[3] Artists who have performed there include Joan Baez, Shawn Colvin, Bob Dylan, Tom Rush, Joni Mitchell, Suzanne Vega, Muddy Waters, Jimmy Buffett, John Mayer, Matt Nathanson, and Brian Webb.
[6] Joan Baez described to Rolling Stone's Kurt Loder how she began performing at Club 47 in 1958 as a largely unknown Boston University student, playing on Tuesday nights as a means of providing entertainment because the jazz musicians who played there had Tuesday nights off; she would continue to perform regularly there through the early 1960s.
He saw his first coffeehouse (event) performance there in 1962, as a sophomore in high school, and described Club 47 during the 1960s as "one of the premier folk venues in the country.
[12] As of November 2024[update], brunch is served on Sunday mornings, as well as dinner to ticket holders for matinee and evening shows.
[13] According to Vanity Fair, Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes and his husband Sean Eldridge met each other on a blind date at Veggie Planet inside Club Passim.