Performance spaces include both formal and informal venues for live performance.
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Nashville, TN
Located in Nashville’s historic Printer’s Alley, Alley Taps is an intimate performance space for local songwriters and bands alike. Founded in 2018, the speakeasy-style bar offers a nostalgic atmosphere and live music seven nights a week. Alley Taps serves from an extensive list of local beer, wine and mixed drinks. ...
Gibsonia, PA
Steamworks Creative is a very intimate performance space tailored to acoustic solo, duo, and small band performances. ...
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Portland, OR
Established in 2000, Dante’s Live is a bar and nightclub in Portland, OR, featuring live music, cabaret, burlesque, and more. Dante’s is home of the long-running Sinferno Cabaret on Sundays. ...
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State College, PA
The State Theatre is a nonprofit, community-owned entertainment center in downtown State College, PA, dedicated to serving the Centre County region. The venue is a beautiful, state-of-the-art theater seating 554 in the Friedman Auditorium and featuring a 49-capacity upstairs performance space known as The Attic. The State Theatre presents a variety of local and national music, theater, dance, comedy, and film programming. ...
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Menlo Park, CA
The Guild Theatre is an intimate, not-for-profit event and performance space in Menlo Park, CA, bringing live music and entertainment to the Peninsula region. With its state-of-the-art sound and lights, the venue hosts a wide range of music, film, and special events programming. ...
Denver, CO
Meow Wolf began as a collective of Santa Fe artists in 2008 and now has several locations throughout the US. Meow Wolf Denver’s Convergence Station is its third permanent exhibition featuring four floors of immersive art installations and one of the city’s most unique performance and event venues. Local and national artists take the stage throughout the year, and during exhibition hours The Perplexiplex becomes an interactive, projection-mapped experience. ...
San Tan Valley, AZ
Opened in 2019, the Combs Performing Arts Center (CPAC) is the performance and events venue for the J.O. Combs Unified School District located on the Combs High School Campus in San Tan Valley, AZ. The center includes an auditorium, a dance studio, and a flexible black box performance space with lobby access. The 516-seat proscenium theater features orchestra and mezzanine seating with excellent views, state-of-the-art technology, and balanced acoustics. ...
Ridgefield, CT
The Ridgefield Playhouse is a nonprofit performing arts center and movie house in Ridgefield, CT. The hall’s excellent acoustics make it an ideal venue for musical performance and live theater. The Playhouse has music, dance, Broadway performers, comedy, speakers and more. It shows hundreds of movies, livestreams classical performances from around the world, and entertains thousands of school children with its Arts in Education program. ...
Fairfield, CT
The Warehouse at FTC is a flexible venue that pairs a classic industrial feel with state-of-the-art sound, lighting, and staging. Founded in 2000, the Fairfield Theatre Company is a nonprofit center for the arts and culture located in the heart of downtown Fairfield, CT. ...
Bentonville, AR
Opened in 2020, The Momentary brings together contemporary visual, performing, and culinary arts into a welcoming, communal space in Northwest Arkansas. Operating as a satellite of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, The Momentary presents music year round, and across the entire campus; galleries, stages, and outdoor venues both large and small. The Momentary offers multiple spaces for events including the state-of-the-art performance spaces RØDE House and Fermentation Hall, the Tower Bar, and the outdoor 4000-capacity Momentary Green space.
The RØDE House can fit upwards of 600 people standing and features an adjustable floor system that allows the room to be altered from one stage configuration to another, giving artists and performers the freedom to manipulate the space to suit their needs. The venue also features a dedicated bar called the RØDE Bar, projection screens for presentations, and can either be fully closed or partially open-air for special performances and events. ...
Grand Rapids, MI
Opened in 1894, the historic St. Cecilia Music Center (SCMC) promotes the appreciation, study, and performance of music in order to enrich and enhance the quality of life for the residents of West Michigan. This landmark venue includes the 600-seat Royce Auditorium, the 250-capacity Dexter Ballrom, 100-capacity Wege Recital Hall and the Mika Library. St. Cecilia Music Center features a robust school of music providing music education opportunities for all ages.
The Music Center is currently home to several popular concert series presenting world-class musicians: the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Series, the Spectacular Jazz Series, and the Acoustic Café Folk Series. ...
Brookfield, WI
Located within Mitchell Park in Brookfield, WI, the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts is one of the finest multi-disciplinary cultural arts centers in the United States. Established in 2002, the beautiful arts facility has six indoor spaces and two outdoor spaces suitable for a variety of events including live performances, festivals, arts education classes, meetings, fundraisers, and private events.
The Harris Theater features a 650-seat auditorium, state-of-the-art sound and design, and a calendar full of premier artists across an expertly curated range of genres. The main stage at the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center provides intimate seating, from boxes to balcony, suitable for dance and music performances, plays, lectures, formal meetings, seminars and more. The Harris Theater is home to the Matinee Series; an afternoon concert experiences celebrating stars of the stage, Grammy Award winners, Hollywood icons, and more.
The 150-capacity Dawes Studio Theater is home to the Studio Series welcoming emerging artists to the Wilson Center in special performances of jazz, indie, pop and folk. The intimate theater offers a variety of seating arrangements from traditional stage performance to black box theater. Dawes Studio is acoustically engineered and features hardwood floors and a raised stage.
Just outside the Dawes Studio Theater is the Wilson Center’s Gerlach/Haack Outdoor Theater: home to popular Starry Nights concert series. Starry Nights is a free, family-friendly concert series that takes place on Fridays in the summer. Food trucks and a full bar are available at the outdoor venue as well as both lawn seating and a limited number of picnic tables available to rent. ...
Chicago, IL
Epiphany Center for the Arts is Chicago’s most extraordinary multidisciplinary venue, and unique destination for art, entertainment, and events. The center hosts jazz, blues, and other local musicians for its weekly concert series. Epiphany has eight dedicated art galleries, and a collection of event spaces, and three distinct venues for live music and performances: Epiphany Hall with its amazing acoustics and state-of-the-art sound and lighting system, The Sanctuary, a former church, and The Catacombs. ...
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Portland, OR
The Aladdin Theater, known as one of Portland’s best sounding mid-sized venues, is a perfect place for live music, a comedy show, a movie, a play, or a dance recital. The theater is an intimate performance space for any live entertainment with great views of the stage from all seats. ...
Boulder, CO
Located on University Hill, the Fox Theatre is the premier live music club in Boulder, CO. The Fox offers top-notch talent, a world-class sound system, and an intimate 625-capacity atmosphere. ...
Los Angeles, CA
Wisdome LA is the world’s first 360º immersive entertainment art park located in the heart of downtown Los Angeles’ Arts District. The indoor-outdoor space features air-conditioned domes and an open green space. The Maha Dome holds up to 600. ...
Los Angeles, CA
Located on the border of downtown Los Angeles and the Westlake neighborhood, The Teragram Ballroom is a multi-faceted event and performance venue featuring a ballroom dance floor, state-of-the-art sound and lighting systems, unobstructed sightlines, and advanced acoustical treatments. Built in 1913 as the Playhouse Theater, the historic venue boasts a 30′ proscenium stage, three dressing rooms, a balcony, three bars, and room for 625 people. The facility includes a lobby, full-service café, and a separate bar/lounge.
Named as a tribute to the owner’s wife, the venue is “Margaret” spelled backwards. ...
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Telluride, CO
The Michael D. Palm Theatre, dedicated in March 2005, was built through a public-private partnership between the Telluride R-1 School District and the Telluride community to serve as the school’s auditorium and performance space and the Telluride community’s premiere performing arts venue. Located on the Telluride School District campus, the Palm Theatre is a state-of-the-art performing arts facility containing 650 comfortable seats with excellent sightlines to the Johnson stage from every location. ...
Derry, NH
Tupelo Music Hall is an intimate three-level performing arts venue in Derry, NH, specializing in music events, comedy, and occasional theatrical shows. Tupelo has a kitchen, bar, and a professional stage with state-of-the-art sound and lighting systems. Tupelo Music Hall presents multiple genres of talented nationally-recognized musicians who perform in a friendly and intimate setting. ...
Amherst, MA
Bowker Auditorium is located in Stockbridge Hall on the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus. The venue is an intimate performance space with good sightlines and a gently sloped balcony that curves around three sides of the theater giving the auditorium an intimate feel. The auditorium is a key venue for professional performers booked by the UMass Fine Arts Center. ...
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Iowa City, IA
The Englert Theatre in downtown Iowa City, IA, is a renovated vaudeville-era playhouse now serving as a community arts center and 725-seat performance venue. It is owned and operated by Englert Civic Theatre, a non-profit art organization. From intimate performances to school concerts to live theater, the Englert’s historic stage accommodates a variety of performances with its professional lighting, sound, and front of house staff. ...
Annapolis, MD
Maryland Hall in Annapolis, MD, presents live and digital programming from several performance spaces including the 725-seat Main Theatre, the 180-capacity black box Bowen Theatre, and outdoor performance spaces including the Nature Sacred Labyrinth and the Galleries. Experience world class entertainment in an intimate venue. ...
Bar Harbor, ME
The 1932 Criterion Theatre is a historic Art Deco theater in downtown Bar Harbor, ME, and the cultural hub of Mount Desert Island. Operated by the Bar Harbor Jazz Festival, the Criterion is a nonprofit venue for curated films, performing arts, and community events. The 748-capacity theater has a proscenium stage, sloped orchestra, and a floating balcony with tiered seating. ...
St. Louis, MO
The Sheldon Concert Hall and Art Galleries is an acoustically perfect concert hall and world-class art gallery located in Grand Center, St. Louis’ arts and entertainment district. Managed by the the nonprofit Sheldon Arts Foundation, the historic concert hall hosts a wide range of music, visual arts, and educational programs. Recognized among the nation’s most stellar performing facilities, The Sheldon Concert Hall features original curved wood theatre seating on two levels, with unrestricted views from all 712 seats.
Additional facilities include the 300-capacity Sheldon Ballroom featuring a full stage and The Konneker Room, an elegant space with room for up to 650. ...
Nashua, NH
The Nashua Center for the Arts in downtown Nashua, NH, hosts nationally touring musicians, live comedy, theatre, children’s performances, and more. The renovated building provides a 750-seat flexible performance space, with a 430-seat retractable seating system that moves to create space for up to 1000 people. The center has entrances on Main Street and West Pearl. ...
Cambridge, MA
Founded in 2005, The Lilypad is a community gathering place and Boston’s home for avant-garde music and art. The Lilypad is an 80-person capacity venue and event space located in Inman Square, Cambridge, MA. The venue is available to rent for musical performances, theatrical performances, film screenings, readings, comedy, private parties and other events. The Lilypad serves craft beer, wine, hard cider and soft drinks. ...
Santa Rosa, CA
The Lost Church is a nonprofit arts organization serving the San Francisco Bay Area by creating, sustaining, and defending spaces for live performance. The Lost Church Santa Rosa theater is located in Downtown Santa Rosa, CA. The performing arts theater hosting music, comedy, theater, literary events, film, spoken word and more. Beer, wine and non-alcoholic beverages are available in the barroom. ...
Nashville, TN
Established in 2012, The East Room is a music and comedy venue and East Nashville’s favorite place to see up-and-coming local and touring talent. Enjoy free open mic comedy every Tuesday at 8pm. ...
Santa Fe, NM
A project of the nonprofit Open Arts Foundation in Santa Fe, NM, GiG Performance Space provides intimate gigs for national and regional musicians. It is a hub for the developing music community and a gathering place for music lovers of all types. ...
Bellingham, WA
Make.Shift Art Space is a nonprofit art space located in the heart of Bellingham’s arts district. There are multiple studios, a gallery, a DIY all-ages live music performance space and a low-power community radio station KZAX 94.9. Providing all-ages shows since 2011, the basement venue regularly features local, regional and national acts in a substance-free environment. ...
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Chicago, IL
The Hideout is a small prohibition-era bar and intimate performance space in Chicago, IL, that hosts all kinds of live independent music and dancing. Legal since 1934, The Hideout is music, art, performance, plays, poetry, rock and rebellion. ...
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. ...
Torrington, CT
The Outlet for The Arts is an intimate recording studio and performing art space located in downtown Torrington, CT. The Outlet For The Arts, LLC is a music production studio with recording and mixing services. ...
Lowell, MI
Connecting regional artists and audiences through the visual and performing arts, LowellArts offers art exhibitions, theatre and music performances, arts classes for all ages, Lowell Showboat Sizzlin’ Summer Concerts, Fallasburg Arts Festival, and special arts events. LowellArts Gallery Concerts are presented in the LowellArts Gallery located in the heart of downtown Lowell, MI. ...
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Mechanicsburg, PA
Metropolis Collective is a contemporary fine art gallery and live performance space in Mechanicsburg, PA. The venue is also available for private parties. ...
New Orleans, LA
Le Bon Temps Roule is an iconic bar in Uptown New Orleans that features live music four days a week, free oysters on Fridays, billiards, and the best damn Bloody Marys in town. ...
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. ...
Billings, MT
Kirks’ Grocery is an art gallery and all ages performance space located in Billings, MT, dedicated to showing contemporary art from local, regional, national, and international artists that fall outside of the norm. Kirks’ hosts DIY all ages shows and events in its performance space featuring everything from spoken word to experimental music and DIY touring musicians, along with independent film and documentaries. Kirks’ is a community oriented center for all ages and abilities. ...
Philadelphia, PA
Franky Bradley’s is an eclectic bar, restaurant, performance venue and dance club in Philadelphia, PA. The two-story venue has a bar on the first floor and upstairs event space with original artwork and unique lighting providing an intimate feel. Franky Bradley’s is known for burlesque nights, drag shows, standup comedy, and more. ...
Columbia, SC
Art Bar Columbia is an underground club with live music and an artsy vibe with a dance floor, lounge, and full bar plus karaoke. ...
Nashville, TN
Run by the nonprofit Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI), The Bluebird Cafe is one of the world’s preeminent listening rooms recognized worldwide as a songwriter’s performance space. The cozy space inhabits a tiny strip mall in Green Hills south of downtown Nashville, TN. The Bluebird hosts a weekly Monday Open Mic Night, quarterly Bluebird auditions, and Sunday Writers’ Night. ...
Chicago, IL
Thalia Hall is a landmarked historic building in Chicago, IL, originally built in 1892 as a Czech meeting hall. As of 2013, it has reopened and been re-imagined as a modern day town hall; a central meeting place with a tavern Dusek’s Board & Beer, two bars Punch House and Tack Room, and a world-class performance space Thalia Hall. ...
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Washington, DC
Located in the Shaw District of Washington, DC, The Howard Theatre is a fully equipped venue with state-of-the-art production, audio visual and lighting systems. Established in 1910, the historic theater offers two-tiered horseshoe-shaped seating centered on a 30-foot stage, making even the largest event seem intimate.
The Center Stage room can accommodate up to 250 seated or 500 standing. ...
San Francisco, CA
DNA Lounge has been one of San Francisco’s most popular nightclubs since 1985, hosting an always-eclectic variety of events, including all-ages live music, 18+ dance parties, burlesque shows, lecture series and private parties. The venue features two stages, four dance floors, seven bars, and a full-service late-night restaurant and cafe. ...
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Denver, CO
The Robert and Judi Newman Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Denver is a beautiful, historical venue located on the University campus and home to the Lamont School of Music, DU Theatre, and the Newman Center Presents series. Performance spaces include June Swaner Gates Concert Hall, Elizabeth Eriksen Byron Theatre, Frederic C. Hamilton Family Recital Hall, Carl and Lisa Williams Recital Salon. ...
Red Bank, NJ
The Vogel is a performance venue located on west side of the Count Basie Center for the Arts campus in Red Bank, NJ. The state-of-the-art space is a multi-level, balconied hall outfitted with a rustic, industrial aesthetic. The venue is complete with backstage areas, a second-floor lounge, and technology to create dazzling moods with video and lighting packages. ...
Cleveland, OH
Music Box Supper Club is a two-story concert and event venue on the West Bank of The Flats in downtown Cleveland, OH. The building offers a restaurant and two stages: a downstairs supper club and an upstairs concert hall. Nearly every night of the week a variety of genres is offered from well-known national touring musicians as well as local and regional talent. Music Box also has a 250-capacity riverfront rooftop deck with amazing views of the Cuyahoga River and a small corner stage. ...
Seattle, WA
A former church opened in 1922, Town Hall Seattle is a landmark historic building and performance hall in the heart of Seattle, WA. Town Hall Association is the nonprofit organization that maintains the venue and fosters an engaged community through civic, arts, and educational programs. The Great Hall, Town Hall’s signature performance space, is a premier venue for acoustic and amplified music with iconic curved oak pews and a custom acoustic reflector. ...
Santa Cruz, CA
The Rio Theatre for the Performing Arts is a versatile venue in Santa Cruz, CA. The 650-seat theater features complete sound and lighting systems able to accommodate a wide variety of live events including concerts, lectures, video presentations, movies and more. ...
Philadelphia, PA
Open since 1971, The Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia consists of three theaters around a lobby.
The Harold L. Zellerbach Theatre is a modern proscenium theatre that seats 936. The space accommodates a wide array of events, including dance, theatre, music, comedy, lectures, meetings and teleconferences.
The Harold Prince Theatre is a smaller black box theatre seating up to 239 and features all the amenities of a modern performance space.
The Bruce Montgomery Theatre is an intimate, 115-seat, proscenium theatre that is ideal for smaller events, meetings and productions.
Penn Live Arts is headquartered at the Annenberg Center. Annual programming features numerous world, national and local premieres and debuts by dance, jazz, world music, theatre, new music, film and family artists. ...
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