Rams Head Live!   

If you subscribe to the "bigger is better" theory of entertainment venues, Rams Head Live! will jump to the top of your list of Charm City concert halls. At 26,000 square feet, and designed to hold 1,800 patrons, it's twice the size of any other Mobtown haunt. Rams Head Live! should feed Baltimore's need for a rockers' destination -- after all, when you're cranking the amplifiers, sound (and size) matter. Local and regional bands will share space with touring national acts, which will take up about 14 nights a month. But beware of the strictly enforced minimum age of 21 (IDs required). Food kiosks serve snacks during shows, or opt dine in the adjacent tavern, where show tickets earn a 10 percent discount and passage through a special entrance. A loft-like dance floor and gaggles of flat-screen TVs add modern touches to the industrial atmosphere created by exposed brick, balconies and track lighting.