JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – After the closure of multiple music venues, a brand new music venue is opening in downtown Jacksonville in 2025.
Decca Live officially opens on Sat. January 31, 2025, with a sold-out grand opening show headlined by Grammy Award-nominated Electronic Dance Music (EDM) artist Kaskade.
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The music venue made the announcement Wednesday. As of Thursday, the show was already sold out.
The new music venue is located on East Bay Street in the historic building of the former Florida State Theater Company.
Decca Live is right next to Justice Music Pub, Live Bar, and Myth Nightclub & Element Bistro and blocks away from Underbelly Live.
The venue features a large open-floor layout with a mezzanine overlooking the crowd. The venue will also feature a rooftop bar with views of the St. Johns River.
The rooftop will be open at 4:00 p.m. seven days a week. The venue will close at midnight Sunday through Wednesday and at 2:00 a.m. Thursday through Saturday.
Decca Live boasts a capacity of 1,000 people, which is twice as much as Underbelly and more than half as much as the Florida Theatre. With the venue’s capacity, it fills a void in Downtown Jacksonville left by Mavericks Live. Mavericks, located on the second floor of the Jacksonville Landing, had a capacity of 1500 and attracted artists such as Luke Bryan, Lil Yachty, and De La Ghetto.
Mavericks closed down in 2019, leaving up-and-coming national and international music acts with one less place in Downtown Jacksonville to perform.
Now with the opening of Decca Live, music fans can expect to see more up-and-coming music acts come to Jacksonville for their next tours.
Two Jacksonville natives are co-owners of the Decca Live.
Eric Fuller and Shawn Rouf have years of experience in the nightlife industry.
BLNK CNVS, an event and promotion company based in South Florida, is working with Decca Live as a talent buyer for the venue. The majority of the events BLNK CNVS operates feature EDM artists.
On Dec. 27 & 28, BLNK CNVS is partnering with EDM artist Mersiv to host Sonar Sessions: A New Year’s Celebration in downtown Jacksonville on the historic USS Orleck. The two-day event will feature sets from various bass artists.
With the involvement of BLNK CNVS, the opening of Decca Live will bring more EDM artists to the River City. Touring EDM artists typically come to Myth Nightclub.
Jacksonville already has a budding EDM scene with groups like Rinse & Repeat Records, the Wub Tub, Rat Trap Records, Lucky Duck Promotions, and Social Sparx Cooperative all hosting events featuring local and touring EDM artists.
Now with Decca Live, the local EDM scene will grow to even greater heights.
Besides the sold-out grand opening show headlined by Kaskade, the venue announced another show headlined by country star Josh Meloy on Fri. March 21. Tickets for the Josh Meloy show are now available.
For more information on Decca Live and their future shows, visit their website at deccalive.com.