Emo's

{{Short description|Nightclub in Austin, Texas}}

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{{Other uses|Emo (disambiguation)}}

{{Use American English|date=May 2023}}

{{Infobox venue

| name = Emo's

| logo_image = Emo's_Austin_Logo.svg

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| address = 2015 E Riverside Dr
Austin, TX 78741-1338

| location = East Riverside-Oltorf

| coordinates = {{Coord|30|15|9|N|97|44|33|W|type:landmark_scale:10000_region:US|display=inline,title}}

| type = Nightclub

| genre =

| built =

| opened = 1992

| renovated =

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| closed =

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| owner = C3 Presents

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| former_names = The Back Room
Emo's East

| seating_type =

| seating_capacity = 1,700

| website = {{URL|www.emosaustin.com}}

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Image:TGUK Emos.png performing at Emo's in 1997.]]

Image:The Ready Set - live 2010.jpg performing at Emo's in 2010.]]

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File:Fugazi.jpg performing at Emo's in 2002]]

Emo's is a music and event venue located in Austin, Texas.{{cite web |url=http://www.texasmonthly.com/2001-01-01/profile2.php |title=Poster Boy |publisher=Texas Monthly |first=Eileen |last=Schwartz |date=January 1, 2001 |access-date=2008-08-27}} Emo's got its start as a Houston punk club in 1989, with the Austin location opening in 1992.{{cite web |url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/column?oid=oid:492067 |title=TCB |last=Gray |first=Christopher |date=June 15, 2007 |access-date=2009-05-17}} The Houston location closed its doors in September 2001.{{cite web|url=http://www.trinicom.com/keith/emos/emos-last-day/ |title=Emo's (Houston) last day |last=Christensen |first=Keith |date=September 23, 2001 |access-date=2009-05-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090413234550/http://www.trinicom.com/keith/emos/emos-last-day/ |archive-date=April 13, 2009 }}

The nightclub is an official South by Southwest Music Festival venue, during which it consists of four stages.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/ref/arts/music/sxsw-journal.html?scp=1&sq=Emo%27s%20SXSW&st=cse |title=The Times at the South by Southwest Festival |last=Pareles |first=Jon |publisher=The New York Times |work=South by Southwest Journal |access-date=2008-08-27 | date=March 14, 2007}} The annual Emissions from the Monolith festival relocated to Emo's in 2007.{{cite web |url=http://www.scenepointblank.com/news/3118|title=Emissions From The Monolith 2007 |last=Phillips |first=Phillips |date=February 11, 2007 |access-date=2008-08-27}} The club closed in December 2011 for reasons unknown, however in September of that same year, a new venue opened up on East Riverside, on the site of the old Back Room venue.{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/touring/1165949/emos-owner-on-famed-austin-clubs-closure-what-makes-a-venue-is-not |title=Emo's Owner on Famed Austin Club's Closure: 'What Makes a Venue Is Not Four Walls' |publisher=Billboard |date=September 29, 2011 |access-date=2018-04-04}}{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/news/44160-emos-austin-closing/ |title=Emo's Austin Closing |last=Fitzmaurice|first=Larry |website=Pitchfork |date=September 29, 2011 |access-date=2012-02-20}}

On February 11, 2013, Emo's announced they were being sold to C3 Presents, the booking agent/production company behind Austin City Limits Festival and Lollapalooza, among other endeavors.{{cite web |url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2013-02-15/music-news-the-pros-and-cons-of-hitchhiking/ |title=The Pro's & Cons of Hitchhiking |last=Hernandez|first=Raoul |date=February 13, 2013 |access-date=2013-02-13}}