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Northampton

Entertainment in Northampton

  1. A

    Haymarket Café

    Northampton's coolest hangout for bohemians and caffeine addicts.

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  2. Iron Horse Music Hall

    Nationally acclaimed folk and jazz artists line up to play in this intimate setting.

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  3. B

    Calvin Theatre

    The venue for big-name performances for everything from hot rock and indie bands to comedy shows.

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  4. Northampton Brewery

    On a sunny day you'll find half of Northampton chugging ales on the rooftop beer garden at New England's oldest microbrewery.

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  5. Pleasant Street Theater

    The setting isn’t as glamorous as the Academy’s, but it screens more films (eg Becoming Jane, Darkon ).

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  6. Packard’s

    Hit this pub off Main St for five billiard tables on the 3rd floor, dartboards or the numerous nooks and crannies in which to huddle. Plenty of microbrews can keep you company.

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  7. Pearl Street

    Don’t worry, it only looks condemned. At the corner of Strong Ave across the street from the Tunnel Bar, Pearl Street draws in acts like Do Make Say Think and Josh Ritter.

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  8. Ye Ol’ Watering Hole & Beer Can Museum

    This dive distinguishes itself from other dives by virtue of its ‘Beer Can Museum’ with hundreds of empties. Cheap drinks, three pool tables and a video game in bad repair.

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  9. C

    Academy of Music Theatre

    This gracious, balconied theater is one of the oldest movie houses in the USA (1890), and one of the most beautiful. It shows first-run independent films and books theatrical and opera troupes.

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  10. D

    Dirty Truth

    Slide into a high-top under some decent contemporary art to choose from 50 draft beers available from an impressive chalkboard menu. Some come from monasteries you may have never heard of before. The mussels in wine sauce and other upscale bar food taste good.

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  12. Diva's

    The city's main gay-centric dance club keeps patrons sweaty with a steady diet of thumping house music.

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  13. New Century Theatre

    One of the best regional theater compan­ies in the US stages works by playwrights such as Wendy Wasserstein and RR Gurney. Performances are held at the Mendenhall Center on the Smith College campus. The troupe also performs well-designed and well-acted children’s shows (eg The Frog Princess, Rumpelstiltskin ).

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