A garage is a covered structure built for the purpose of

parking Parking is the act of stopping and disengaging a vehicle and leaving it unoccupied. Parking on one or both sides of a road is often permitted, though sometimes with restrictions. Some buildings have parking facilities for use of the buildings' ...

, storing, protecting, maintaining, and/or repairing vehicles. Specific applications include: *

Garage (residential) A residential garage (, ) is a walled, roofed structure for storing a vehicle or vehicles that may be part of or attached to a home ("attached garage"), or a separate outbuilding or shed ("detached garage"). Residential garages typically have ...

, a building or part of a building for storing one or more vehicles * Automobile repair shop, also called a garage, where vehicles are serviced and repaired *

Bus garage A bus garage, also known as a bus depot, bus base or bus barn, is a facility where buses are stored and maintained. In many conurbations, bus garages are on the site of former car barns or tram sheds, where trams (streetcars) were stored, and ...

, a building or complex used for storage of buses when not in use * Filling station, an automotive service station where vehicles take on fuel or recharge * Multistorey car park, or parking garage, a building serving as a public parking facility Other meanings of garage may include:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

* ''Garage'' (film), a 2007 film by Lenny Abrahamson * ''The Garage'' (1920 film), a film by Roscoe Arbuckle * ''The Garage'' (1980 film), a film by Eldar Ryazanov

Video game

* ''Garage'' (video game), a 1999 Japanese horror adventure video game

Music

Groups and genres

Garage (band) Garage is a Czech rock band from Prague, formed in 1979 by Ivo Pospíšil under the name Garáž. In the 1980s, the band included guitarist Milan Hlavsa, from the Plastic People of the Universe. After the Velvet Revolution in 1989, Garage playe ...

, a Czech rock band *

Garage house Garage house (originally known as "garage"; local terms include "New York house" and New Jersey sound) is a dance music style that was developed alongside Chicago house music. The genre was popular in the 1980s in the United States and the 1990s ...

, a form of dance music that emerged in the 1980s * UK garage (also known as simply "garage"), a form of dance music that emerged in the 1990s *

Garage rock Garage rock (sometimes called garage punk or 60s punk) is a raw and energetic style of rock and roll that flourished in the mid-1960s, most notably in the United States and Canada, and has experienced a series of subsequent revivals. The sty ...

, a form of rock and roll that emerged in the 1960s

Albums

* ''Garage'' (album), a 2005 album by Cross Canadian Ragweed *'' Garage Inc.'', a 1998 compilation of cover songs by Metallica

Periodicals

* ''Garage'' (fanzine), a 1980s music fanzine from New Zealand * '' Garage Magazine'', a biannual publication dedicated to contemporary art and fashion

Brands and enterprises

* Garage (clothing retailer), a US/Canadian retailer for teenage girls * Garage (drink), a Finnish alcopop drink * Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow * Paradise Garage, also known as "the Garage" or the "Gay-rage", a now-defunct New York City discotheque located in a parking garage