The Melody Bar was a live music and dance club on French Street in the 1980s and 1990s in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

[1] The venue, formerly a neighborhood bar serving the large midcentury New Brunswick Hungarian community, was opened in March 1981 by Cal Levine and Steve Flaks.

[2] The Melody rapidly became a hot spot for artists and musicians in the region.

[5][6][7][8][9] The venue drew individuals from the art and music communities in and outside of New Brunswick like Miles Hunt of the Wonder Stuff, Mick Jones of the Clash, and Beat generation poet Gregory Corso.

In its later years it served as a performance venue for post-hardcore and emo bands such as Thursday[10] MTV late-night alternative-music television presenter and local radio personality Matt Pinfield deejayed at the club prior to MTV, drawing packed crowds.