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The Kee To Bala
Category: Arts & Entertainment Music Venues Nightlife Music Venues Music Venues [Edit]
1012 Bala Falls RoadBala, ON P0C 1A0
(705) 762-3134
- Price Range:
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$
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- No
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
- Music:
- DJ, Live
- Best Nights:
- Sat
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Smoking:
- Outdoor Area/ Patio Only
- Noise Level:
- Loud
- Good For Dancing:
- Yes
One review for The Kee To Bala
1 review in English
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Review from Kimberly H.
Barrie, ON
2/13/2012
This place is known for hosting Canadian bands on weekends in the summer. It's a bit of a legend among locals and cottagers. It's defintely a casual place, not a super-classy establishment. It's an oldschool, bare-bones place with sticky floors, but that doesn't mean you won't have a great time.
This is an old building right on the lake with a pretty nice patio out back. As for the inside, there's really nothing special about it. The stage is probably about 6 feet high so there are no metal barricades, and you can see the band from pretty much anywhere. There is open general admission on the main floor and limited general admission seating upstairs. The seating is very uncomfortable, but if you want to sit upstairs, head up there as soon as you get in because they only allow a certain number of people up there (you can always head downstairs later on if you feel like it). There are bars on both levels.
There's not a lot of parking here, but there is a free parking lot a couple hundred metres away (drive under the train bridge, there will be a dirt parking lot on the right side of the road). It's a 3 min walk back to the Kee.
The washrooms are pretty cramped and gross, and from what I remember, none of the stall doors locked in the womens washrooms.... so you have to hold the door closed with your foot.
I had an issue a few years ago with a male patron pestering me and the bouncers refused to do anything about him, but I've been to the Kee roughly 6-7 times and that is the only negative experience I've had with the staff.
Over all, it's a pretty great (and cheap) little place to see relatively intimate performances by some pretty great rock bands :)
