Music Venues includes music halls, concert halls, live music bars, jazz clubs, blues bars, ballrooms, bandstands, bandshells and other performance spaces.
New York, NY
Arlene’s Grocery opened its doors in 1995 as one of the first live music clubs in New York’s Lower East Side. The venue includes two unique spaces. The 75-capacity front bar of Arlene’s Grocery is known as The Butcher Bar. Accommodating up to 110 guests, The Venue is a versatile space with a state-of-the-art sound system, theatrical lighting, and a full bar. ...
New York, NY
First opened in 2015, Avant Gardner is a multi-functional event space, concert venue, and nightclub located in East Williamsburg’s industrial district in Brooklyn, NY. The vast indoor-outdoor complex includes three separate event spaces: The Brooklyn Mirage, The Great Hall, and The King’s Hall.The Brooklyn Mirage is a 5,000-capacity open-air sanctuary with an inner courtyard surrounded by towering walls and a captivating 200 foot LED wall. The state-of-the-art venue boasts a KV2 sound system, three-dimensional video projection mapping technology, laser displays and pyrotechnic capabilities.The Great Hall is a 3,400-capacity warehouse venue with exposed beams and brick walls. A two-level platform gives a viewpoint over hall’s enormous dance floor.The Kings Hall holds an intimate 800. The venue features world-class KV2 sound, intricately designed lighting fixtures, and complete a dance floor. ...
Music Venues and Theaters
New York, NY
Beacon Theatre is the Upper West Side’s landmark venue featuring a groundbreaking audio system: Sphere Immersive Sound. Equipped with state-of-the-art technology and mystical charm, the Beacon makes for an intimate setting for unforgettable concerts and events. ...
New York, NY
On the ground level is The Birdland Jazz Club, a top-flight New York City jazz venue with good sightlines and acoustics featuring American cuisine with a Cajun flair. The Birdland Theater, located on the lower level, is a more intimate, cabaret-style venue with a classic bar and Italian inspired menu. ...
New York, NY
Brooklyn Made is a concert venue, restaurant and lounge in Bushwick, Brooklyn, known for live music, great food, and delicious cocktails. Brooklyn Made hosts regular DJs each weekend. ...
New York, NY
Created by musicians, for musicians, Brooklyn Music Kitchen is a restaurant and music venue in Clinton Hill that gives local and global artists the opportunity to perform, record, and stream their performances from a live soundstage in an intimate setting. Every Wednesday, bring your instrument or your voice and get up on stage with the house band. ...
New York, NY
Brooklyn Steel is an 1,800-capacity venue in Brooklyn, NY, that plays host to hundreds of concerts annually. Originally a steel factory, Brooklyn Steel features a main floor, balcony, three bars, and a private VIP room on the balcony level. ...
New York, NY
First opened in 1891, Carnegie Hall is a national historic landmark and cultural center in New York comprised of three performance venues and numerous event spaces. With superb acoustics and five curvilinear levels seating 2,790, Isaac Stern Auditorium / Ronald O. Perelman Stage is able to host everything from classical music to popular and world-music concerts, comedy shows, major film and TV screenings, benefits, and more. The 599-capacity Judy and Arthur Zankel Hall presents a perfect setting for the latest contemporary sounds from classical, pop, jazz, and world music. With 268 seats, the intimate Joan and Sanford I. Weill Recital Hall is home to hundreds of recitals, chamber music concerts, panel discussions, and debut performances. ...
New York, NY
Located in the heart of East Village, DROM is an intimate lounge presenting local, national and international performers in diverse genres from jazz and rock to electronic, soul and funk to hip-hop and world music. DROM also presents burlesque shows, film screenings, dance, comedy, musical theater, and more. DROM has a standing room capacity of 300 people, or cabaret-style seated format of 150 people. ...
New York, NY
Elsewhere is a multi-room music venue, nightclub, and arts space in Bushwick, Brooklyn. The Hall is the largest performance stage at Elsewhere, featuring a full 30′ bar, large modular performance stage, built-in DJ booth, L’Acoustics sound system, and state-of-the-art integrated lighting. ...
New York, NY
Eris is a restaurant, art, performance, and music event space in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The venue features a full bar, Funktion One sound system, and an immersive, genuine experience of local artists and community. ...
New York, NY
FirstLive is a live event production company specializing in providing clients with A/V solutions. FirstLive operates a hybrid streaming venue in Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY. The venue features a sound stage, lounge, a control room with 48 channels of audio, 4K video, and full backline. FirstLive also has a coffee bar, a full liquor license, beer, and wine. ...
New York, NY
Built circa 1862, Flushing Town Hall is a historic New York City landmark with an intimate mystical charm. The state-of-the-art theater space features over 200 lights, digital sound equipment, a Steinway Grand Piano, a projector and video equipment. The venue offers performances including jazz, world music, dance and puppetry plus exhibitions and education programs. ...
Music Venues and Theaters
New York, NY
Built in 1937, The Gramercy Theatre is a music venue located in the Gramercy neighborhood of Manhattan. It is owned and operated by Live Nation. This intimate venue features two unique spaces: the Main Room and Samsara Lounge. ...
New York, NY
The Hammerstein Ballroom is located within the Manhattan Center in Midtown Manhattan. A former opera house built in 1906, the ballroom now provides performers with production technology that combines live events with in-house TV/audio recording studios and state-of-the-art post-production suites. ...
New York, NY
Heaven Can Wait, formerly East Berlin and Lola NYC, is a leading small music venue in New York City. Located on Avenue A, with its rich musical history and cultural significance, Heaven Can Wait brings the next wave of great bands and musical genres to the East Village. With a premier backline, full bar and ample space, it has become a sought after music establishment for bands and fans alike. Heaven Can Wait is the perfect small event space in NYC for parties, video shoots, DJ events, and private events in The East Village. ...
New York, NY
House of Yes is a performance-infused nightclub and creative collective located in Bushwick, Brooklyn. The venue showcases nightlife parties, cabaret shows, circus spectacles, immersive cinema and more in a former ice warehouse. ...
New York, NY
Located just one block east of Union Square, Irving Plaza is a ballroom-style music venue in New York, NY. The versatile space features state-of-the-art lighting and sound, an upscale VIP lounge with a private bar, a mezzanine with views of the main floor, an expanded lobby that includes a bar area, and several lounges. ...
Music Venues and Theaters
New York, NY
The ISSUE Project Room is a music venue in Brooklyn, New York, founded in 2003 by Suzanne Fiol. Located in Downtown Brooklyn, the venue supports a wide variety of contemporary performance, specializing in presenting experimental and avant-garde music. ...
New York, NY
Established in 2006 in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY, Jalopy Theatre and School of Music is a multi-faceted arts space showcasing folk, roots, bluegrass, country, blues and traditional world music from local and traveling artists. The venue has a full kitchen, bar, sound setup, and instrument backline. The School of Music also offers music workshops, classes, and instruments for sale. ...
New York, NY
Originally opened in 1929, the historic Kings Theatre is a live performance venue in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, known for presenting live music, comedy, film screenings, family programming and more. The theater boasts stunning architecture and an opulent interior featuring an ornate ceiling, plush velvet seating, and a grand stage. From its majestic lobby and luxurious speakeasy spaces to its spacious stage and state-of-the-art sound and lighting systems, Kings Theatre offers a blend of old-world charm and modern amenities. The venue is owned by the city and operated by Ambassador Theatre Group. ...
New York, NY
Opened in 2011, The Kingsland is a live music venue, event space and restaurant located in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. The Kingsland Bar & Grill has a large selection of specialty wood-fired brick oven pizzas. ...
New York, NY
Knitting Factory at Baker Falls is a live music venue located in the back of the Baker Falls café, bar and club in New York’s East Village. ...
New York, NY
Knockdown Center is an art, performance and live music space in Queens, NY, dedicated to cross-disciplinary projects and collaborations. The converted factory building is comprised of multiple event spaces with adjoining outdoor areas, an art gallery with adjoining Annex, and a unique basement.The 3,100-capacity Main Hall is a state-of-the-art room for concerts and cultural events that includes original architecture, beams, and surfaces from its form life as a door factory. The venue features a world-class sound system from L-Acoustics.Arizona offers a more intimate environment suitable for performances, pop-ups, markets, immersive events and concerts.Texas is a 220-capacity space for concerts, performances, and panel discussions.The Ready Room is an intimate space tucked inside the venue’s open atrium. It is used for meetings, record release parties, and smaller arts events. The bar remains open during most KDC events.BASEMENT opened in 2019 underneath the Main Hall of Knockdown Center. The 21+ venue is New York’s home for top and up-and-coming underground techno talent from all over the world.The Ruins is a 1,550-capacity backyard and patio that is home to seasonal outdoor concerts, parties, performances, and community events. ...
New York, NY
(le) poisson rouge was founded by musicians in 2008 in the heart of New York City’s historic Greenwich Village. Indie rock, contemporary classical, electronica, metal, jazz, world music, and everything in-between are equally at-home at this underground live music sanctuary. The Main Room at LPR holds up to 700 guests and features a modular stage. The adjacent Gallery Bar holds 150 and hosts art exhibitions, stand-up comedy, drag queen bingo, and more. ...
New York, NY
The Mercury Lounge New York is a Lower East Side Icon. This intimate venue is divided into two rooms. The front one, with a long oak bar, bathrooms and coat check, welcomes people off the street. The back room, which houses the stage, is the main gathering area. Sightlines are superb, the sound is crystal clear, and a green room is available. ...
New York, NY
The Music Hall of Williamsburg is a cocktail and concert venue located in Brooklyn, New York. This tri-level industrial venue is iconic for its unique space and chic look. The venue contains bar areas located on each floor and available lounge seating with cocktail tables throughout. Operated by The Bowery Presents. ...
New York, NY
National Sawdust is a Brooklyn-based non-profit whose mission is to provide state-of-the-art facilities and programmatic support to a wide range of composers, musicians, and to emerging talent in particular, with a focus on artistic progress and experimentation. ...
New York, NY
Nublu is a unique club and record label from the cultural epicenter of New York City, the East Village. There are three entities of the Nublu universe: a live music venue, a record label, and the Nublu Jazz Festival. ...
New York, NY
Our Wicked Lady is warehouse bar with a rooftop terrace located in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. With rehearsal spaces and artist studios attached, OWL is a bar for Brooklyn’s artist community presenting a wide variety of live shows, rooftop dance parties, and more. ...
New York, NY
Since 2005, Rockwood Music Hall has grown from a single stage venue to boasting three intimate stages, all with top-notch sound systems. Here you will find music of all genres from local and international artists on all three stages seven days per week. ...
New York, NY
Open since 1982, S.O.B.’s (aka Sound of Brazil) is a legendary live music venue in the lower Manhattan neighborhood of SoHo. Emerging artists and industry veterans alike love the opportunity to connect with their fans on a personal level in the intimacy of this room. SOB’s draws both local and international crowds to experience Latin, R&B, hip-hop, Haitian, Brazilian, Caribbean, alternative and world music. ...
New York, NY
ShapeShifter Lab is a two-story music and arts space in Park Slope, Brooklyn. The downstairs has a current capacity of 75. The upstairs features a 1250 sq ft space for yoga, live performances, workshops, seminars, dance lessons, and more. ...
New York, NY
SummerStage Festival is a free, seasonal outdoor festival of the arts in New York, NY. The festival’s flagship venue is a 5,000+ capacity, state-of-the-art concert facility located at Rumsey Playfield, 72nd Street and Fifth Avenue in Central Park. ...
New York, NY
Terminal 5 is a New York City multilevel music venue in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan. The venue features 40′ ceilings, high-tech sound and lighting, green rooms, ample bathrooms, kitchen space, nearby parking and an easy load-in/out. ...
New York, NY
A former printing factory located between Park Slope and Carroll Gardens in Brooklyn, NY, The Bell House is a state-of-the-art facility with a separate performance space and lounge. The 500-capacity Main Room at The Bell House has 25′ arched ceilings, unobstructed views of the stage, and a wooden bar. ...
New York, NY
Located in the heart of Greenwich Village, The Bitter End is New York City’s oldest rock and roll club, presenting nightly live music, jam sessions, as well as acoustic open mic every Saturday afternoon. ...
New York, NY
Opened in 1998 in New York City’s Lower East Side, The Bowery Ballroom is the city’s premiere live music venue. Bowery provides a space unlike any other with three unique floors: the lounge on the lowest level, The Ballroom on the main floor, and the mezzanine above. ...
New York, NY
The Bowery Electric is a live music venue, dance club and a staple East Village hangout. The space consists of an upstairs bar/lounge area and a basement venue where live bands play shows. Two different stages on two different floors; Downstairs and the Map Room. ...
New York, NY
The Delancey, located in Manhattan’s Lower East Side, is a three level club consisting of a music venue, main level bar and rooftop garden. Georgie’s Downstairs Lounge is a performance space equipped with private bar, DJ booth, backline, and state-of-the-art light and sound system. The room accommodates a wide spectrum of events including local, national and international acts, DJs, and private parties. ...
New York, NY
Located in the basement of The Roxy Hotel New York, The Django is a music venue and cocktail bar featuring regular live jazz. The interior has brick walls, vaulted ceilings, and a state-of-the-art Meyer sound system, and a stage for live performances and events. There are two bars and open dining space. ...
New York, NY
The Rooftop at Pier 17, situated in the heart of Lower Manhattan and the Seaport, is New York City’s most dynamic open-air entertainment venue. At five stories high and set out 300′ into the East River, The Rooftop at Pier 17 offers panoramic views of the Lower Manhattan skyline. The venue is ideal for hosting concerts, health and wellness events, movie screenings, corporate outings, fitness classes, community events and seasonal activations. The Rooftop at Pier 17 is operated by The Howard Hughes Corporation. ...
New York, NY
Opened in 2019, The Shed is an arts and cultural center in Hudson Yards on Manhattan’s West Side. The Shed’s highly adaptable Bloomberg Building is an eight-level structure that includes two large gallery spaces, a versatile theater, and multiple event spaces. The Shed brings together established and emerging artists to create new work in fields ranging from pop to classical music, painting to digital media, theater to literature, and sculpture to dance.The Shed’s largest space, The McCourt, is formed when a telescoping outer shell is deployed over the adjoining plaza, doubling the building’s footprint. An iconic space for large-scale performances, installations, and events, The McCourt can accommodate a seated audience of 1,250 or up to 2,000 standing.The Kenneth C. Griffin Theater, on Level 6, seats up to 500 people and can be transformed into two smaller spaces to create more intimate event settings.The Shed’s column-free, museum-quality galleries on levels 2 and 4 provide large, open spaces for events.The Tisch Skylights and Lab, on Level 8, are striking spaces for events, rehearsals, and artist development that seat approximately 450 people, with standing room for 750. ...
New York, NY
Located in the heart of Bushwick, Brooklyn, The Sultan Room is an impeccably styled venue made for live music, nightclub programming, multi-media use and special events. The room has a 201 person capacity, state-of-the-art lights and sound, a stage built for intimacy, full bar, and generous green room facilities. ...
New York, NY
TV Eye is a performance and event venue, bar, discotheque, art gallery, community center and eatery on the Ridgewood/Bushwick border. This NYC underground rock’n’roll club and party palace features a 250-capacity ballroom featuring state-of-the-art PA, backline, lighting, DJ and projection gear. The Ballroom also features a wide-screen and top-of-the-line projector for both live visuals and screenings. ...
New York, NY
Warsaw New York is a long-running staple of the Brooklyn music scene, this beloved, worn-in ballroom has a capacity of 1000. Located inside the Polish National Home community center in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Founded as a rock venue in 2001, Warsaw is a local favorite and industry go-to for punk bands, hip-hop artists, DJs, and more. ...
New York, NY
Webster Hall has three live performance venues: the Grand Ballroom (1500 capacity), The Ritz Lounge (600 capacity) and The Studio (400 capacity). ...
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