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Trees

2709 Elm St, Dallas, TX

A Deep Ellum club named for its trunk-like support beams, where Nirvana's 1991 show ended in a scuffle with security.

📅 1990–present🏛️ Music VenueStill here
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The story

Trees opened in May 1990 at 2709 Elm Street in Deep Ellum. Wikipedia says it was named for the trunk-like support beams inside. Owners Clint and Whitney Barlow ran it, and Clint Barlow was a former drummer for Vanilla Ice.

Its best-known night came on October 19, 1991, when Nirvana played a sold-out show that the article calls infamous, with security clashes, Kurt Cobain smashing his guitar and a fight with a guard. Trees closed in May 2005 and reopened on August 14, 2009, under the Barlows. Later shows included Deftones in a secret album release in 2010 and the first sold-out show for Post Malone in 2015.

What's There Now

It is operating as a live music venue.

Everything that was here

Did you know?

At the Drive-In held a reunion show there on April 10, 2012.
Body Count played the sixth anniversary show on August 22, 2015.
The Barlows also reopened the Bomb Factory in 2015.

Nearby history

Adair's Saloon

2624 Commerce St · 245 m away
A hamburger-and-jukebox bar that started on Cedar Springs in 1963 and moved to Deep Ellum in 1983, still with free live

The Bomb Factory

2713 Canton St · 266 m away
A Henry Ford assembly plant that built wartime jeeps and practice bombs, then hosted Phish, Nine Inch Nails and the firs

Sons of Hermann Hall

3414 Elm St · 814 m away
A German fraternal lodge on Elm Street with a dance hall and bowling alley that later gave older roots musicians a stage

Majestic Theatre

1925 Elm St · 1.0 km away
The last survivor of Dallas's Theater Row went dark in 1973 after Live and Let Die, then came back as a performing arts

Old Dallas Central Library

1954 Commerce St · 1.0 km away
A George Dahl library that replaced the 1901 Carnegie building and later became the Dallas Morning News headquarters.

Joske's

1900 Elm St · 1.1 km away
The store became Joske's in 1979 and closed soon after Dillard's bought the chain in 1987.

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Sourceshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trees_Dallas