honky-tonks
Rowdy country venues
Honky-tonks are rowdy bars or dance halls, especially in the American South, featuring country music, drinking, and often a rough-edged atmosphere.
The term evokes neon signs, jukeboxes, and sawdust floors: We spent Saturday night at a honky-tonk outside Austin.
Honky-tonk also names a style of country piano with a tinny, percussive sound.
Inert illuminating element
- sawdustPowdery timber waste
- beerFermented grain drink
- whiskeyOak-aged grain spirit
- cigarettesPaper-wrapped tobacco for smoking
rowdy · loud · raucous · smoky · dim · crowded · lively · boisterous
Sovereign state or territory
- twangSharp vibrating sound
- fiddleAdjust restlessly; folk violin
- jukeboxCoin-operated music player
- two-stepFast paired ballroom dance
swing · Nashville · Hank Williams · heartbreak songs · George Jones · cheating songs · drinking songs · waltzes
Fast paired ballroom dance
- line dancingChoreographed group country steps
- country swingCountry-flavored partner dance
- shuffleRandomize by mixing
- waltzDance in three-quarter time
dancing · partners · floor · cowboy boots · western wear · couples · jukebox · band
Rods, taverns, or measures
- saloonsPublic drinking houses
- roadhousesRural drinking establishments
- dance hallsPublic spaces for partnered movement
- juke jointsSmall rural nightclubs
taverns · dives · nightclubs · watering holes · gin mills · speakeasies · cantinas · icehouse
neon
Inert illuminating element
cigarettes · rowdy · loud · raucous · smoky · dim · crowded · lively · boisterous · seedy
country
Sovereign state or territory
two-step · swing · Nashville · Hank Williams · heartbreak songs · George Jones · cheating songs · drinking songs · waltzes · shuffles
two-step
Fast paired ballroom dance
- line dancingChoreographed group country steps
- country swingCountry-flavored partner dance
- shuffleRandomize by mixing
waltz · dancing · partners · floor · cowboy boots · western wear · couples · jukebox · band · swaying
bars
Rods, taverns, or measures
- saloonsPublic drinking houses
- roadhousesRural drinking establishments
- dance hallsPublic spaces for partnered movement
juke joints · taverns · dives · nightclubs · watering holes · gin mills · speakeasies · cantinas · icehouse · barrooms
- TexasAlamo, Dallas, Houston, Austin, San Antonio
- South Central USTexas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Houston
- Southern culturesweet tea, grits, fried chicken, front porch, barbecue
- Southern Pastimesbass fishing, catfishing, deer hunting, duck hunting, crawfish boil
- AmericanaAmerican flag, Fourth of July, bald eagle, Thanksgiving, apple pie
honky-tonkscountry clubs
Exclusive membership venues
wine bars · rooftop bars · opera houses · speakeasies · jazz clubs
honky-tonksopera houses
Venues for sung dramatic works
Carnegie Hall · Lincoln Center · jazz clubs · discotheques · conservatories