Opened in the Gulch in 2005, City Hall was the second joint project between Benjamin Goldberg and Austin Ray. The live music venue, which also became a popular special event space, fit a mid-size niche in the Nashville market and was named Best New Music Venue by the Nashville Scene in 2006. Acts at City Hall include Kings of Leon, Sugarland, The Deftones, Ray Lamontagne, The Roots and Beck. City Hall hosted events for Universal Music Group, CMT Awards Show parties and many fundraisers. City Hall closed in 2008, the same night as Bar Twenty3.