After nearly a decade in the making, Huntsville’s iconic music bar Tip Top Café is finally reopening, bringing live music and dining back to the Lincoln Mill area.
First Shows and Lineup
The newly rebooted Tip Top Café announced its initial schedule on its website. Highlights include:
November 27: Blues jam hosted by keyboardist/singer Otis Walker
November 29: Local rockers King’s Haze
December 6: Them Damn Dogs
December 13: The Ladies Of.., featuring Huntsville guitarist/songwriter Jim Troglen, with Dave Anderson Project opening
A Legendary Music History
During its heyday in the mid-1980s through early 1990s, Tip Top hosted early performances by now-famous bands like Widespread Panic, Goo Goo Dolls, 311, and The Black Crowes (then Mr. Crowe’s Garden). The bar also welcomed roots icons like Bo Diddley, The Iguanas, and Buckwheat Zydeco, as well as celebrity visits from River Phoenix’s band and Cheap Trick.
New Management and Amenities
Tip Top’s new operators, John Chamness and Evan Billiter (founders of St. Stephens Music Hall and Campus No. 805), are introducing a restaurant component called Veloce Pizza, led by Trevar Akins of the Huntsville Beastie Boys tribute band Beastie Goys.
The reopening will coincide with the final St. Stephens Music Hall show on November 22, before operations fully transition to Tip Top Café.
Tip Top Café is located at 125 Maple Ave., Huntsville, AL, in the Lincoln Mill area.
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