Listening rooms are usually intimate performance spaces such as cafes or coffeehouses where special consideration is given to acoustic quality as the audience is expected to be silent for the performance.
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Brevard, NC
185 King Street is the best sounding listening room in Brevard, NC. The relaxed, upscale environment includes a music hall that was built specifically for live performances. 185 King Street opened its doors in 2009 with a mission of supporting local musicians as the first entertainment business in the Lumberyard Arts District. ...
Cafes and Music Venues
Lake Orion, MI
Established in 2016, 20 Front Street is a mostly acoustic, intimate listening room in Lake Orion, MI, designed to provide a live music experience unlike any other venue in the area. 20 Front Street features national and local talent every weekend. At just 80 seats, every show feels like a private concert. ...
Art Galleries and Cafes
Annapolis, MD
Located in the heart of historic downtown Annapolis, MD, 49 West Coffeehouse, Winebar & Gallery is an intimate coffeehouse and listening room presenting the best in live music nightly. Highlighting the rich diversity of the local music scene, genres include jazz, Americana, folk, indie, bluegrass, bossa nova and classical. ...
Music Venues and Theaters
Portland, OR
The Alberta Rose Theatre is Portland’s premier setting to experience acoustic music, art house films, and live performances. Located in the heart of the eclectic Alberta Arts District, the Alberta Rose originally opened as a motion picture house in 1927 and radiates the serene feeling of a Spanish-Colonial courtyard. The Alberta Rose is a mid-size, seated listening room with 300 fixed seats, excellent sightlines, and outstanding acoustics providing live entertainment of all kinds including music, circus, comedy, and more. ...
Houston, TX
Presenting singers and songwriters since 1970, Anderson Fair Retail Restaurant is a legendary folk and acoustic music listening room in the historic Montrose area of Houston, TX. The intimate venue is known for its brick floors and for featuring original singer-songwriters from Texas and beyond. ...
Detroit, MI
Located inside Music Hall Detroit, Aretha’s Jazz Café is a central downtown venue with full restaurant and bar service. Many local artists and legends perform jazz, blues, funk, rock, soul, and more in this intimate venue named for the one and only Aretha Franklin. Approximately once a month, the Jazz Café presents a national or global artist. ...
Big Sandy, TX
The Big Sandy Music Hall is an historic church building and home of The Kirbys, an Americana indie post grunge rock music group. The Kirbys host periodic concerts featuring select guests and stream their show Thursday Night Live from the auditorium. ...
Dunn, NC
Bird’s Nest Listening Room is an intimate, live music venue located in historic downtown Dunn, NC. ...
Loveland, CO
Black and Blues Music and Brews is Northern Colorado’s exclusive guitar boutique and intimate listening room featuring craft beer and cocktails. The music store specializes in boutique, handcrafted guitars, basses, amps, effects and accessories. And the intimate listening room offers original live music by up-and-coming artists. Black and Blues features live music every week, Friday through Sunday, from a range of local, regional, and international acts of various genres. ...
Jacksonville Beach, FL
Blue Jay Listening Room is an intimate, original music venue in Jax Beach, located in the Costa Verde Plaza upstairs from Casa Maria Mexican Restaurant. ...
Napoleon, MI
TC’s BLUEStage is a live music venue in Napoleon, MI. The Bluestage is known for its monthly blues-rock jam sessions on the third Tuesday of each month and for showcasing the best touring blues bands in a professional listening room. ...
Bars and Event Venues
Wilmington, NC
Bourgie Nights in Wilmington, NC, is a lounge that hosts traveling and local musicians in an intimate listening room environment. The space can accommodate up to 150, boasts state-of-the-art audio and video, and is Home of Wilmington Unplugged: first Tuesday monthly showcase of local singer/songwriters. ...
Music Venues and Theaters
Lubbock, TX
The historic Cactus Theater is the premier listening room in West Texas, long known for showcasing a wide variety of local, national and international talent in an intimate setting featuring outstanding sound. ...
Freeport, ME
Cadenza is a unique, intimate live music venue in Freeport, MN. Opened in 2019, the high-quality performance venue accommodates up to 85 people, seated at tables of four, in a casual and comfortable setting. Cadenza offers a light menu of pizza, sandwiches, snacks, and an assortment of wine and beer. ...
Portland, OR
Established in 1973, Artichoke Community Music is a music store, production studio, thriving educational space and performance venue: Café Artichoke. Artichoke Community Music provides a creative space for people of all ages and background to gather, play, and share traditional music from all cultures in a generous listening environment. ...
Saratoga Springs, NY
Widely recognized as the longest continuously operating folk music venue in the United States, Caffè Lena is a live performance venue and music school located in Saratoga Springs, NY. Opened in 1960, this world class venue with the best listening room in the Capital Region presents folk, roots, blues, jazz, Americana, bluegrass and more in an intimate setting steeped in history. The Caffe’s programming extends beyond live music offering online music classes for children and adults, community programs, and more. ...
Music Venues and Theaters
Gaffney, SC
A cornerstone of downtown Gaffney, SC, the historic Capri Theatre offers live performances of music, comedy, film premieres and is also available for social or corporate events. ...
Charleston, SC
Charleston Music Hall is located in the Upper King Street area of historic downtown Charleston, SC. Above all else, the Music Hall is a listening room; an intimate environment in which the audience and the artist can interact on a more personal level. The versatile space combines historical elegance with modern functionality. ...
Boulder, CO
Chautauqua Community House was built in 1918 in Boulder, CO, and still has the warmth and intimacy of a historic, private home today. The venue hosts intimate concerts, lectures, workshops and classes as well as meetings, retreats, and other private events. The main room features hardwood floors, a fireplace, a grand piano, and a large covered porch. ...
New Orleans, LA
Chickie Wah Wah is an intimate music bar located in Mid-City New Orleans. Chickie Wah Wah presents local music of all sounds as well as specially curated performances by touring artists. ...
Nashville, TN
Located in Sobro, City Winery Nashville is the city’s only live music venue, fully-functioning urban winery, restaurant, and private event space all rolled into one. Enjoy live music, comedy, and wine events in an intimate space a full bar, a built-in stage, and state-of-the-art sound and production. ...
Maquoketa, IA
Codfish Hollow Barnstormers hosts live local and national indie bands in a barn in Maquoketa, IA. Food vendors and alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages are available for purchase. Camping available. ...
Memphis, TN
Crosstown Arts is a non-profit, contemporary arts center offering a variety of music/visual/performing arts spaces and programs in Memphis. Located inside Crosstown Concourse, the organization operates a 400-seat black box theater, an intimate listening room for live music, a 5,000-square-foot exhibition space, a multidisciplinary residency program, a shared art-making facility with public access to digital/analog production resources, and a craft cocktail bar. ...
Stevensville, MD
Cult Classic Brewing Company is Stevensville’s center for all things entertainment: live music, comedy, gameshows, movies, games and more. This brewery and taproom is also the finest live music venue on Kent Island. Cult Classic brews all beer in-house with 15+ beers on tap, fresh handmade pizzas, burgers, wings, pub fare and more. Check out a show in a world-class listening room that holds up to 200. ...
Green Bay, WI
Cup O Joy Music Venue is a volunteer run, nonprofit, Christian listening room in Green Bay, WI, known for hosting “Music That Inspires”. Cup O Joy maintains an alcohol-free, family-friendly environment. ...
Denver, CO
Dazzle is the premier jazz hot spot in Denver, CO, with nightly live performances by national and local musicians. Located in the Denver Performing Arts Complex, Dazzle features a full bar, creative dinner menu, brunch and other special events. Dazzle is the perfect place to spend a sophisticated night on the town or party until the wee hours of the morning. ...
The Woodlands, TX
Dosey Doe Big Barn is one of the best listening rooms in the country. Built in 1856, Dosey Doe is a one-of-a-kind venue in the Houston area providing a very intimate setting for artists and fans alike. ...
Warrenton, VA
Drum & Strum Music Center, located in historic Old Town Warrenton, VA, has been enriching lives through music since opening in 1990. Fauquier County’s source for all things musical, Drum & Strum provides the best in music education, quality instruments, instrument rentals, instrument repairs and live music.
Drum & Strum is home to Gloria’s Listening Room concerts by the nonprofit Gloria Faye Dingus Music Alliance. ...
Decatur, GA
Open since 1991, Eddie’s Attic is one of the best listening rooms in the country with shows nearly every night including its long-running Monday Night Open Mic. Located in downtown Decatur, GA, The Attic features a fantastic rooftop patio bar in addition to its storied music room. A listening room with a superior sound system and acoustics, Eddie’s Attic is one of the premier music venues in the nation. ...
St. Louis, MO
Located in St. Louis’ Grand Center Arts District, the state-of-the-art Ferring Jazz Bistro at The Harold & Dorothy Steward Center for Jazz is one of the best listening rooms in the country.Located adjacent to the bistro, Nancy’s Jazz Lounge is a casual bar that streams the live Jazz St. Louis show on a 90” TV. Jazz St. Louis is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to lead the community in advancing the uniquely American art of jazz through performance, education, and community engagement. ...
Berkeley, CA
Founded in 1968, The Freight & Salvage is a nonprofit community arts organization and a premier listening room located two blocks from campus in the Downtown Berkeley Arts District. The venue seats 490 and features a state-of-the-art sound system from Meyer Sound Labs. The Freight is dedicated to promoting public awareness and understanding of traditional music that is rooted in and expressive of the great variety of regional, ethnic, and social cultures of peoples throughout the world. ...
Virginia Beach, VA
Froggie’s By The Bay is a full service, casual dining bar & grill in Virginia Beach, VA. Opened in 2011, Froggie’s is a locally owned and operated establishment featuring the finest regional and local entertainment. Froggie’s strives to provide an unparalleled listening and dining experience in a quality and intimate atmosphere. Whether it’s bluegrass, funk, Delta blues, R&B, or rock n roll, Froggie’s delivers the best live music in Tidewater. ...
Chicago, IL
Founded in 1957, the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago, IL, provides a wide range of music, dance, theater, and visual arts courses to people of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds. The Old Town School of Folk Music – Lincoln Square campus includes the Gary & Laura Maurer Concert Hall, the Old Town School Music Store, the Jim & Kay Mabie Gallery, and the Marjorie Benton Garden. The intimate Maurer Hall has spectacular acoustics and sightlines, with no seat farther than 45′ from the stage, even in the balcony. ...
Music Venues and Theaters
San Pedro, CA
The Grand Annex Music Hall is an intimate cabaret-style theater and flexible multipurpose space in downtown San Pedro, CA. State-of-the-art sound enhances a unique listening experience, complemented by cabaret tables, a well-stocked concessions booth and a commitment to community. ...
Grayslake, IL
Located in the heart of downtown Grayslake, IL, The Grayslake Heritage Center & Museum campus includes a facility housing multiple galleries, archives, a community room, dedicated classroom space, a museum store and collections storage. It incorporates the original Village Hall, a former one-room school house moved to the site and expanded in 1895.Grayslake Heritage Center is the primary venue for The Lake County Folk Club. ...
Montrose, CO
Healthy Rhythm Art Gallery (HRAG) is about art and music. Healthy Rhythm Music Services (HRMS) is a creative arm of Healthy Rhythm Creative Group. The mission of HRMS is to identify, manage, enhance, and promote artists and bands who have a deep commitment to a career in music as their primary focus. ...
Gainesville, FL
Heartwood Soundstage is a state-of-the-art recording studio, music venue, video production house and event space on Main Street near Depot Park in downtown Gainesville, FL. Heartwood includes an indoor, 125-seat listening room and recording stage backed by red gum heartwood. There is also an outdoor stage that holds up 1,500 people. The venue hosts world-class performers as well as homegrown local talent. ...
Arlington Heights, IL
Located in downtown Arlington Heights, IL, Hey Nonny Live Music + Local Kitchen offers an intimate live music experience with great music, scrumptious food, and excellent drinks. Hey Nonny is comprised of two parts: a music listening room where great musicians engage with the audience and a farm-to-table Midwestern bistro. Hey Nonny presents the very best Chicago-based musicians and the greatest up-and-coming touring musicians out on the road: rock, pop, reggae, jazz, blues, folk, bluegrass, country, classical, and more. ...
Music Venues and Theaters
Lafayette, LA
The Heymann Performing Arts Center is a state-of-the-art performance venue in Lafayette, LA. Home to Broadway musicals, popular concerts, symphony, theater and more, the Heymann Center’s 2,168-seat capacity and acoustical arrangement make it one of the most intimate listening rooms in Acadiana. ...
St. Louis, MO
High Low is the Kranzberg Arts Foundation’s literary arts cafe and multi-purpose event space in St. Louis’ vibrant Grand Center Arts District. The venue includes a cafe, library, art gallery, and listening room. The Listening Room at High Low is a 150-capacity, flexible space featuring state-of-the-art audiovisual equipment and a full-service bar. It can easily accommodate a poetry reading, concert, or reception.High Noon in the Listening Room at High Low takes place every Thursday from 12 to 1pm. The High Noon series features St. Louis talents from across the arts, cultural, and educational spectrum. ...
Novato, CA
HopMonk Tavern is a brewpub with live music and a diverse selection of beers located in Novato, CA. The tavern opens up onto a large beer garden under vintage oak trees. HopMonk Novato is home to the Summer Cookout Music Series and the year-round Session Room live music venue. Session Room at HopMonk Tavern Novato hosts top-rate local, regional, national and international talent. Small acoustic acts play the beer garden stage from May through October. ...
Sonoma, CA
HopMonk Tavern Sonoma, built in a former 1888 farmhouse just blocks from Sonoma’s historic downtown plaza, is a year-round beer garden and listening room. The Hopmonk Tavern stage is a medium-sized stage with a wide variety of fine music; from small bands or solo artists. The atmosphere is warm and intimate with nearby tables where the audience can enjoy food and drinks. ...
Norfolk, CT
Originally built in 1883, Infinity Norfolk Music Hall & Bistro opened in 2007 in Norfolk, CT, as a top food and music venue with high quality dining and entertainment. Infinity Music Hall includes a world-class sound system and modern facilities, but still retains its original stage and ornate detail. great concerts, comedy shows, and other live entertainment to the area ...
Lansdowne, PA
Jamey’s House of Music is the top intimate live venue on the East Coast and a music lover’s paradise in Lansdowne, PA. Booking a wide variety of genres while favoring folk, jazz, blues, and world music, Jamey’s offers a platform for musical artists to produce professional-quality performance videos in a private live stage setting. ...
Chicago, IL
The Jazz Showcase is the oldest historic jazz club in Chicago, IL, since 1947. Today, the Jazz Showcase brings in top international and local musicians seven nights a week. The Sunday Matinee show is family-friendly. ...
Ann Arbor, MI
Kerrytown Concert House is an intimate listening room located in the historic Kerrytown District in downtown Ann Arbor, MI. Open since 1984, Kerrytown Concert House has a national reputation an ideal performing arts venue for chamber music, jazz and cabaret, and for its diverse performing arts experiences including rotating art gallery exhibits. The L-shaped room at the house includes a stage and lights with a prized Steinway grand piano. Seating is available for over 75 audience members.Kerrytown Concert House is home to the four-day, annual Edgefest festival presenting avant-garde jazz and creative new music as well as the Live @ The 415 online concert series. ...
Key West, FL
Originally built in 1848, Key West Theater performing arts center is home to the Key West Theater & Community Stage, Rams Head Promotions, Grateful Guitar, Back Stage Listening Room and the Key West Theater Recording Studio. The 278-seat main stage theater offers an upstairs private balcony bar, dressing rooms and a green room. The Back Stage Listening Room offers a 56-seated capacity and is appropriate for intimate live performances, receptions, cocktail parties, readings, meetings, etc. ...
Bars and Restaurants
Portland, OR
Laurelthirst Public House is a humble little pub and the oldest independent music venue in Portland, OR, serving up music, food, drinks, and fun daily since 1988. ...
Boulder Creek, CA
lille æske arthouse is an intimate performance space, live music venue, uniquely appointed listening room, and art gallery boutique serving the Santa Cruz Mountains and greater Bay Area. Events are all-ages unless otherwise noted and include a full slate of vibrant arts and music programming. The gallery hours allow for the community to enjoy coffee and tea, wifi and art in a comfortable and casual setting. ...
Pigeon Forge, TN
The Listening Room Café in Pigeon Forge, TN, presents original music performances with two shows a night. Weekend shows showcase local East Tennessee singers, bands, and popular national acts. The Listening Room has two full bars, private dining options, outdoor patio space, a green room, and a stage with full PA and HD video projectors. ...
Bars and Music Venues
Key West, FL
Little Room Jazz Club is an intimate listening room in Key West, FL, featuring live jazz by world-class performers five nights a week. The bar serves an array of craft cocktails, wine, and beer. ...
Hotels and Music Venues
Bethlehem, PA
Lobby at The Lofts is a unique music and entertainment space located in a historic building on Main Street in downtown Bethlehem, PA. Lehigh Valley’s hottest live music listening room also offers housewares, an international food market, and more. ...
Tomball, TX
Main Street Crossing is a listening room, concert hall, community center, church, private venue, and nonprofit organization located in historic Old Town Tomball, TX, outside of Houston. ...
Bars and Restaurants
Houston, TX
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck, off Norfolk St in the Upper Kirby area, is an intimate Irish pub with the livest music in Texas, craft beer, wine and liquor and great food. The Houston pub features game nights, bar & grill, concert events, and a huge Saint Patrick’s Day party. ...
Grand Rapids, MI
Midtown offers top-notch musical performances paired with craft cocktails and beer, located in the heart of downtown Grand Rapids’ entertainment district Celebration Cinema Studio Park. Midtown Grand Rapids hosts concerts by national touring artists as well as regional bands and comedy acts. The venue has a world-class sound system and an intimate semi-circle of seating with great acoustics and atmosphere. ...
Milford, CT
Presenting intimate experiences in the arts since 1972, Milford Arts Council (The MAC) is a visual and performing arts venue in a former train station in Milford, CT. The MAC provides a unique setting for live music, theatre, dance, film, art exhibits and more. Enjoy high quality, low stress arts experiences in a warm and welcoming space. ...
Reno, NV
Established in 2015 in Reno’s Mid-Town Arts & Culture District, Mountain Music Parlor is a music school, music store, and intimate listening room focused on teaching and presenting traditional American music. Heritage Hall is a cozy and comfortable venue where concerts, open jams, student recitals, and other special events take place. ...
Bars and Restaurants
Jacksonville, FL
The Mudville Grille is a family restaurant and sports bar in Jacksonville, FL, presenting live music in the Mudville Music Room. ...
Event Venues and Museums
St. Louis, MO
Located in downtown St. Louis, MO, The National Blues Museum explores the Blues and celebrates the genre as the foundation of all modern American music. The facility educates guests in an entertaining environment that includes high-impact technology-driven experiences, a state-of-the-art theater, artifact-driven exhibits, and robust public programming. Spaces include The Lumiére Place Legends Room and The Scott and Diane McCuaig and Family Gallery. ...
Galveston, TX
The historic Old Quarter Acoustic Cafe is the best place to listen to live music in Galveston County. The music venue features Americana, folk, blues, and acoustic bands, with local, national and international acts. Old Quarter Acoustic Cafe only hosts original music, no cover or tribute bands. ...
St. Louis, MO
Old Rock House is a concert venue and event space located in downtown St. Louis, between the Soulard neighborhood and Busch Stadium. The building features three distinct levels including a large patio and a state-of-the-art sound, light, and video system. The flexible space can morph between a concert hall, listening room, banquet hall, or a meeting and event space. ...
Knoxville, TN
The Open Chord is Knoxville’s premier listening room and music venue that proudly hosts live music from top-tier, world-class musicians and singers every week on the acclaimed OC Stage. Open Chord also features local and touring bands plus open mics and blues jams. With 12 taps of craft beers, an ever changing signature cocktail list, and top-notch food options made from the freshest of ingredients, you can keep your ears and taste buds satisfied. ...
St. Petersburg, FL
Palladium Theater St. Petersburg at St. Petersburg College is one of Tampa Bay’s best venues for live music, comedy, dance and community events. The Palladium venue spaces include Hough Hall and The Stavros Room.The 815-capacity Hough Hall features rich ambiance, near-perfect natural acoustics and state-of-the art sound equipment. Classical, opera, theater, acoustic, dance and more are all equally at home in this magnificent hall.The Stavros Room accommodates up to 176 people and features a raised stage, state-of-the-art sound equipment, and a range of lighting features. For live performances, the intimate venue is transformed into the Side Door Cabaret; a listening room offering the best in blues, jazz, acoustic, Celtic and more. ...
Buffalo, NY
PAUSA art house is a jazz club wine and tapas bar located in Buffalo, NY, in the Historic District of Allentown. PAUSA presents music shows and artistic exhibitions from local, national and international artists. The relaxed atmosphere of the venue attracts patrons who wish to attend an intimate concert or an art exhibit while enjoying a glass of wine, small offerings and local craft beers. ...
Portland, ME
Established in 2005, Port City Blue is Portland’s most intimate live music venue, presenting an array of local and touring musicians playing jazz, Celtic, Middle Eastern, blues, bluegrass, folk, and more. Blue has a full bar menu including, beer, wine, specialty cocktails, and non-alcoholic options. ...
Decatur, AL
Princess Theatre Center for the Performing Arts is a 677-seat performing arts venue in the Albany/Old Decatur Historic District in downtown Decatur, AL. Shelton Auditorium is the main venue able to accommodate a wide array of events; from music concerts, theatrical productions, dances, weddings, corporate parties, conferences, lectures and more.The second story is home to the upstairs Loft Listening Room, an intimate space where you can hear the songs and the stories behind them in the Princess Theatre’s Singer/Songwriter concert series the second Thursday of each month. ...
Fountain, NC
R.A. Fountain General Store is a family-friendly, alcohol and smoke-free music venue in downtown Fountain, NC, known for traditional acoustic live music. The store serves fresh-squeezed lemonade, orangeade, and limeade plus ice cream, coffee, Moon Pies and more. ...
Ganado, TX
The Rear Window Listening Room is a venue in Ganado, TX, that provides artists a place to display their musical gifts and talents, and be heard in a comfortable, intimate, and respectful listening environment. This a place to get together and meet others who share your enthusiasm for music and enjoy getting to know the artists responsible for writing original, new music. ...
Atlanta, GA
Red Light Café is an intimate listening room in Atlanta, GA, presenting live music, burlesque, and comedy. Located on the east side of Piedmont Park in Midtown Atlanta’s Amsterdam Walk, Red Light Café is a cozy space with a full bar and kitchen serving a wide range of beer, wine, coffee, and sodas. The cafe has table seating for up to 130 and a full featured stage and sound system. Live music includes Americana, bluegrass, folk, and jazz. ...
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