The Chesterfield

Seeing live music played in Sioux City is not so common for this area. Perhaps I'm wrong, but there might be only 3-4 venues a week that have decent music playing (rock is what I am referring to as decent music). Unfortunately in this town there are a glut of cover bands that play all of these venues in a regular rotation. The Chesterfield is one of those venues.

Don't get me wrong, The Chesterfield also has some unique acts booked at times too. I have seen good local acts that play all of their own music here as well as hearing a range of genres (heavy metal to blues) playing on the stage here.

On to the place itself now; this is a narrow place. What I mean is that when you go into The Chesterfield there's a wide area, then as you walk further into the place it narrows considerably as you go by the bar. This is often where bottlenecks occur and you stand with your drink in your hand held up so nobody spills it (if you're lucky) as you try to continue on into the back, where the stage area is located.

The stage is definitely big and suited to a variety of acts. The soundboard is professional and rarely do you have trouble hearing the vocals from bands playing.

In addition, they have a large fenced-in smoking area (if you are a smoker).

The crowd here definitely ranges from one extreme to another. However, I have never seen a fight here yet. The security is pretty good.

This is probably one of Sioux City's better music venues.