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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
  • David Friend Recital Hall
  • Berk Recital Hall
  • Oliver Colvin Recital Hall
  • Berklee Dining Hall

Large Venues

  • Symphony Hall
  • TD Garden
  • The Hatch Shell
  • Citi Performing Arts-Wang Theater
  • House of Blues
  • Orpheum Theater

More Intimate Venues

  • The Middle East
  • Wally’s Café Jazz Club
  • Scullers
  • Paradise Rock Club
  • Brighton Music Hall
  • Club Passim
  • Regattabar
  • Ryles
  • Royale
  • Cantab Lounge
  • Lizard Lounge
  • Great Scott
  • The Sinclair
  • Toad
  • The Beehive
  • Darryl’s Corner Bar and Kitchen
  • The Plough and Stars
  • Midway Café
  • Johnny D’s Uptown
  • Lilypad
  • The Burren

Explore More Boston Live Music Resources

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