Chicago
Bill Murray, Stephen Colbert, Tina Fey and more honed their wit at this slick venue with nightly shows. The Mainstage and ETC stage host sketch revues …
Must-see entertainment in The USA
New York City
This dream palace from the twilight of cinema's pre-Depression heyday is a nostalgic landmark and a top-notch concert venue to boot. Allowed to fall…
Downtown & the Gulch
Sit at one of the small cocktail tables, squeezed together on the worn wood floor in this beer-only dive, and behold the lightning fingers of bluegrass…
Houston
Houston's top theater is fresh off a massive 2015 makeover. It offers a packed lineup of shows, large and small, many cast with its revered in-house…
Chicago
Top local and national acts wail on the stage of local icon Buddy Guy. The man himself usually plays a series of shows in January; tickets go on sale in…
Kuhio Beach Torchlighting & Hula Show
Waikiki
It all begins at the Duke Kahanamoku statue with the sounding of a conch shell and the lighting of torches after sunset. At the nearby hula mound, enjoy a…
Oakland
A phoenix arisen from the urban ashes, this restored 1928 art deco stunner adds dazzle and neon lights to Telegraph Ave, where it's a cornerstone of the…
Faubourg Marigny & Bywater
Hip-hop, punk, brass bands, dance parties, live storytelling events and Mardi Gras Indians regularly pop up at Hi Ho, one of the most eclectic venues in…
French Quarter
Preservation Hall, housed in a former art gallery dating from 1803, is one of New Orleans' most storied live-music venues. The resident performers, the…
Austin
No passive toe-tapping here; the dance floor at this 1950s-era lounge is always swinging with some of the city's best local acts. On most Monday nights…
Santa Fe
Many visitors flock to Santa Fe for the opera alone: the theater is a marvel, with 360-degree views of sandstone wilderness crowned with sunsets and…
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
Downtown Miami
This magnificent venue manages to both humble and enthrall visitors. Today the Arsht is where the biggest cultural acts in Miami come to perform; a show…
New York City
NYC’s only all-women and skater-operated roller derby league has four borough-inspired home teams: the Bronx Gridlock, Brooklyn Bombshells, Manhattan…
Belltown & Seattle Center
Nearly old enough to be called a Seattle institution, the Crocodile is a clamorous 560-capacity music venue that first opened in 1991, just in time to…
Blue Ridge Highlands & Southwest Virginia
In a tiny hamlet in southwest Virginia formerly known as Maces Spring (today part of Hiltons), you'll find one of the hallowed birthplaces of mountain…
Chicago
Steppenwolf is Chicago’s top stage for quality, provocative theater productions. The Hollywood-heavy ensemble includes Gary Sinise, John Malkovich, Martha…
Brooklyn: Williamsburg, Greenpoint & Bushwick
Covered in wildly hued murals, this cutting-edge space for classical and new music has come a long way since its days as a sawdust factory, with artists…
New Orleans
The premier night-time destination in the Riverbend area, the legendary Maple Leaf’s dimly lit, pressed-tin caverns are the kind of environs you’d expect…
Los Feliz & Griffith Park
The 'Greek' in the 2010 film Get Him to the Greek is this 5900-capacity outdoor amphitheater, tucked into a woodsy Griffith Park hillside. A more intimate…
Silver Lake & Echo Park
Few clubs can match the Dodgers' history (Jackie Robinson, Sandy Koufax, Kirk Gibson and sportscaster Vin Scully), success and fan loyalty, and this 1950s…
Blue Ridge Highlands & Southwest Virginia
This place is why most folk come to Floyd, especially for the Friday Night Jamboree, which starts at 6:30pm. For $5, you get three bluegrass bands in four…
Milwaukee
From April through September, the National League Milwaukee Brewers play baseball at fab Miller Park, which has a retractable roof and real grass. Buy…
Chicago
It's a summertime must-do. The Grant Park Orchestra – composed of top-notch musicians from symphonies worldwide – puts on free classical concerts at…
Marin County
Do you or did you miss the Marin of yesteryear? Terrapin Crossroads is your portal. Owner – and Grateful Dead bassist – Phil Lesh regularly plays here…
Walt Disney World
Arguably the best show at Walt Disney World® and a favorite of both kids and adults, this sophisticated musical theater performance features massive and…
Midtown
This bird's got a slick look, not to mention the legend – its name comes from bebop legend Charlie Parker (aka ‘Bird’), who headlined at Birdland's former…
Westlake & Koreatown
Soaring confidently at the intersection of Wilshire and Western Blvds (get it?), this extraordinary, turquoise-hued deco landmark started life as a movie…
New York City
This compact bar and performance space, named after a neighborhood in Paris with a strong North African flavor, is owned by French musicians (and longtime…
Little Havana
Jewel of the Little Havana Art District, Cubaocho is renowned for its concerts, with excellent bands from across the Spanish-speaking world. It's also a…
Chicago
The Neo-Futurists are best known for their show The Infinite Wrench, in which the hyper troupe makes a manic attempt to perform 30 original plays in 60…
Brooklyn: Brooklyn Heights, Downtown Brooklyn & Dumbo
This handsome red-brick building, a Civil War–era tobacco warehouse, is the first permanent home of avant-garde performance company St Ann's. The …
Silver Lake & Echo Park
Eastsiders hungry for an eclectic alchemy of sounds pack this super-packed dive, basically a sweaty bar with a stage and a back patio. On the music front,…
Lahaina
From the warm greeting to the feast and hula dances, everything here is premium (including the drinks). No other luau on Maui comes close to matching this…
Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa
Baseball fans roar April to October at the Giants' 81 home games. As any orange-blooded San Franciscan will remind you, the Giants have won three World…
Chicago
You can hear the call of the banjos from the street outside this venerable institution, where major national and international acts such as Richard…
Honolulu
The Doris Duke Theatre shows an array of experimental, alternative, retro-classic and art-house films, especially groundbreaking documentaries, inside the…
Walt Disney World
Disney's best live show features mind-boggling acrobatic feats expertly fused to light, stage and costume design to create a cohesive artistic vision. And…
Waikiki
The Kapiʻolani Park Bandstand is the perfect venue for this time-honored troupe that performs classics from the Hawaiian monarchy era. It’s a…
Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre
Hollywood
Founded in New York by Saturday Night Live alums Amy Poehler and Ian Roberts along with Matt Besser and Matt Walsh, this sketch-comedy group cloned itself…
Blue Ridge Highlands & Southwest Virginia
An arts and music hub for the region that offers programming that focuses on local musicians carrying on the traditions of Appalachian music. Headline…
