Live regional bands play every Friday and Saturday night. On Thursdays a DJ drops by to spin Top-40 dance tunes. In 1997, the club started a summer teen dance night on Tuesdays that was chaperoned by area teachers. Max boasts having the largest dance floor in central Virginia. It has DJs on Thursday nights and live country music on the weekends.
Students pour in on Wednesdays for country line-dance classes.
Call for the cover charge. You might catch a lot of University of Virginia students at this restaurant. It's right across the street from the campus, plus there's no cover charge when bands perform. Michael's Bistro is going for themed nights, usually acoustic or bluegrass on Sunday, funk and rock on Monday and jazz on Tuesday. Trumpet player John D'earth, who toured with Bruce Hornsby, plays here regularly.