Substation

Substation is a 21+ music venue and bar at 645 NW 45th St in Ballard, open since 2015. It runs two showrooms, with a combined capacity around 600, plus a karaoke room, and shares its building with a band-rehearsal complex of roughly 80 rooms and a recording studio, next to a working power station. Booking is broad: indie and hard rock, metal, punk, shoegaze, hip-hop, and house, techno, and experimental electronic music.

Modular Seattle’s Modular Nights brings experimental hardware sets, modular rigs, and Eurorack performance to the room on the second Sunday of each month. 4Bs Tavern is a few blocks away on Leary Way NW, giving Ballard two recurring hardware-focused listings.