Live Music entertainment in USA
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Toad
This tiny, laid-back place is beloved for its excellent lineup of music (seven nights a week) and its no-cover-charge policy. (Ever. At all.) There are a dozen beers on tap and 'all sorts of booze available.' No food, but it's okay to bring something to nosh from next door.
Located about one mile north of Harvard Sq, across from the Porter Sq shopping plaza.
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House of Blues
Blues is the tip of the hog at this Mississippi Delta juke joint, showcasing modern rock, pop and soul.
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Li'l Abner's Steakhouse
Octogenarian Western swing bandleader Dean Armstrong and his Arizona Dancehands have been tearing it up on the outdoor stage at Lil Abner's Steakhouse on Friday and Saturday nights for years. Check it out as you rustle yourself up a beer.
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Moles Eye Cafe
This popular, subterranean hangout in an oak-paneled café has live entertainment on Friday and Saturday nights and good meals at moderate prices (dishes from $7 to $11) served until 9pm. Thursday’s open mic is usually a blast.
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Delancey
Surprisingly stylish for the Lower East Side, the Delancey hosts some popular indie bands like Clap Your Hands Say Yeah for doting indie-rock crowds. A good early-evening spot to drink too, particularly from the airy 2nd-floor patio deck.
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The Joint by Rogue
Concerts at this intimate venue feel like private shows, even when Coldplay or the Beastie Boys are in town. It’s a beacon for rock ’n’ roll superstars. Most shows here are standing-room only, with reservable VIP balcony seats upstairs.
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Peterborough Folk Music Society
This active group attracts nationally known folk musicians to perform in a wonderful barn-style theater about 3½ miles from Peterborough center. Recent shows have included the inimitable Jonathan Edwards, Ellis Paul and April Verch.
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Rialto Theatre
This gorgeous 1920 vaudeville and movie theater has been reborn as a top venue for live touring acts. Featuring everything from rock to hip-hop, flamenco to swing, plus the odd comedian; basically anyone too big to play at Club Congress across the street.
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Underground Wonder Bar
This live-music venue run by musician Lonie Walker features little-known jazz- and bluesmen, along with the occasional rock or reggae player. The club is tiny, and Lonie herself takes the stage for her sultry show several nights a week.
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Railhead
A small-scale showroom out on the Boulder Hwy far east of the Strip, the Railhead puts on rockin’ live music shows almost nightly, from country-and-western, Mexican, classic-rock and swing bands to top-tier national touring blues acts.
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Huggo's on the Rocks
Take in a view of the bay from beneath Huggo's on the Rocks' thatched roof or at a table with your feet in the sand. The open-air setting is ideal for sunset, and the mai-tais and pupu are renowned. There's live music nightly.
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8x10
Baltimore's premiere live music venue since 1983 mixes big-name acts with strong local talent in a funky concert hall that feels intimate and expansive all at once.
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Joe’s Pub
The room here feels cozy and elegant. Joe's Pub has a high concentration of tongue-in-cheek cabaret, and the sensibility is pretty young. (It’s attached to the Public Theater, so there’s a performance aspect to it a lot of the time.)
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Rainbow’s End
This roadhouse has been a local fixture since the 1950s and has the scarred-wood bar and worn pool tables to prove it. Live bands, playing everything from country to rock to Top 40, heat up the action on Friday and Saturday nights.
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Zellerbach Hall
The concrete-box acoustics inside this vintage-1970s hall are terrible for non-amplified classical, but Zellerbach is the premier East Bay stage, and it showcases top-flight dance and music performances by international ensembles.
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Logan Square Auditorium
Logan Square’s legions of gentrifying scene-makers need some place to catch grimy, DIY, underground rock, and this spacious former ballroom answers the call. The gigs here, like the neighborhood, are a work-in-progress.
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Blue Chicago on Clark
The talent lives up to the club’s name at this branch of a mainstream blues club, Blue Chicago. If you’re staying in the neighborhood and don’t feel like hitting the road, you won’t go wrong here.
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Rhumb Line
This club across from the train station is the best place on Cape Ann to hear live music, with performances almost nightly. Acts range from mellow acoustic and blues to high-energy rock, with the occasional open-mike night.
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Orpheum Theater
A lovely, worn-out old theater dating to the mid-1850s.
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Caravan East
Put on your cowboy boots and 10-gallon hat and hit the dance floor to practice your line dancing and two-stepping at this classic Albuquerque country-and-western music bar. Live bands perform and the ambience is friendly.
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Warehouse 21
This all-ages club and arts center in a 3500-sq-ft warehouse is the perfect alcohol-free venue for edgy local bands, plus a fair number of nationally known acts, or for just showing off the latest in multihued hairstyles.
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Rosa’s Lounge
Rosa’s is an unadorned, real-deal blues club that brings in top local talent and dedicated fans to a somewhat dodgy Logan Square block. The location is isolated from easy public transportation, so be sure to take a cab.
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Colorado Symphony Orchestra
The Boettcher Concert Hall in the Denver Performing Arts Complex is home to this renowned symphony orchestra. The orchestra performs an annual 21-week Masterworks season, as well as concerts aimed at a broader audience.
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Bluebird Theater
This medium-size theater is general admission standing-room, and has terrific sound and clear sight lines from the balcony. This venue often offers the last chance to catch bands on their on the way up to the big time.
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Catalyst
With an 800-seat capacity, Catalyst is a major Santa Cruz music venue; over the years it's hosted national acts from Gillian Welch to Black Uhuru to Nirvana. When there's no music, the upstairs pool room remains open.
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