I have seen so many awesome musical acts at this place I cannot even count. Sadly the Sail Inn is closing down this summer(2014), so this review probably won't do a whole lot of good. This place is(was) a Tempe icon, and I am definitely bummed to see it go. Sail Inn has both indoor and outdoor stages and when fireworks are going off at Tempe Town Lake or Sundevil Stadium, you can't find a better spot to have a beer and watch the spectacle. With two stages, Sail Inn was ideal for mini-festivals....many a reggae shows blessed their stages. I can't even remember how many times I've watched Tempe's Godfather of Reggae, Walt Richardson laying down some funky reggae at the Sail Inn, then sat and enjoyed a beer with the local legend afterwards.
The closing of the Sail Inn in Tempe is going to create a vacuum that I cannot see any other venue in the area filling any time soon.