Hammerjacks: Nightclub to Replace Paradox in Baltimore by Late 2016

BALTIMORE — Hammerjacks, the legendary South Baltimore nightclub and regional melting pot, will be returning to the city next year.

Hammerjacks is slated to open in time for a New Year’s Eve celebration on Dec. 31, 2016. The new 48,000-square foot, two-story entertainment complex will be located at 1300 Russell Street.


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Officials say the new building will offer more special features than the classic location on S. Howard Street, which reached the height of its popularity during the 1980’s. Hammerjacks Concert Hall will be a flexible space that will accommodate local, regional and national talent, owner Kevin Butler says.

Butler says it will also feature world-class lighting and sound, and will be refined to various sizes for corporate events, business meetings, nonprofit parties, high school reunions and weddings, as well as other private events.

There will also be what Butler is calling “a large outdoor courtyard for seasonal events, sports events and tailgating, with a variety of digital signage” inside and outside the venue.

“The process that led up to this announcement has been long and, at times, tedious,” Butler says. “But that was all part of the effort, by myself and our partners, to make the new Hammerjacks an entertainment facility and a destination that is worthy of the name. I know that our fans and the area business community with be impressed and excited by our plans as we write the next chapter of our long, successful story.”

Butler adds that Hammerjacks will be “a cornerstone” of the new Warner Street entertainment corridor.

Source WNEW’s Baltimore Bureau Chief Sarah Jacobs contributed to this report. Follow her and WNEW on Twitter.