I love the Gloves! RGRS has a medium sized seating area, a decent sized bar, and terrible bathrooms. BUT the MUSIC as what you go there for. It is always phenomenal, be it a one-man acoustic set or a full-band with the room jam packed, Gloves delivers great local and national artists who rock the studio. read more

This is the scene if you are into indie music. Some of the best unheard of groups on the planet play here.

Rubber gloves is one of those small town feel venues. You literally can be touching the stage. The atmosphere is delightful. However it can get a bit stuffy and smoky due to its size. Still, overall its an excellent place to get a drink and watch some great local and out of town tunes! read more

I always see stand-up, when I'm here. I love it! This place is perfect for it. The grungy, punkish atmosphere makes me feel at home. Plus, I have been to their game nights. So much fun, sometimes. read more

To be sure, this place does have a lot going for it. The space is divey, but in a good way. The shows are intimate, the drinks decently-poured and at a good price. In terms of Dallas venues, it is about the size and relative atmosphere (in Denton terms) of The Double Wide. But there are definite downsides. Parking is dilapidated and sketchy. People pretty much park where they want to in the unmarked space behind the venue. The last time I was there, someone decided to park three deep next to me, and left my car blocked in. Which was a nice surprise to come back to. The entire venue sits directly adjacent to railroad tracks. So much so that the corner of the parking area seems dangerously close to them. So expect your favorite concert to occasionally be interspersed with the sounds of the railroad. Which in practice is not as charming and folksy as it might sound. The space appears in fact to be a rehearsal studio, as there are frequently sounds bleeding through the venue, again impacting the live shows (the opening band one recent night joked that although they were not supposed to play cover tunes - there is a half-joking sign attesting to this requirement on the wall by the stage - he was forced to listen to a DeafHeaven cover as he tried to play his set). And the door takes nothing but cash for the cover charge. Which is confusing, given the establishment itself takes cards at the bar. The first time I went, the teen from the opening band selling merch in the corner took credit cards. But not the door. Come join us in 2016, folks. And also speaking of the door, the girl working it has a bit of an attitude problem. Last time I was there, a mother who was in from out of town had brought her underage son there to see a show (most shows are all-ages). Which I thought was pretty cool and supportive of that mom. But when she pleasantly asked some pretty simple questions of the door girl (e.g. what time does she think the show might end so she could head back and pick him up; anyplace nearby she could sit and eat or have some coffee while she waited, et. al.) the response was a contemptuous look, and a less-than-believable "I don't know." This is not Studio 54. You work in a tiny dive venue in a small town whose only claim to fame is playing host to a second-tier state college. You are in no position to play holier-than-thou to ANYONE, sister. On the whole, you will want to like this place more than you actually will. Which is a shame, because they do occasionally have some pretty good bands come through. read more

I will never come back here! The bartenders are condescending and WILL OVER charge you if your not careful! I don't know who the you think you are, ... but this is Denton, NOT NEW YORK, L.A., PORTLAND, MIAMI, SAN FRANCISCO chill the f*ck out. Every time I've been here I've gotten rude service, had one of my friends not let in because she "dyed" her hair different than her ID. Nothing is more sucky than having to pull out more forms of identifications to prove yourself. (ps. The door girl/ bartender still didn't let my friend in) RGRS... makes me feel like I'm at the DMV. It's hot, employees are rude, and there are long lines. Need I say more? read more

I have seen many bands at Rubber Gloves. I hate paying a cover but it is usually reasonable.

I think this bar fucking sucks, as a bar. The alcohol is expensive (for what you get), 3.75 for a single well drink and 6-something for a well double, which is a ripoff by Denton standards. They don't have any IPA's which is the only beer I drink. The bartender poured me a fucking weak single, so I basically paid $3+ for tonic water. And they keep your card which is always annoying. And on top of all this they make you check your drink on a sketchy ledge to smoke a cigarette outside and when I came back in my beer was sketchily way less full than I remember it being. So I asked the bartender "can I get another beer free of charge because I don't remember my beer being this empty" he responds "we didn't MAKE you go outside and leave your drink" uh yeah, you did. (Any other bar in Denton would let me drink and smoke at the same time, via patio or inside) Just a shitty place to drink in general. The only reason this place didn't get one star is because the venue aspect of it isn't bad at all. But for a bar that's isolated across the tracks with what always seems to be a cover its really not any id ever go to if I had a choice read more