The Triangle
This rather beautiful former auto-garage hosts gigs almost every night by local and touring bands, in every conceivable genre. The on-site restaurant,…
Must-see entertainment in Southern USA
Tremé-Lafitte
Named for New Orleans' own Queen of Gospel, the Mahalia Jackson is one of the city's major main-stage venues. It often features performances ranging from…
Atlanta
Atlanta's only remaining drive-in theater shows double features on every screen. Drive up, tune in via your car radio and enjoy big-tickets movies like…
Knoxville
The fourth-oldest building in Knoxville, this 700-seat venue welcomes indie rockers, roots musicians and beloved favorites such as the Indigo Girls, plus…
Atlanta
This newer entertainment supper club in the Old Fourth Ward hosts live music and is rather serious about food and drink (there's a to-die-for patty melt)…
Memphis
Housed in a former bread factory, this midsize venue hosts regional and national acts, from Gary Clark Jr, Lucinda Williams, Old Crow Medicine Show and…
Ozark Mountains
This much-acclaimed fine-arts program has kept opera alive and loud in the mountains. A packed performance schedule and a playhouse located just outside…
Faubourg Marigny & Bywater
The Barrel is roughly the size of its namesake: you can fit perhaps a dozen customers in here without going elbow to elbow. It fits in musicians, too, who…
Atlanta
It's grimy, it's grotty and it has a great lineup of live music most nights. We love any bar that occupies that perfect juncture between dive and live…
Ruston
The Dixie, which dates back to 1928, is a classic beauty of a theater that is used today as a venue for the Ruston Community Theatre (https://rctruston…
Atlanta
On the campus of Georgia State University, the historic Rialto has produced national and international jazz, world music, orchestra, dance and other…
Louisiana
Located at the gates of Louisiana State University, this is one of Baton Rouge's better live music options. When it's not hosting the headliners, the…
Atlanta
A spectacular 1929 movie palace with fanciful Moorish and Egyptian designs. It hosts Broadway shows and concerts in an auditorium holding more than 4500…
Charleston
A popular downtown concert venue, with local and national acts from every imaginable genre. The place isn't very big; in the summertime it often fills up…
New Orleans
This old movie house has been around since 1914, and screens independent art films, classics and mainstream releases. One of the finest spots to catch a…
Downtown & the Gulch
Hosts maestros, the local symphony and major pop stars from Randy Travis to Smokey Robinson in the stunning, and beautifully old-fashioned, Schermerhorn…
North Georgia
Football games happen on Saturdays in fall at Sanford Stadium, in the middle of the lovely, leafy campus that rambles over rolling hills east of a…
New Orleans
This intimate little art deco–style theater is a joy (ha ha) and hosts acts ranging from comedy to brass band shows to EDM (electronic dance music)…
Faubourg Marigny & Bywater
This small live-performance venue hosts an eclectic mash-up of shows, ranging from live storytelling to bounce DJ nights and from slam poetry to amateur…
Mississippi
On the Square, this iconic music venue hosts consistently good bands. It also does a nice pub-grub business at lunch and dinner before the stage lights…
Chattanooga
Up-and-coming country and indie acts take the stage at this new 1300-person venue. Other than a few cocktail tables in back, it's standing room only.
Faubourg Marigny & Bywater
This is where the leather-and-denim community meets to rub each other’s stubble. Much more of a locals’ scene than similar spots in the Quarter.
Nashville
Smoke-friendly and cash-only, Betty's Grill is one of Nashville's most authentic dives. Come for the nightly live music and inexpensive bar food.
Memphis
In new digs in Crosstown, this unassuming little dive is one of the city's best places to hear live local bands and touring indie acts.
Cajun Country
Prejean's serves Cajun dining mainstays and features live Cajun music starting at 7pm every evening, and from 11am to 1pm on Sunday.
Charlotte
The Charlotte venue of choice for the biggest music tours, this 20,000-seat arena is also the home of the NBA’s Charlotte Hornets.
Lexington
If it's basketball season, catch a University of Kentucky (UK) game here, one of the most storied programs in college basketball.
Charleston
Performances and classes in improv comedy. Very funny stuff, to the point where locals drop in multiple times a week.
Nashville
This 30-year-old veteran is still going strong, offering a diverse line-up of local, rising and big-name comedy acts.
Charleston
An intimate performance venue with great acoustics and not a bad seat in the house. Ideal for live music or theater.
Greenville
Home of the Greenville Drive minor-league baseball team, this 5700-seat stadium is modeled after Fenway Park.
Lowcountry
A long-standing beach bar with good live music Thursday through Saturday nights. Occasional karaoke too.
Lowcountry
An intimate local music venue, with a very chill back patio. College kids and twenty-somethings dig it.
North Georgia
Dating to 1955, this old-school drive-in theater is one of three still operating in Georgia.
New Orleans
This is the performing arts venue for the University of New Orleans' theater program.
Tennessee Performing Arts Center
Downtown & the Gulch
With three great stages, this center is home to the Nashville Ballet, the Nashville Opera and the Tennessee Repertory Theatre. The main draws are Broadway…
New Orleans
You’d think all manner of vice would be welcome in the Big Easy, but Harrah’s, near the foot of Canal St, doesn’t get much local love. It’s a big casino –…
Tremé-Lafitte
This classic Tremé dive is a hit-or-miss experience. Great bands play here – Corey Henry and the Treme Brass Band, to name a few – and on some nights the…
New Orleans
While Banks Street Bar is a quintessential neighborhood dive, it’s also renowned as a good place to catch local music seven nights a week. It's famous for…
