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Live band on the Old Main patio under strings of warm bulbs after dark

What’s On

Something’s always going on at Old Main.

Live music in the beer garden all summer, specials that repeat every week, and a private room for the nights that matter.

What’s on

What’s on at Old Main

Out back

The Beer Garden

Scroll in. Four thousand square feet behind the building, string lights overhead, and a stage at the end of it.

The seating

Four thousand square feet of it.

Long picnic tables run the length of the garden, with string lights strung wall to wall above them. It fills end to end on a warm night.

The side bar

High-tops, and a bar out here.

High-tops along the brick, and a bar in the garden itself, so another round never means going back inside. The whole side can be set aside for an outdoor event.

Fridays

Bands in the garden.

Live on the patio every Friday, music at seven, on the stage at the far end. Bands run right through the summer.

Getting in

Walk up on a music night.

The garden itself takes no reservation. Book a table inside if you want dinner first, then come out for the band.

The beer garden in daylight — rows of wooden picnic tables on gravel against the red brick wall, string lights overhead and the stair to the upper deck

Private events

Take the whole garden.

Four thousand square feet, a stage, and a bar of its own — company parties, reunions, and summer nights that belong to you.

The calendar

Weekly specials repeat automatically — dated events are added as they’re booked.

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Friday

October 30

Weekly special

Live on the patio

Bands in the beer garden. Music at 7. · every week

Every week

Saturdays11:00 AM

Karaoke night

Saturday karaoke from 7:30, drink specials all night.

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Tuesdays11:00 AM

Taco Tuesday

Steakhouse taco platter, Asian lobster tacos, fiesta fries.

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Wednesdays11:00 AM

Wing Lab night

Experiment sauces plus the classics.

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Fridays7:00 PM

Live on the patio

Bands in the beer garden. Music at 7.

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Sundays10:00 AM

Brunch, 10 to 2

Juice flights, skillet cinnamon rolls, steak and eggs.

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Private Events

The nights people plan around.

A private room downstairs, a whole social floor upstairs, and a kitchen that caters beyond our walls. Rehearsal dinners, banquets, company parties, Doane University occasions — we’ve built for all of them.

Tell us the date and the headcount; we’ll handle the rest.

A band mid-set under stage lighting — bassist, drummer behind an AM/FM kick drum, singer, keyboard player and guitarist across five frames

Rehearsal dinners

Banquets

Corporate parties

Doane University occasions

Holiday parties

Off-site catering

Your own night

Or take the room for yourself.

Four spaces, including four thousand square feet of beer garden with a stage already in it.