Industry · venue
9:30 Club
The 9:30 Club is a Washington concert club that opened on 31 May 1980 on F Street and moved to its V Street building in 1996. I.M.P. has booked it since 1983 and has owned it since 1986.
- Current relationships
- 4
- Historical
- 0
- Publishers cited
- 4
- Latest evidence check
- 2026-08-24
Who owns and operates 9:30 Club?
- Ticketmaster sells tickets for 9:30 Club. Ticketing platform in use · Confirmed · verified 2026-08-24 · record
- I.M.P. operates 9:30 Club. Operation · Confirmed · verified 2026-08-24 · record
- I.M.P. books 9:30 Club. Booking · Confirmed · verified 2026-08-24 · record
- I.M.P. owns 9:30 Club. Ownership · since 1986-01-01 · Confirmed · verified 2026-08-20 · record
Relationship evidence
Each row is one sourced assertion. Ownership, operation, booking, promotion, ticketing, management and roles are recorded separately and never merged. "Unknown" means the cited source does not state it.
| Relationship | Counterparty | Scope / territory | Status | Date / basis | Checked | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ticketing suppliersells tickets for (inbound) | Ticketmaster | UnknownLimitation: Platform in use as read on the venue's own box-office page. | confirmed | Unknown | 2026-08-24 | 9:30 Club1 source
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| Bookerbooks (inbound) | I.M.P. | UnknownLimitation: The 1983 exclusivity statement is dated provenance from the venue's own history, not a current exclusivity claim. What is current is that I.M.P. books the room; whether an exclusive term still runs is not stated by either source. | confirmed | Unknown | 2026-08-24 | 9:30 Club2 sources
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| Operatoroperates (inbound) | I.M.P. | UnknownLimitation: Operation is recorded separately from I.M.P.'s ownership of the building and separately from its booking of the room. | confirmed | Unknown | 2026-08-24 | I.M.P.1 source
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| Ownerowns (inbound) | I.M.P. | Unknown | confirmed | 1986-01-01unstated | 2026-08-20 | 9:30 Club1 source
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The record
- Type
- Venue
- Venue type
- Club
- Location
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Region
- South (U.S. Census region)
- Address
- 815 V Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20001
- Coordinates
- 38.9179, -77.0238
- Founded
- 1980
- Capacity
- 1,200 (general admission)
- Capacity qualifier
- Standing-only room; the District's own listing states a capacity of 1,200.
- Coordinate basis
- Coordinates derived from the venue's published street address.
- Official site
- www.930.com
Evidence for this record
- 9:30 Club history — 9:30 Club. Official website of the entity. Retrieved 2026-08-20.States: The club's history states that I.M.P. began booking it in 1983, purchased it in 1986, and moved it to V Street in 1996.
- 9:30 Club selected as January 2016 Location of the Month — Office of Cable Television, Film, Music and Entertainment, Government of the District of Columbia. Municipal or public-authority record. Published 2016-01-01. Retrieved 2026-08-24.States: The District's entertainment office states that the standing-only venue holds a capacity of 1,200 people.
- 9:30 Club — listing — Destination DC. Official website of the entity. Retrieved 2026-08-24.States: The city's official destination organisation lists a 1,200 reception capacity for the 9:30 Club.
- 9:30 Club selected as January 2016 Location of the Month — DC Office of Cable Television, Film, Music and Entertainment. Municipal or public-authority record. Retrieved 2026-08-24.States: The District's entertainment office describes the 9:30 Club as a standing-only venue which holds a capacity of 1,200 people.
Ownership
Operation, booking and promotion
Ticketing
| Relationship | Type | Period | Status | Verified | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ticketmaster sells tickets for 9:30 Club. Ticketmaster | Ticketing platform in use | — | Confirmed | 2026-08-24 | 9:30 Club |
Research mentioning 9:30 Club
- The Biggest Concert Promoters in America: A 2026 Ownership and Market Map
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Published Live Index research that names 9:30 Club in its text. A mention is not a relationship: recorded relationships are the tables above.
Cite this reference
- Plain
- Live Index, "9:30 Club — industry register record", Live Index, https://liveindex.io/industry/venues/nine-thirty-club
- APA
- Live Index (n.d.). 9:30 Club — industry register record [Reference guide]. Live Index. https://liveindex.io/industry/venues/nine-thirty-club
- Chicago
- Live Index. "9:30 Club — industry register record." Live Index. https://liveindex.io/industry/venues/nine-thirty-club.
- BibTeX
- @online{industry-venues-nine-thirty-club, author = {{Live Index}}, title = {9:30 Club — industry register record}, organization = {Live Index}, url = {https://liveindex.io/industry/venues/nine-thirty-club} }
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