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/ July 25, 2026
The Chicago Theatre has anchored State Street in the Loop since it opened on October 26, 1921, its towering marquee becoming one of the most photographed symbols of the city. Designed by the architecture firm Rapp & Rapp, the theater was built as a movie…
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/ July 16, 2026
Tucked in a basement at 100 Oxford Street in London, the 100 Club has been hosting live music since 24 October 1942, when it opened as a Sunday night jazz venue called the Feldman Swing Club. It took its current name in 1964, after Roger…
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/ July 16, 2026
Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club is a long-running jazz venue in the Soho district of London, founded on October 30, 1959, by saxophonists Ronnie Scott and Pete King. It began life in a basement at 39 Gerrard Street before moving in 1965 to its present home…
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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 24, 2026
Palacio de los Deportes is an iconic indoor arena located within the Magdalena Mixhuca Sports City complex in Iztacalco, Mexico City. Built by construction company ICA between October 1966 and September 1968, the venue was originally conceived for the basketball and volleyball tournaments of the…
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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 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
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 9:30 Club is one of Washington DC’s most celebrated live music institutions, having opened on May 31, 1980, at 930 F Street NW before relocating to its current home at 815 V Street NW in the U Street Corridor on January 5, 1996. The…
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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
The Sydney Opera House stands on Bennelong Point overlooking Sydney Harbour as one of the world’s most recognisable performing arts venues and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2007. Designed by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, it was formally opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 20…
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/ June 14, 2026
The Apollo Theater at 253 West 125th Street in Harlem has done more to shape American music than almost any other building on earth. Since 1934, its stage has been the ultimate testing ground — a place where raw talent either catches fire or gets…
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/ June 14, 2026
Standing at 116 Fifth Avenue North in downtown Nashville, Ryman Auditorium doesn’t look like the center of the American musical universe — but it is. Built in 1892 as a revival tabernacle, this red-brick building with curved wooden pews and Gothic-arched windows has hosted the…
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/ June 14, 2026
The Hollywood Bowl is the largest natural amphitheater in the United States — a 59-acre outdoor venue carved into the Hollywood Hills that has been drawing crowds since 1922. With nearly 18,000 seats, a concentric-arch band shell that ranks among the most recognized structures in…
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