Biscuits & Blues

Name

Biscuits & Blues

Legal name

Biscuits and Blues

Website

https://biscuitsandblues.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Live Music Venue

NAICS

Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (722410), Limited-Service Restaurants (722513)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810), Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900), Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)

akta.pro primary industry

Live Music Venues & Concert Bars (THAFAEAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Live Music Clubs & Venues (MPAGAIAB), Live Music Bars & Venues (CRANACAH), Supper Clubs & Dinner-Theater Restaurants (THAFACAL)

Keywords

• Live music venue
• Blues music performances
• Concert dining
• Private event hosting
• Live entertainment

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Ticket Sales: Revenue from admission tickets for live music shows ranging from $15 for intimate sets to $65 for featured artists. Multiple shows per evening with early and late show options.
2. Food and Beverage: Southern-inspired cuisine, cocktails, and drinks served during shows. Kitchen closes 30 minutes before end of last show.
3. Private Events: Hosting private events in main venue or upstairs event space with panoramic Union Square views. Custom culinary experiences and A/V services offered.
4. Merchandise: Official gift shop selling branded merchandise including mugs, cups, apparel (t-shirts, long sleeves), hats, accessories, and media items.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Biscuits & Blues operates an intimate San Francisco live music venue and restaurant featuring nightly blues and American roots music performances paired with Southern-inspired cuisine and craft cocktails. The venue runs two scheduled showtimes per evening (early and late sets) with tickets priced from $15 for intimate local sets up to $65 for Grammy-nominated and award-winning headliners, complemented by on-site dining, an upstairs private event space, and an online branded merchandise shop.

Product overview

Biscuits & Blues is a single-location San Francisco blues and roots music venue offering live music performances as its core product. The venue operates an integrated experience combining live shows with two scheduled performances nightly (early and late shows), southern-inspired dining, and cocktail service. Additional offerings include private event hosting with state-of-the-art AV equipment, an official gift shop selling branded merchandise, email newsletter subscriptions, and an artist booking service for touring musicians.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Live Music Shows
• Private Events
• Dining Experience
• Gift Shop (Branded Merchandise)
• Artist Booking Service

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• EventbritecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPrimary ticketing platform partner for all show admissions. Handles ticket sales, distribution, and event management for performances at the venue.
• OpenTablecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRestaurant reservation platform used for table bookings and dinner reservations. Enables SMS updates for reservation holders.
• Handlery Union Square HotelminorGTM or Marketing PartnerHotel partner offering 25% discount and 50% off parking for Biscuits & Blues show attendees using the venue's FLEX rate.
• Hotel ZeppelinminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSan Francisco hotel partner offering $22 daily breakfast credit, early check-in, late check-out, and upgraded rooms using promo code BISCBLUES for show attendees.
• Meyer SoundcoreTechnology or IntegrationVenue equipped with state-of-the-art Meyer sound system for live music reinforcement, providing premium audio quality for performances.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• The Blue Note: Iconic intimate jazz and blues venue with food and beverage service. Closest direct competitor in the niche live-music-meets-dining format with a comparable per-ticket pricing model and similar artist caliber.
• Yoshi's: Jazz and blues club in Oakland with Japanese cuisine, running nightly ticketed shows with a dinner-and-show concept. Closest geographic and conceptual comp in the Bay Area.
• Sweetwater Music Hall: Bay Area music venue with food and bar service hosting touring artists. Comparable intimate-format ticketed venue in the regional market with similar revenue streams.
• Tipitina's: Legendary New Orleans music venue with food and bar service. Comparable intimate-tier live music venue with deep roots in a specific American music genre and a multi-decade brand history.
• The Belly Up: Intimate Solana Beach venue hosting touring artists with food and bar service. Comparable sized ticketed venue with similar genre mix and pricing tiers.
• Cafe Wha?: Historic Greenwich Village venue with food, drinks, and nightly live music. Comparable intimate live music plus dining format with multi-decade operating history.

Broad incumbents

• City Winery: Multi-location music venue with full restaurant and wine program. Operates a similar dinner-and-show format at larger scale across multiple cities, with comparable ticketed live performances and private events.
• House of Blues: National chain of music venues with Southern-inspired food and live music programming. Operates at much larger scale with similar cuisine and blues/roots music positioning.

Regional players

• The Fillmore: Historic San Francisco live music venue. While larger and more general-genre than Biscuits & Blues, it competes for the same San Francisco live music audience and tourist dollars.
• The Independent: San Francisco live music club with bar service. Competes for the same Bay Area live music audience despite a different genre mix and a smaller food component.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/biscuitbluessf

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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