The Melody Inn (also known as The Mel) is a bar and live music club in the Butler-Tarkington neighborhood of Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.

The family had a history as regulars at the bar, and they wanted to have a drink in memory of Bill Manion, who had died of a brain tumor.

The stage is 18 inches high and broken guitars, instruments, and art decorate the walls.

[2] The majority of the interior is original, including the flooring, metalwork and a large mirror that hangs.

[1] It has been named Indianapolis' favorite punk rock bar seven years in a row in Nuvo Newsweekly's readers.

Performers include The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band, who debuted at the bar, Margot & the Nuclear So and So's, She Wants Revenge, and the Brain Surgeons.

[1] Every second Tuesday is Broke(n), a monthly drum and bass night, which had been held weekly at the Melody Inn since 2005.

[1] Punk Rock Night started as a weekly Sunday event in October 2000 by promoter Greg Brenner.