The Vogue

We arrived from Chicago and was impressed with the staff. Everyone A to Z was fantastic. The front staff, coat check, bartenders, the MC and security. Everyone was happy and gave off great energy. Great job!!!

I'm going up to a full 5 stars. Reading through my prior review from 7 years past, I can't help but think how much times have changed in terms of cost. My main gripe seems to have been $8-$10 drinks, lol. I've been back to Indy for a couple of shows since that 2017 gig, but this was my first time back to The Vogue (Dec, 2024) and that same price range now seems crazy cheap after another half decade in Nashville where similar venues here charge $12-18. Things were even cheaper this time, though with many $6 drink options. The venue itself remains stellar, perfect size for a great show without a bad view in the house. Good acoustics, friendly staff, clean restrooms. A lot of dining and drinking options within steps, an adequate coat check, everything you could need from a mid-size music venue.

This is a really cool place to see a concert! I came in from out of town to visit some friends and see Metric (amazing!). Our dinner before the show unfortunately took forever and we didn't get in as early as we were hoping to. If the theater was designed a little better and was more optimized for viewing it would've been a better experience. We had to resort to being right next to the wheelchair ramp, and still packed in like sardines. It's a little scary being so packed, especially with only to ingress/egress points flanking the bar. People would try to come in and out from the ramp to almost no avail. The atmosphere is really cool though, and it's a very well-preserved place. The marquee outside is awesome.

The Vogue is a revamped movie theater space that now holds concerts, keeping the brightly lit marquee in place as a nod to the location's history. I recommend arriving by the time doors open for your event for the quickest bar service. My bartender was friendly and even was so nice as to add my canned mocktail to an iced cup with lime. Menu wise, my favorite part of the vogue is the expanse of the mocktail menu. As a sober gal, it's an extra level of comfort to have options to order that are right on the menu, so I don't have to worry about any accidental alc additions. I like to come to the vogue for the events and the mocktail menu makes it even more enticing!

The Vogue is a great venue for live music. I enjoy smaller music venues like this. Even if you're further away from the stage, you're really not that far. It can get pretty packed, but that's no different than similar venues. We've seen a variety of bands and been to different events here. We most recently went to see The Warning, but we've also seen Irish bands. We've even attended a tequila tasting. The staff is friendly. The bartenders serve up drinks as fast as they can. There's more than one bar, which is convenient. Shows are always reasonably priced, and drinks are what you'd pay anywhere else you'd see a concert. Waiting outside in line for concerts might be the worst part. If you want to be up close to a band or performer, you have to get there early to be at the front of the line. So, you might be standing in line a while. But once the line starts moving, you get in pretty quickly. I always enjoy going to The Vogue and think it's a great place for a show!

I went during Emo Night, a particularly crowded night, but the staff ensured the safety of everyone there. The drinks were good. The atmosphere is amazing, and I highly recommend everyone in Indy to check it out!

Wanted to enjoy a show. After we got our first round, the bartender said I was cut off because I was swerving... I was actually looking around a pillar for my wife to come out of the bathroom while enjoying music. I explained this calmly to him. I asked a half hour later if I could have a beer for the concert about to start. I got a wrist band that said no. After I asked for a card or management info, he said I have nothing for you. Wouldn't even give me his name. I then took a picture of the bar tender and was escorted out....GM Dave Stevens could not explain why I was removed.... Half of the security officers are amazing including Dustin and Robb. The other half need to be replaced. As well the GMThis is not a review about how I could not have a beer. It's about the disrespect and miscommunication.

I recently came here for the first time for Jesse McCartney's concert. It was packed - extremely hot - everyone was struggling to see. My friend and I were initially up on the balcony standing, and then someone bought a table near us. A staff member came around and told us we couldn't be near that table anymore (we weren't using it) - but the girls at the table said we were fine and not in their way and were very nice. Then he went and got someone else that worked there and they made us move anyway.So then we go downstairs where it's even more packed, and we are literally touching the people next to us. Then another staff member started yelling at us to move again. He wanted us to go farther in, but there was literally nowhere to go. Positives - Jesse McCartney had a great show, the bartender lady was nice, and they did give out water. However I do not think I would return due to the size space and how awkward we felt continually getting yelled at.

This is my second review of the venue, which, after several recent visits in the last couple of years I find necessary. The venue sold to the Forty5 trio about a year before Pandemic shut-downs. And upon reopening, a lot of crappy changes had taken place. Sure, we have Rock the Ruins now and a new app for ticket purchases. But the cool part of what was The Vogue experience itself is largely gone. Even right before COVID hit, the venue policy for the bigger shows was to open the balcony to general seating. One could get there before or at "doors" and if among the first in to get seats along the edge of the balcony it, they were yours first-come, first-served at no additional cost. There were always the Reserved tables upstairs as well as downstairs. But often if tables weren't reserved, you could sit at the ones further away. Now you can't go upstairs at all without a wristband for their astronomical Premium seating, and no downstairs tables are available without also paying--as much as 6 times the admission on top of the ticket price itself.Is this what the new ownership meant by "upgrades" to the venue? Because there's been none other that I can see. It still smells like a pukey dive bar when you first walk in, until your nose adjusts to the stink.Tonight, though, some serious B.S. transpired the likes of which I've not seen. At a show with an 80's ska band--so an extremely chill audience with an avg age somewhere in their 50's--the bouncers got really aggressive. Anytime someone whipped out their phone to take a quick video clip to show their grandkids on FB, these jackals shined horrifically bright lights at the cameras and in doing so, in people's faces. They'd strobe them to get people's attention. It was confusing until people figured out what was happening, which took a while b/c... WTH... who bans people from taking 5-second videos on their phones these days?! If you didn't understand and comply right away, goons would get up in your face. It was obnoxious AF for anyone even remotely around them. And of course when most people pulled out their phones it was during all the best songs, which basically ruined the concert. I'm really loving the irony that Yelp'scover photo for this business right now is a shot of the act on stage through the "lens" of someone's smartphone screen. Hey Forty5, did the fat cats in the balcony get abused too or was that just reserved for us poors?

I live 2 hours away and traveled to see a one hour set by an artist I love. After the driving, the ticket price, and parking garage price across the street that I was fully planning on spending. I get to the door and after one security woman checks my bag and says I'm good to go a man comes up and wants to check me all over again? weird. Thankfully the woman told him to let me go. I finally get inside and order ONE Tito's and redbull and was charged $25! An outrageous price for the kind of show it was. That is like festival pricing.. 10/10 would not recommend drinking here.