8 Seconds Saloon

Came to the 8 Seconds Saloon for a Lily Rose concert, and it's a cool little concert venue. Lots of options for country fans, multiple well-staffed bars throughout the place, and the seating for the concerts is actually a great setup. Leaves plenty of room for people to enjoy the show. My wife and I agreed that we should check out more concerts there because it isn't too far of a drive from Ohio.

Venue is huge, drinks are cheap. The bartender was nice.My issue was the micro wrestling promotion they had there. We were under the impression we were going to see a legitimate wrestling show, not the equivalent of a old timey carnival freak show. The emcee made so many inane racist comments for the entire first match that involved a Cambodian character that we wound up leaving afterwards. I understand creating heat for the heel. This went far beyond that. Having a crowd of 99% white people (and 0% asian) chanting USA USA while you say things like "ching chong" and mimic bad asian accents is fucking gross. Don't know why i expected different but I guess that's what you get the second you venture outside of a blue dot in a red state.

Amazing venue! Was a great experience for a concert. Big enough to house a small concert and was well run.

This was such a fun place to bring some friends line dancing! We went on a line dancing specific night, so I cannot speak to any concerts here or any other type of "night." On a Saturday line dancing evening, this place had a good amount of people but the dance floor only got completely crowded two or three times during the night. Usually the dance floor was half full- about half of those people knew what they were doing in terms of line dancing and the other half were watching and doing their best. The people who knew what they were doing were very kind and helped those of us who were learning and watching. This made for a very fun and easy atmosphere for our group (about 8 of us). The bar was cheap and fast. We kept a tab open all night and were easily able to close it out by the end of the night. There was Cornhole in the back of the dance floor and we played that for a while. There was a punching bag game (2 plays for $1!) that kept our group entertained for a bit, but most fun was the mechanical bull! $5 for two rides is a steal and you choose easy, medium, or hard. The guy working it was very chill and nice and we all had a blast taking turns riding the mechanical bull. The line was not long. There is also a pizza place in here! Which was perfect after a couple hours of dancing and drinking. The pizza took about a half hour to get out, so plan for that, but once we got it it was very tasty. I would definitely come back here again for line dancing night!

This a fairly good sized venue - plenty of space on the dance floor for line dancing (which is good, especially for the more popular dances) and there's plenty of tables and/or seating if you just feel like sitting and watching. There's two bars in the space - one on either end. But the line got long a few times during the night. Plenty of stalls in the ladies bathroom. Decent prices for drinks and the entry fee.

Fun and interactive! Huge space. Lots of space for sitting or dancing. Good size outdoor smoking section a plus! Staff was welcoming and friendly! Food was typical bar food, but good

On October 29, I visited 8 Seconds Saloon for a county music concert. Overall, I had a very positive experience. The venue was small enough that you could sit anywhere and have a good view of the artist.Before the concert there was plenty to do around the bar to keep busy. Since it was my first time going, I decided to walk around and check out what all 8 Seconds offered. There were multiple pool tables, a large dance floor, and the iconic mechanical bull.The bars were very quick with their service and I never had to wait more than five minutes for a drink. The bathrooms were also surprisingly clean as was the entire bar. I would highly recommend this bar to any country music fans or anyone that wants to visit a bar that downtown Indianapolis or Broad Ripple can't offer.

We came to Indiana for a business trip, and definitely wanted to go to a decent country bar. 8 Second Saloon would've been first on our last, BUT: -Their hours are wrong on their Google listing, so it just says they're closed... all the time. They're most likely open! -They don't keep their Instagram very up to date with events, advertising, specials. Etc. Luckily we came across this place on Yelp. :) We ended up catching the Kylie Morgan concert and tickets were only $5.00, so we upgraded to the $10 tickets for the high top tables & pit area. The venue is a cool setup with stuff to do in every direction. The music was a great volume and the systems sounded good! The lighting was perfect for those wanting to enjoy the concert and those just wanting to hang out at the bar. The ladies serving us were the absolute sweetest! They both had super curly hair & I wish I remembered their names, but they were personable, friendly & efficient. My reason for only 4 stars was the security. I've never been to a venue that didn't do a wand security check or a bag check. We've been to a lot of states & having that extra safety is totally assuring... They didn't ask to see what's in my bag & they literally just scanned our tickets. Our Uber driver on the way back to our hotel said the area wasn't the best, so that was even more shocking that they don't check... Other reason, they still charge $1.00 card fee per transaction. It's 2023... yes, we understand the system charges them to use it, so increase the price of your drinks, maybe. We had a blast! There was like nothing to do in Indiana when it came to nightlife(we're from California), so we were happy to find this spot!

Attended a sold out show here as a 30+ year old parent and was pleasantly surprised at how smoothly everything went. I expected to feel like the oldest person there and that was definitely not the case. We also had a ticket situation come up in which the manager made it better than we expected. There was hardly a line to get in and parking and everything was not bad at all! Would return!

Expensive drinks. They will allow their bouncers to put hands on you, claim you were in the wrong and then delete the camera footage to cover their own tracks. Place is big, and good music though.