Live Entertainment in Brooklyn

Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) is America's most adventurous performing arts institution — a Fort Greene complex presenting the most daring international theater, dance, opera, and music programming in the United States through its Next Wave Festival and outstanding year-round programming. BAM's extraordinary history of presenting Philip Glass, Pina Bausch, Peter Brook, and Robert Wilson productions and its role as the cultural anchor of Brooklyn's renaissance make it the most intellectually stimulating performing arts destination in New York.

Brooklyn Bowl in Williamsburg combines a bowling alley with a 600-capacity concert venue, presenting touring indie, funk, and jam-band acts in one of Brooklyn's most distinctive entertainment spaces.

Brooklyn Steel in East Williamsburg is a converted industrial warehouse presenting major touring concerts in a 1,800-capacity room, one of the borough's largest independent music venues.

Elsewhere in Bushwick presents electronic, indie, and hip-hop acts across multiple rooms and a rooftop stage, one of Brooklyn's most active contemporary music venues.

Kings Theatre in Flatbush is a lavishly restored 1929 movie palace presenting major touring concerts in a 3,000-seat venue, one of Brooklyn's grandest historic entertainment spaces.

Littlefield in Gowanus presents indie music, comedy, and variety shows in a converted warehouse space central to Brooklyn's independent arts scene.

Music Hall of Williamsburg presents touring indie and alternative acts in a 550-capacity former warehouse, one of Brooklyn's most consistently booked mid-size venues.

St. Ann's Warehouse in DUMBO presents experimental theater and concerts in a converted tobacco warehouse beneath the Brooklyn Bridge.