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/ June 27, 2026
Terminal 5 is a multi-level live music venue located at 610 West 56th Street in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. Opened in October 2007 by concert promotion company The Bowery Presents, the 3,000-capacity space quickly became one of the city’s premier
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/ June 26, 2026
If you’ve seen a giant glowing eyeball, a pulsing basketball, or the surface of the moon hovering over the Las Vegas Strip, you’ve met Sphere — the most jaw-dropping entertainment venue ever built. Since opening in September 2023, this 366-foot-tall, 516-foot-wide orb has redefined what
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/ June 26, 2026
The Hammerstein Ballroom is a 35,000-square-foot concert hall occupying the upper floors of the Manhattan Center at 311 West 34th Street in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Originally built in 1906 by Oscar Hammerstein I as the Manhattan Opera House — a direct rival to
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/ June 23, 2026
Nestled in the hillside of the University of California, Berkeley campus, the Hearst Greek Theatre is one of America’s most storied outdoor concert venues. Funded by newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst and designed by architect John Galen Howard after the ancient theater at Epidaurus, the
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/ June 22, 2026
The Aragon Ballroom has been a cornerstone of Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood since it opened on July 15, 1926. Built by brothers Andrew and William Karzas at a cost of $2 million, the venue features a Spanish Baroque exterior designed by architects Huszagh and Hill, while
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/ June 20, 2026
The Paramount Theatre opened on March 1, 1928, at 901 Pine Street in downtown Seattle, Washington. Built by Paramount Pictures with an investment of nearly $3 million led by Adolph Zukor, it debuted as the Seattle Theatre before being renamed the Paramount in 1930. Designed
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/ June 19, 2026
The AO Arena is Manchester’s premier indoor entertainment venue, situated at Victoria Station in the heart of the city. It opened on 15 July 1995 at a cost of around £52 million, built partly above Manchester Victoria railway station in air rights space and designed
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/ June 18, 2026
Le Bataclan — at 50 Boulevard Voltaire in Paris’s 11th arrondissement — is one of Europe’s most iconic concert halls. With a standing capacity of approximately 1,500 (and a total licensed maximum of 1,694), the venue has been drawing adventurous audiences since 1865, when it
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/ June 18, 2026
Music Hall of Williamsburg, at 66 North 6th Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY 11211, is one of New York City’s most celebrated mid-size concert venues. With a 650-person standing-room capacity, it has hosted everyone from early-career indie acts to surprise arena headliners — all in
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/ June 18, 2026
Built in 1913–1914 as Ringler’s Cotillion Hall, the Crystal Ballroom at 1332 West Burnside Street in Portland, Oregon has anchored the city’s entertainment scene for over a century. Designed in Romanesque Revival style by architect Robert F. Tegan, the third-floor ballroom opened in early 1914
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/ June 17, 2026
Paradise Rock Club opened on September 22, 1977, as the Paradise Theater, founded by music promoter Don Law on the edge of Boston University’s campus at 967 Commonwealth Avenue. Seating just 850 at launch, the standing-room-only club quickly became the proving ground for acts destined
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/ June 17, 2026
Metro Chicago is a 1,100-capacity concert hall at 3730 N Clark Street in Chicago’s Wrigleyville neighborhood, two blocks north of Wrigley Field. Opened in 1982 inside a 1927 building originally constructed as a Swedish Community Center, it has earned a reputation as one of North
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/ June 17, 2026
The Great American Music Hall has anchored San Francisco’s live music scene since 1972, when entrepreneur Tom Bradshaw purchased and restored the ornate building at 859 O’Farrell Street in the Tenderloin neighborhood. The structure itself dates to 1907 — built during the city’s post-earthquake reconstruction
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/ June 16, 2026
A successful stadium tour concert experience depends on decisions you make weeks before doors open. Stadium shows host 50,000 to 90,000 fans, transforming venues built for sports into temporary concert halls with their own quirks of sightlines, sound delay, and exit logistics. Taylor Swift’s Eras
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/ June 16, 2026
Webster Hall stands at 125 East 11th Street in Manhattan’s East Village, one of New York City’s most storied live music and nightlife destinations. Built in 1886 by architect Charles Rentz in the Queen Anne style, it was originally conceived as a ‘hall for hire,’
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/ June 16, 2026
Irving Plaza is a ballroom-style music venue located at 17 Irving Place in the Union Square neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. Since opening as a rock concert space on July 14, 1978, it has served as one of the city’s most enduring mid-size stages,
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/ June 16, 2026
Cain’s Ballroom, located at 423 North Main Street in Tulsa, Oklahoma, stands as one of America’s most storied live music venues. Built in 1924 as a garage for businessman Tate Brady, the building was transformed into a dance academy in 1930 by Madison W. ‘Daddy’
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/ June 16, 2026
Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge has anchored 422 Broadway in Nashville, Tennessee since 1960, when Hattie Louise “Tootsie” Bess purchased a bar called Mom’s and gave it a new name — courtesy of a painter who accidentally coated the entire exterior in orchid purple. That vivid facade
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/ June 16, 2026
House of Blues is an American chain of live music concert halls and restaurants founded on November 26, 1992, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The brainchild of Isaac Tigrett, co-founder of Hard Rock Cafe, and actor-musician Dan Aykroyd, co-creator of The Blues Brothers, the first venue opened
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/ June 16, 2026
The Blue Note Jazz Club opened on September 30, 1981, when founder Danny Bensusan launched the Greenwich Village venue with a debut performance by the Nat Adderley Quintet. Bensusan’s vision was straightforward but bold: bring world-class jazz acts into a comfortable, intimate room with great
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