How do you get into Backstage Speakeasy?
We have not confirmed it. Backstage Speakeasy is in the directory because it calls itself a speakeasy, and that is the whole of what we can stand behind about its door.
The drinks at Backstage Speakeasy
How the venue describes itself: “A century of stories on Main Street. Browse upcoming films, live performances, and events at Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre in Moscow, Idaho.” (from its own website, retrieved 9 October 2026)
Beyond what the venue publishes we have not verified a list, so what follows is the period rather than the bar: Mary Pickford, El Presidente, and Hotel Nacional Special are all drinks of this era, and each links to its origin and its build.
The building
Documented — Backstage Speakeasy occupies the Nu Art Theatre, a property listed on the National Register of Historic Places under reference number 01001304. The listing is a federal record maintained by the National Park Service, and the nomination document is the primary source for the building’s architectural and social history.
National Register reference 01001304 · NPS nomination document
Where Backstage Speakeasy sits
Backstage Speakeasy is in Moscow, Idaho, in Latah County, in the West of the United States.
This is currently the only verified hidden bar our directory lists in Moscow. If you know another, tell us.
Idaho holds six listed venues in this directory. See them all on our Idaho speakeasy guide.
Prohibition in Idaho
Idaho did not wait for the federal government. Statewide prohibition took effect here in 1916, four years before the Eighteenth Amendment came into force nationally on 17 January 1920. By the time the Volstead Act was being enforced across the country, Idaho already had an established illegal trade and the habits that went with it.
More on the period in our history of Prohibition in Idaho.
What the newspapers recorded in Moscow
Searching the Library of Congress run of Idaho newspapers for speakeasy, blind pig and bootlegger across 1920 to 1933 returns dated pages anyone can open. These are from Moscow:
- The daily star-mirror, October 7, 1921 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The daily star-mirror, January 27, 1923 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The daily star-mirror, April 16, 1923 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The daily star-mirror, January 26, 1923 — read the page at the Library of Congress
Planning a visit
You can reach Backstage Speakeasy by phone on (208) 882-4127, through its own website, and on Facebook and Instagram.
The address is 508 S Main St, Moscow, ID 83843-2918. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For Backstage Speakeasy we hold street address, telephone number, official website, social accounts, and a listed-building record. We do not yet hold opening hours, a published drinks list, or an online booking link.
It is in the directory because its own name calls it a speakeasy.
Overture Maps carries this venue; OpenStreetMap has no matching record.
The source data classifies the premises as a bar.