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/ July 16, 2026
Preservation Hall is a jazz club at 726 St. Peter Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, housed in a building dating back to around 1750 that once served as a residence, tavern, and art gallery. In the 1950s, art dealer Larry Borenstein began
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/ July 5, 2026
Live music lit up the Fourth of July holiday weekend with outdoor spectacles, first-ever arena launches, and milestone industry developments that make the first weekend of July 2026 one of the most eventful weeks of the touring year so far. Tours & Festival Announcements One
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/ June 27, 2026
Ask any Chicago concertgoer about “the Riv” and they’ll tell you exactly where it is: 4746 N. Racine Avenue in Uptown, one door down from the neighborhood’s other legendary room, the Aragon Ballroom. The Riviera Theatre has been packing fans onto its sloped floor and
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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 18, 2026
Le Bataclan — at 50 Boulevard Voltaire in Paris’s 11th arrondissement — is one of Europe’s most iconic concert halls, and one of its most frequently searched. Whether you’re checking capacity before buying a ticket, sizing up the room for a show you’re planning, or
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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
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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/ June 16, 2026
Since February 22, 1935, jazz has never stopped for a single night at the Village Vanguard — the wedge-shaped basement club at 178 Seventh Avenue South in Greenwich Village that most serious fans still consider the room where the music sounds best. It’s not the
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/ June 16, 2026
First Avenue is a landmark live music venue located at 701 First Avenue North in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Art Deco building was originally constructed in 1937 as the Minneapolis depot of the Greyhound Lines bus system. In 1970, Allan Fingerhut purchased the property and
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/ June 16, 2026
The Roundhouse is a Grade II*-listed performing arts venue on Chalk Farm Road in Camden, London, housed inside a striking circular Victorian railway engine shed built in 1846–1847 for the London and North Western Railway. After decades of dormancy the building was repurposed as a
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/ June 16, 2026
The Eventim Apollo — widely known to generations of music fans as the Hammersmith Apollo — is one of London’s most iconic live music venues. Located in Hammersmith, West London, it holds up to 5,039 people for standing concerts and 3,632 for fully reserved seated
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/ June 15, 2026
The Hollywood Palladium — at 6215 Sunset Boulevard in the heart of Los Angeles — is one of the most storied concert venues on the West Coast. With a capacity of up to 4,000 standing concertgoers on its sweeping 11,200-square-foot dance floor, it occupies a
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/ June 15, 2026
Ball Arena sits at 1000 Chopper Circle in Denver’s Central Platte Valley and is Colorado’s largest indoor venue, hosting everyone from the Nuggets and Avalanche to touring acts like Taylor Swift and Billy Strings. If you’re heading to a show, the venue runs on a
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