Industry · venue
Turf Club
The Turf Club is a 350-capacity room on University Avenue in Saint Paul, owned and operated by First Avenue, with a main floor stage upstairs and a second stage in the basement Clown Lounge. First Avenue publishes the capacity itself in the announcement of its Fine Line purchase.
- Current relationships
- 2
- Historical
- 0
- Publishers cited
- 1
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-20
Who owns and operates Turf Club?
The record
- Type
- Venue
- Venue type
- Club
- Location
- Saint Paul, Minnesota
- Region
- Midwest (U.S. Census region)
- Address
- 1601 University Avenue West, Saint Paul, MN 55104
- Capacity
- 350 (maximum published)
- Capacity qualifier
- 350 as published by the venue's owner-operator. The figure describes the upstairs music room; the basement Clown Lounge stage is not counted separately.
- Official site
- first-avenue.com/venue/turf-club
Evidence for this record
- First Avenue purchasing the Fine Line — First Avenue. Official website of the entity. Retrieved 2026-08-24.States: First Avenue states that it owns and operates the 250-capacity 7th St Entry, the 350-capacity Turf Club, the 650-capacity Fine Line and the 1,550-capacity First Avenue Mainroom, and co-operates the 2,400-capacity Palace Theatre.
- Turf Club — First Avenue — First Avenue. Official website of the entity. Retrieved 2026-08-24.States: The venue page gives the address as 1601 University Ave, St. Paul 55104, describes the room as a 350-cap venue with a stage and bar upstairs and a basement stage in the Clown Lounge, and lists live music nearly every night.
Ownership
| Relationship | Type | Period | Status | Verified | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Avenue owns Turf Club. First Avenue | Ownership | — | Confirmed | 2026-08-24 | First Avenue |
Operation, booking and promotion
| Relationship | Type | Period | Status | Verified | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Avenue operates Turf Club. First Avenue | Operation | — | Confirmed | 2026-08-24 | First Avenue |
Cite this reference
- Plain
- Live Index, "Turf Club — industry register record", Live Index, August 20, 2026 (updated August 20, 2026), https://liveindex.io/industry/venues/turf-club
- APA
- Live Index (2026, August 20). Turf Club — industry register record [Reference guide]. Live Index. https://liveindex.io/industry/venues/turf-club
- Chicago
- Live Index. "Turf Club — industry register record." Live Index, August 20, 2026. https://liveindex.io/industry/venues/turf-club.
- BibTeX
- @online{industry-venues-turf-club-2026, author = {{Live Index}}, title = {Turf Club — industry register record}, organization = {Live Index}, date = {2026-08-20}, urldate = {2026-08-20}, url = {https://liveindex.io/industry/venues/turf-club} }
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