The venue for watching the shows is great. Nice historic theater. Sound was average if I am honest. However while staff was cordial up front they were fairly rude when interacting with them inside. The drinks later literally yelled at me because I was carrying a bottled water I brought in. She demanded I throw it away immediately because of Virginia ABC rules. Ok, fine. But inside one guy was continually monitoring phone use to where he came by and reminded us twice not to take flash pictures while the performers are on. Myself and the other patrons around us were looking at each other wondering why he kept saying that. Lastly, and this is crazy, it was maybe 15 minutes after the show, we are standing outside the theater, people are still buying merch inside and the Beacon Theater lights (which are cool) where still going. A group of probably 10 people were lining up a group photo with the theater as the background when the lady at the ticket booth literally when inside and turned all the lights off. We were all surprised and I thought it may have been an accident, but we looked through the doors and the ticket lady waived and shrugged at us, as if to say oh well, sorry. That was very rude. And that other group taking the picture was not happy. So all that to say: nice venue for the concert, but be ready for rude people (not all of them, the people helping to seat us were extremely nice) inside.

I've been to this venue for live music dozens of times with my husband and with friends. We've sat in all different areas of the theater... from right in front of the stage to the farthest seat in the balcony and it sounds amazing no matter where we are. All of the staff, from the ushers to the bartenders are wonderful. We've seen well known artists like Diamond Rio, Firehouse, Ricky Skaggs, and Jefferson Starship, but we've also seen tribute bands like Ozzmosis (Ozzy), The Four Horseman (Metallica), Chi-town (Chicago) and Kashmir (Led Zeppelin). The ticket prices are reasonable and the experience is always terrific!

I just went to a concert at the Beacon with 6 other and the place is really nice, great seating. Looking forward to another show.

The Beacon Theater is a gem. The size is right, prices were very reasonable, the staff is friendly, parking is good, and the seats were comfortable. Beverages and snacks are available. The Meat Loaf tribute band put on an excellent performance. If we were local, we would attend regularly.

Doors tribute band was way too loud! We got tix an hour before the show, and there were lots of tix left. I wish I would have bought the last row! The Doors tribute band performed as described, but WAY overdone. Any tribute bands we have attended in the past were just that - playing the hits. This band took the Jim Morrison persona too far. We didn’t expect to see a tripped out JM imitation, in fact I was disgusted because my son died of a drug overdose also. It was hard to sit through and I finally got up to wait in the back for my husband. I would recommend to their manager to introduce themselves as portraying a glimpse of the Doors, and put more energy into making the music, not the “performance”, an enjoyable interpretation. If you want to act, audition for Broadway!