asked the bartender for another beer, to which he responded, "You're done!" "Huh?" I said. I hadn't been there that long and only had a few beers, so I had no idea what he was talking about. He looked at me again and said, (and this is what really baffled me) "YOU DON'T BELONG HERE! CAN'T YOU SEE THAT? NOW PAY YOU'RE TAB AND LEAVE! I'M NOT SERVING YOU!" I couldn't believe what I was hearing! I literally had done nothing, but respond to others who had initiated conversation with me, and those were not aggressive (on either side), nor loud, nor any other egregious behavior. And I was being asked to leave??? The information about the watch party I found made no mention that this was a "Democrat" or "Republican" watch party and definitely didn't say that anyone wasn't welcome. If you haven't figured it out, this place is the epitome of what's wrong with our country. We cannot discuss our disagreements constructively and cannot even tolerate someone with differing views. I will not be back to WWT. I have never been treated with such disrespect and will not patronize any place that promotes or allows customers to be treated in such fashion. In response: You DO allow harassment, and in my case, you kicked out the VICTIM of the harassment, as I did not initiate ANY conversations, nor did I do or say anything remotely considered harassment. My only mistake was having a differing view that was not welcome in your establishment.

If you ever get a chance to go to the White Water Tavern, GO. The people are awesome. The shows they book are amazing- (and how they get such unbelievable sound quality- I’ll never know)! The food… whoa. Everyone talks of the fried bologna sandwich, but I dream of the veggie sandwich- sounds so simple, but there’s just something about it. Add to the fact that I’m pretty sure the bar and stage(s) themselves are just the most photogenic places ever and you’ve got yourself the best bar in, probably, the world. No joke. I really just don’t have words for how much I love this place- you’ll just have to go and see it for yourself.