Live Entertainment Venues
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Brooklyn· 9 venues
Barclays Center
Brooklyn, New York
Barclays Center is a 17,732-seat arena in Downtown Brooklyn — home to the NBA Brooklyn Nets and a major concert destination for the New York metro area. The arena's distinctive weathered steel exterior and central location above Atlantic Terminal make it the dominant entertainment anchor in Brooklyn, serving audiences from across the five boroughs and the growing New York gaming market.
620 Atlantic Ave 11217
Barclays Center Brooklyn
Brooklyn, New York
Barclays Center is one of America's most important new arenas — a 19,000-capacity Downtown Brooklyn arena home to the Brooklyn Nets that has presented more major boxing events and high-profile concerts than any new arena in America since opening in 2012. Its extraordinary Oculus exterior, its role in Brooklyn's transformation into a major entertainment destination, and its consistent presentation of world-class entertainment make it one of the most culturally significant arenas built in the 21st century.
620 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217
Barclays Center Brooklyn NY
Brooklyn, New York
Barclays Center in Downtown Brooklyn is home to the Brooklyn Nets, presenting major touring concerts in an 19,000-seat arena that anchors the borough's largest entertainment complex.
620 Atlantic Ave 11217
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Brooklyn, New York
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.
30 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217
Brooklyn Steel New York NY
Brooklyn, New York
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.
319 Frost St 11222
Elsewhere Brooklyn New York NY
Brooklyn, New York
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.
599 Johnson Ave 11237
Kings Theatre Brooklyn NY
Brooklyn, New York
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.
1027 Flatbush Ave 11226
Music Hall of Williamsburg New York NY
Brooklyn, New York
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.
66 N 6th St 11249
St. Ann's Warehouse Brooklyn NY
Brooklyn, New York
St. Ann's Warehouse in DUMBO presents experimental theater and concerts in a converted tobacco warehouse beneath the Brooklyn Bridge.
45 Water St 11201
Buffalo· 2 venues
Kleinhans Music Hall Buffalo NY
Buffalo, New York
Kleinhans Music Hall, designed by Eliel and Eero Saarinen, is home to the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, a National Historic Landmark celebrated for its architecture and acoustics.
3 Symphony Cir 14201
Town Ballroom Buffalo NY
Buffalo, New York
Town Ballroom in downtown Buffalo is a restored historic ballroom presenting touring indie and rock acts, one of the city's premier mid-size concert venues.
681 Main St 14203
Flushing· 2 venues
Citi Field Queens
Flushing, New York
Citi Field is the home of the New York Mets — a beautifully designed 41,922-seat stadium modeled on the classic Ebbets Field that serves as the anchor of the enormous Queens entertainment complex including USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center (US Open). The stadium's Jackie Robinson Rotunda, its outstanding food program, and the passionate Queens borough fan base create a baseball experience distinct from and complementary to Yankee Stadium across town.
41 Seaver Way, Flushing, NY 11368
USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
Flushing, New York
USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center is home to the US Open — the world's largest tennis stadium complex where Arthur Ashe Stadium (23,771 seats, the largest tennis stadium on Earth) hosts the final Grand Slam of the year in an atmosphere combining the intensity of New York sports culture with the global glamour of professional tennis. The US Open's extraordinary celebrity attendance, the Arthur Ashe Kids' Day tradition, and the magical experience of watching tennis under the lights at night in Queens make it one of the most exciting sporting events in the United States.
1 Tennis Place, Flushing, NY 11368
New York· 28 venues
Apollo Theater Harlem
New York, New York
The Apollo Theater is the most historically significant music venue in American cultural history — a Harlem institution since 1934 where the Amateur Night tradition launched the careers of Ella Fitzgerald, James Brown, Billie Holiday, Stevie Wonder, and Michael Jackson. Its extraordinary role in the African American cultural renaissance, its Amateur Night tradition that continues today, and its status as the most important venue in jazz, soul, R&B, and hip-hop history make it a global cultural landmark of the highest significance.
253 W 125th St, New York, NY 10027
Apollo Theater New York NY
New York, New York
Apollo Theater in Harlem is the most historically significant African American music venue in the world, launching Ella Fitzgerald and countless legends through Amateur Night since 1934.
253 W 125th St 10027
Beacon Theatre
New York, New York
The Beacon Theatre is New York City's most intimate large venue — a 2,894-seat Beaux-Arts hall on the Upper West Side that has been the preferred choice for extended multi-night residencies by the biggest names in music since 1929. The Rolling Stones, Allman Brothers Band (annual 30+ night runs), Phish, and dozens of others have made the Beacon their New York home; its ornate interiors and superb sightlines are considered the gold standard for mid-size concert production.
2124 Broadway 10023
Beacon Theatre NYC
New York, New York
Beacon Theatre is one of New York's most beloved historic concert venues — an Upper West Side 1929 theater presenting intimate residency concerts by major artists including the Allman Brothers Band (26 years of annual residencies), Neil Young, and Steely Dan. Its extraordinary acoustic properties, its beautiful historic interior, and its position as the New York venue of choice for extended artist residencies make it one of the most sonically and culturally significant concert halls in America.
2124 Broadway, New York, NY 10023
Beacon Theatre New York NY
New York, New York
Beacon Theatre on the Upper West Side is a lavish 1929 Art Deco/Rococo movie palace presenting major touring concerts in a 2,800-seat National Historic Landmark venue.
2124 Broadway 10023
Bowery Ballroom
New York, New York
Bowery Ballroom is New York's most critically acclaimed small venue — a 575-capacity hall on the Lower East Side that has been consistently voted the best small music venue in NYC for its sound quality, artist access, and sightlines. An essential stop for breaking indie, rock, and electronic artists playing their first major New York show, it retains an authenticity that larger corporate venues cannot replicate.
6 Delancey St 10002
Bowery Ballroom NYC
New York, New York
Bowery Ballroom is New York's most beloved mid-size music venue — a 1926 Lower East Side ballroom with beautiful balconies and the best sound and sight lines of any 1,000-capacity venue in the city. Its extraordinary booking of artists on their way up (the venue has presented virtually every significant indie artist before or just after they broke through), its perfect acoustic environment, and its genuine connection to the Lower East Side's music history make it the most consistently excellent mid-size music venue in New York.
6 Delancey St, New York, NY 10002
Bowery Ballroom New York NY
New York, New York
Bowery Ballroom on the Lower East Side is one of New York's most beloved mid-size venues, presenting touring indie and rock acts in a 575-capacity room with Art Deco balconies.
6 Delancey St 10002
Carnegie Hall NYC
New York, New York
Carnegie Hall is the most celebrated concert hall in the Western Hemisphere — a Midtown Manhattan institution since 1891 where virtually every significant musical artist of the past 130 years has performed in the acoustic environment considered by many musicians to be the finest in the world. How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice. The cultural mythology surrounding Carnegie Hall, its extraordinary acoustic design, and its unmatched 130-year history of presenting world-class classical, jazz, and popular music make it the most symbolically important concert venue in American cultural life.
881 7th Ave, New York, NY 10019
Carnegie Hall New York NY
New York, New York
Carnegie Hall is the most prestigious concert hall in America, presenting classical, jazz, and popular music performances since 1891 across its Stern Auditorium and smaller recital halls.
881 7th Ave 10019
City Winery NYC
New York, New York
City Winery New York is one of Manhattan's most unique entertainment concepts — a full-production urban winery with a 300-seat concert venue presenting intimate concerts by significant artists in a setting where guests enjoy the winery's own wines alongside exceptional music. Its revolutionary concept of combining urban wine production with intimate concert presentation has been so successful that it has spawned locations in cities from Chicago to Nashville, with the New York original remaining the most acclaimed.
25 11th Ave, New York, NY 10011
David Geffen Hall NYC
New York, New York
David Geffen Hall (formerly Avery Fisher Hall) is the home of the New York Philharmonic — a recently renovated 2,738-seat Lincoln Center concert hall presenting America's oldest symphony orchestra (founded 1842) in a completely redesigned acoustic environment. The $550 million renovation completed in 2022 has corrected the hall's legendary acoustic problems, creating a concert experience befitting the world's most important symphony orchestra in one of the most culturally significant concert halls in the United States.
10 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023
Irving Plaza
New York, New York
Irving Plaza is a beloved 1,000-capacity New York concert hall near Union Square — one of the most active mid-size live music venues in Manhattan for rock, hip-hop, and indie acts. Originally a Polish meeting hall built in 1860, it has booked everything from Ramones-era punk to current breakout artists and remains a critical step in the ladder between intimate club shows and arena performances for major touring acts.
17 Irving Pl 10003
Irving Plaza NYC
New York, New York
Irving Plaza is one of New York's most important mid-size concert venues — a Union Square ballroom presenting rock, hip-hop, and alternative artists in a 1,000-capacity setting that has been central to New York's live music scene for 40 years. Its position in Manhattan's cultural middle ground (too intimate for arenas, more significant than small clubs) and its consistent booking of artists at the moment of their breakthrough make it one of the most important concert development venues in the American music industry.
17 Irving Pl, New York, NY 10003
Irving Plaza New York NY
New York, New York
Irving Plaza near Union Square is a historic 1,200-capacity ballroom presenting touring rock, indie, and hip-hop acts, one of Manhattan's most consistently booked mid-size venues.
17 Irving Pl 10003
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts NYC
New York, New York
Lincoln Center is the world's most important performing arts complex — a 16-acre campus on the Upper West Side housing 11 resident organizations including the Metropolitan Opera, New York Philharmonic, New York City Ballet, Juilliard School, and the Film Society of Lincoln Center. Its 11 venues, its role in making New York the world capital of classical music and dance, and its Midsummer Night Swing, Mostly Mozart Festival, and Lincoln Center Out of Doors programming create a performing arts ecosystem without equal in the world.
10 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023
Madison Square Garden
New York, New York
Madison Square Garden is the world's most famous arena — a 20,789-seat venue above Penn Station that is home to the NBA New York Knicks and NHL New York Rangers. MSG has hosted more legendary concerts than any other venue on earth (from Sinatra to the Stones to Taylor Swift) and remains the must-play venue for any artist at the peak of their career.
4 Pennsylvania Plaza 10001
Madison Square Garden NYC
New York, New York
Madison Square Garden is the most famous arena in the world — a 20,789-seat Midtown arena home to the New York Knicks, Rangers, and the most historic concert venue in America where Frank Sinatra, the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Billy Joel (52 consecutive sold-out shows) have all performed. The World's Most Famous Arena's extraordinary history, its position above Penn Station in the heart of Manhattan, and its continued relevance as a cultural destination make it the gold standard for global arena entertainment.
4 Pennsylvania Plaza, New York, NY 10001
Madison Square Garden New York NY
New York, New York
Madison Square Garden is 'The World's Most Famous Arena,' home to the Knicks and Rangers, presenting major touring concerts in a 20,000-seat arena above Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan.
4 Pennsylvania Plaza 10001
Metropolitan Opera House NYC
New York, New York
The Metropolitan Opera is the world's most important opera company — a 3,800-seat Lincoln Center hall presenting the greatest singers in the world in an annual season of 200+ performances that serves as the global standard for operatic excellence. The Met's extraordinary roster of singers (Leontyne Price, Plácido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, Anna Netrebko), its productions broadcast live to 70+ countries via Met Opera Live in HD, and its role at the center of Lincoln Center's 11-institution performing arts campus make it the most culturally powerful performing arts organization in the Western Hemisphere.
30 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023
Radio City Music Hall
New York, New York
Radio City Music Hall is a 6,015-seat National Historic Landmark opened in 1932 — an Art Deco showplace synonymous with New York City entertainment and home of the annual Rockettes Christmas Spectacular. One of the world's most iconic venue names, it hosts a premium concert and event programme in the heart of Midtown Manhattan.
1260 Avenue of the Americas 10020
Radio City Music Hall NYC
New York, New York
Radio City Music Hall is America's most magnificent Art Deco concert venue — a 6,015-seat Rockefeller Center hall presenting the Rockettes Christmas Spectacular, major music concerts, and cultural events since 1932 in what has been called the Showplace of the Nation. Its extraordinary Art Deco interior (the finest surviving example of Art Deco theater design in the world), its connection to American entertainment history, and its current role presenting everything from Adele to the Grammy Awards make it one of the most culturally significant venues in the world.
1260 6th Ave, New York, NY 10020
Radio City Music Hall New York NY
New York, New York
Radio City Music Hall in Rockefeller Center is the largest indoor theater in the world at its 1932 opening, presenting the Rockettes and major touring concerts in one of the most iconic entertainment venues in America.
1260 6th Ave 10020
Terminal 5 New York NY
New York, New York
Terminal 5 in Hell's Kitchen is a three-story, 3,000-capacity concert venue presenting major touring artists in one of Manhattan's largest club-format spaces.
610 W 56th St 10019
The Box New York NY
New York, New York
The Box on the Lower East Side presents burlesque-style variety cabaret performances in an exclusive supper-club format favored by the downtown Manhattan art and fashion scene.
189 Chrystie St 10002
Town Hall NYC
New York, New York
Town Hall is one of New York's most beloved and historically significant concert venues — a 1921 landmarked Midtown theater presenting eclectic concerts from jazz to world music to comedy in a 1,500-seat hall with nearly perfect acoustics. Its extraordinary history (Marian Anderson's 1939 performance here after the DAR barred her from Constitution Hall is one of American music history's most defining moments) and its consistent programming of artistically significant music make it one of New York's most culturally important mid-size venues.
123 W 43rd St, New York, NY 10036
United Palace NYC
New York, New York
United Palace is New York's most spectacular forgotten theater — a 3,300-seat Washington Heights movie palace from 1930 that presents concerts, cultural events, and performing arts for the most diverse neighborhood in New York. Its extraordinary Aztec/Mayan/Byzantine interior (one of the most ornate theater interiors in the United States), its role in Washington Heights' vibrant Dominican and Latino cultural community, and its programming of everything from salsa concerts to hip-hop events create one of New York's most culturally distinctive venues.
4140 Broadway, New York, NY 10033
Webster Hall New York NY
New York, New York
Webster Hall in the East Village is a historic 1886 ballroom presenting major touring concerts and dance events across multiple floors, one of Manhattan's oldest and largest live music venues.
125 E 11th St 10003
Rochester· 2 venues
Eastman Theatre Rochester NY
Rochester, New York
Eastman Theatre at the Eastman School of Music presents the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and touring performances in a grand 1922 concert hall founded by Kodak's George Eastman.
60 Gibbs St 14604
Water Street Music Hall Rochester NY
Rochester, New York
Water Street Music Hall in downtown Rochester presents touring rock, metal, and electronic acts, one of the city's longest-running independent concert venues.
204 N Water St 14604
