Yucca Tap Room

What Yucca Tap Room does

Yucca Tap Room is a privately-held, single-location live music venue and bar founded in 1970 and operating at 29 W Southern Ave, Tempe, Arizona. Positioned as "Tempe's Original Live Music Venue" with over 50 years of continuous operation, it runs 7 days per week from 6am to 2am with a happy hour from 6am to 7pm, and hosts nightly live performances including recurring Open Mic and Blues Jam sessions alongside curated ticketed and cover-charge shows. The venue offers a full bar with 29 beers on tap, a selection of bottles and cans, and an extensive spirits library, with an intimate layout that allows stage visibility from the lounge.

The business generates revenue from four streams: (1) bar sales of alcoholic beverages (core stream); (2) food sales sourced via an in-house kitchen partnership with Vinyl Pie; (3) ticket sales and cover charges under a three-tier booking structure in which bands are paid either 10% of bar ring, 20% of bar ring minus $300 in house expenses, or 100% after $400 in house expenses on paid shows; and (4) merchandise sales of branded apparel through an online storefront. Ticketing is processed via TicketWeb with a $1 per-ticket house fee. The company employs approximately 19 people and operates with no proprietary technology, no mobile app, and no public funding or parent company.

Yucca Tap Room targets local Tempe-area music enthusiasts and adult social drinkers, differentiated by its heritage positioning, intimate venue design, extended late-night operating hours, and layered entertainment (live music, Electric Bat Arcade pinball with a secret tiki bar, and Vinyl Pie food). Marketing is conducted through a Squarespace-hosted website, an email newsletter signup, and TicketWeb-driven event promotion. The business is geographically restricted to a single Tempe storefront with no public revenue, M&A, or leadership-change disclosures in the available data.

Name

Yucca Tap Room

Legal name

Yucca Tap Room

Website

https://yuccatap.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1970

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Yucca Tap Room is a single-location live music venue and bar in Tempe, Arizona, operating since 1970. It serves local adults with nightly live performances, 29 beers on tap, food via Vinyl Pie partnership, and a pinball arcade operated by Electric Bat Arcade.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Live Music Venue and Bar

NAICS

Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (7224), Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (71)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Live Music Bars & Venues (CRANACAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Craft Beer Bars & Taprooms (THAFAEAG)

Keywords

• Live music venue
• Craft beer bar
• Nightlife entertainment
• Event ticketing
• Pinball arcade

Headquarters

HQ city

Tempe

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Bar Sales: Sales of alcoholic beverages including 29 beers on tap, bottles, cans, and an extensive spirits library. This represents the core revenue stream for the venue.
2. Food Sales: Food sales provided through partnership with Vinyl Pie, offering pizza and other menu items.
3. Ticket Sales and Cover Charges: Revenue from ticketed events and cover charges. The venue offers three booking structures: (1) no cover with bands receiving 10% of bar ring, (2) no cover with bands receiving 20% of bar ring minus $300 house expenses, (3) paid shows where bands receive 100% after $400 house expenses. House ticketing includes a $1 per ticket fee.
4. Merchandise Sales: Sale of branded merchandise including apparel with exclusive designs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Yucca Tap Room operates a live music venue and full-service bar in Tempe, Arizona, showcasing nightly live performances for over 50 years in an intimate setting. The venue features a full bar with 29 beers on tap, an extensive spirits library, food from Vinyl Pie, an expanded pinball arcade operated by Electric Bat Arcade, and a secret tiki bar. It offers cover shows, ticketed events through TicketWeb, and an online merchandise store for branded apparel.

Product overview

Yucca Tap Room is a single-location multi-concept entertainment venue in Tempe, Arizona, operating as a bar and live music venue since the 1970s. The venue features a full bar with 29 beers on tap, an extensive spirits library, and food from Vinyl Pie. It hosts live music events nightly with multiple booking arrangements, and includes an expanded pinball arcade with secret tiki bar operated by Electric Bat Arcade. The company also operates an online merchandise store for apparel.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Yucca Tap Room Live Music Venue Tempe's original live music venue showcasing live performances in an intimate setting with a full bar and stage views from nearly anywhere in the venue. Open 7 days a week from 6am to 2am.
• Full Bar & Lounge Full-service bar featuring 29 beers on tap, a variety of bottles and cans, an extensive spirits library, and a lounge area with stage views. Includes happy hour from 6am to 7pm.
• Pinball Arcade (with Electric Bat Arcade) Expanded pinball arcade operated in partnership with Electric Bat Arcade, including a secret tiki bar experience.
• Food Service (Vinyl Pie) Kitchen service providing pizza and other food items, operated by Vinyl Pie as the food service partner of Yucca Tap Room.
• Event Booking & Ticketing Venue booking services for live music events including no-cover shows, paid-cover shows, and ticketed performances distributed via TicketWeb.
• Merchandise Store Online merchandise storefront offering Yucca Tap Room branded apparel with bold styles, vibrant colors, and exclusive designs.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Electric Bat ArcadecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerElectric Bat Arcade operates an expanded pinball arcade within Yucca Tap Room, adding entertainment value and attracting arcade enthusiasts to the venue. The partnership also includes a secret tiki bar experience.
• Vinyl PiecoreOthersVinyl Pie provides kitchen and food service for Yucca Tap Room, offering pizza and additional food menu items to complement the bar and entertainment experience.
• TicketWebcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTicketWeb serves as the primary ticketing platform for Yucca Tap Room events, handling ticket sales and distribution for live music shows and special events.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Punch Bowl Social: Multi-concept entertainment venues combining bar, food, and games (bowling, arcade). Comparable to Yucca Tap Room's arcade + bar + food stack, though operating as a scaled, multi-location brand rather than a single independent.
• House of Blues: National chain of live music venues combining a full bar, food service, and ticketed performances. Comparable as a multi-concept live music bar, though operating at significantly larger scale and as a branded portfolio rather than an independent.
• Marquee Theatre: Larger Tempe-based concert venue operating in the same submarket as Yucca Tap Room. Comparable as a Tempe live entertainment competitor, though it targets larger acts and capacities rather than the intimate venue niche.

Direct peers

• Charley's Phoenix: Historic Phoenix live music bar with food service and a stage-driven programming model. Comparable to Yucca Tap Room's intimate venue format and bar/food/ticket revenue mix.
• Crescent Ballroom: Phoenix-based live music bar and venue featuring a full bar, food service, and nightly concerts in an intimate setting. Directly comparable to Yucca Tap Room as an independent Arizona live music bar with bar-driven revenue and ticketed shows.
• Last Exit Live: Phoenix live music bar hosting local and touring acts with bar-driven revenue. Directly comparable in venue size, programming focus, and reliance on bar spend to fund artist bookings.
• The Rhythm Room: Long-running Phoenix live music venue known for blues, roots, and touring acts with a full bar. Comparable to Yucca Tap Room as a heritage Arizona live music bar with a strong community following.
• The Rebel Lounge: Small-capacity live music bar in Phoenix focused on emerging and touring acts with a bar-led revenue model. Closely comparable to Yucca Tap Room in scale, programming style, and target audience of local music enthusiasts.
• Valley Bar: Downtown Phoenix bar and live music venue with multiple concepts under one roof (bar, stage, hidden areas). Comparable to Yucca Tap Room's multi-concept, intimate live music venue model in the same metro.

Regional players

• Hotel Cafe: Intimate Los Angeles live music venue with bar service focused on emerging songwriters. Comparable as a small-capacity live music bar with an artist-friendly programming model, though serving a different (LA) geographic market.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/yucca-tap-room

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Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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