Boston Live Music Venues

Where can you hear—or, in many cases, play—great live music in Boston? The opportunities are too numerous to provide an all-inclusive list, but here are a few key spots to get your Boston live music search started.
Berklee Venues
- Berklee Performance Center
- The Red Room at Cafe 939(Opens in a new window)
- David Friend Recital Hall
- Berk Recital Hall
- Oliver Colvin Recital Hall
- Berklee Dining Hall
Large Venues
- Symphony Hall(Opens in a new window)
- TD Garden(Opens in a new window)
- The Hatch Shell(Opens in a new window)
- Citi Performing Arts-Wang Theater(Opens in a new window)
- House of Blues(Opens in a new window)
- Orpheum Theater(Opens in a new window)
More Intimate Venues
- The Middle East(Opens in a new window)
- Wally’s Café Jazz Club(Opens in a new window)
- Scullers(Opens in a new window)
- Paradise Rock Club(Opens in a new window)
- Brighton Music Hall(Opens in a new window)
- Club Passim(Opens in a new window)
- Regattabar(Opens in a new window)
- Ryles(Opens in a new window)
- Royale(Opens in a new window)
- Cantab Lounge(Opens in a new window)
- Lizard Lounge(Opens in a new window)
- Great Scott(Opens in a new window)
- The Sinclair(Opens in a new window)
- Toad(Opens in a new window)
- The Beehive(Opens in a new window)
- Darryl’s Corner Bar and Kitchen(Opens in a new window)
- The Plough and Stars(Opens in a new window)
- Midway Café(Opens in a new window)
- Johnny D’s Uptown(Opens in a new window)
- Lilypad(Opens in a new window)
- The Burren(Opens in a new window)
Explore More Boston Live Music Resources
- Band in Boston(Opens in a new window) (podcast)
- BerkleeGroove.com(Opens in a new window)
- Boston Globe(Opens in a new window)
- Boston Herald: Guestlisted(Opens in a new window)
- JazzBoston.com(Opens in a new window)
- The Noise fanzine(Opens in a new window)
- Open Mic Social(Opens in a new window)
- Vanyaland(Opens in a new window)
- Weekly Dig(Opens in a new window)