Chicago
This comfy jazz club programs a far-ranging lineup of local traditional, swing, bop, Latin, fusion and Afro-pop acts, along with the occasional big-name…
Chicago
This comfy jazz club programs a far-ranging lineup of local traditional, swing, bop, Latin, fusion and Afro-pop acts, along with the occasional big-name…
Chicago
The Promontory is Hyde Park's first hipster music hall. The rustic room with huge windows hosts jazz, soul and funk musicians, as well as DJs several…
Chicago
This comedy shack has been booking well-known jokesters for more than three decades. The shows last around two hours and usually include a couple of up…
Upper West Side & Central Park
Just north of Lincoln Center, this 450-seat hall, part of the Kaufman Center, is one of the city’s more intimate venues for classical music, as well as…
West Village, Chelsea & Meatpacking District
Angelika specializes in foreign and independent films and has some quirky charms (the rumble of the subway, long lines and occasionally bad sound). But…
Detroit
Opened in 2017, this is Detroit’s spiffy arena for big-name concerts and sporting events. Detroit’s rough-and-tumble pro hockey team the Red Wings (www…
Atlanta
Guns N' Roses, Bob Dylan, Adele and Kendrick Lamar have all played this storied downtown live-music venue dating to 1910. While it was formerly an…
South End & Chinatown
With 1600 seats, the Shubert is smaller and more intimate than some of the other Theater District venues, thus earning the moniker ‘Little Princess.' The…
Savannah
A good slice of odd-duck Savannah nightlife, the Jinx is popular with students, townies, musicians, and basically anyone else who has a thing for dive-y…
Chicago
A Chicago improv mainstay for more than 30 years, the Annoyance masterminds naughty and absurd shows, often musicals such as Tiny Fascists: A Boy Scout…
Minneapolis
This downtown stadium is home field for Major League Baseball's Minnesota Twins. The season runs from April through October (that is, if the Twins play…
Key West
This bar-stage is as un-Keys as they come, and frankly, thank God for a little variety. This town needs a dark, candlelit martini lounge where you can…
Chicago
Newbie comics line up hours in advance for Wednesday's open mike at the Laugh Factory. Such is the cachet of its parent LA club, where everyone from…
Chicago
The calendar at Elastic Arts is far-reaching and impossible to pin down – one day will see a funk band, the next an experimental video screening, and the…
Washington, DC
This small Wharf venue has a rootsy feel, like it could be set in Austin or Nashville. Blues, country and rock bands take the stage, including the…
Burlington
Indie darlings Phish got their start here and the joint still rocks out with the help of aspiring acts. Grab a vinyl booth, chill at the bar or dance…
New Orleans
Despite the fact it lies in Mid-City on one of the most unremarkable stretches of Canal St, Chickie Wah Wah is a great music venue. Local legends, such as…
Minneapolis
The National Basketball Association's Minnesota Timberwolves play from October to April at the Target Center, which is fresh off a $140 million renovation…
South End & Chinatown
Head to this dive on a dark side street to experience the gay culture of the South End before gentrification took over. A shaded-lamp and pool-table kind…
Washington, DC
All kinds of indie goodness get performed at the art-deco Atlas, from operettas to innovative new plays, ethnic dance shows and cabaret music. Four…
Philadelphia
The musical Cabaret, the kid's show Peter Pan and Ibsen's The Dolls House – the recent offerings by this long-established and well-regarded theater…
Hudson Valley
The Hudson Valley's newest cultural offering is this black-box theatre, showing thought-provoking plays tackling the human condition by contemporary…
West Village, Chelsea & Meatpacking District
This high-concept art space hosts a highly eclectic lineup of live music, with the likes of Deerhunter, Gary Bartz and Yo La Tengo performing in past…
Orlando
With $2 Pabst on tap, pinball and vintage pin-ups on the walls, this is Orlando's less-polished music scene, but it enjoys a solid reputation as one of…
Wisconsin
By day, a popular sandwich shop and spot for a break and a cup of coffee. By night, the Acoustic shifts gears to become one of the downtown area's most…
New Hampshire
Opened in 1949 and in continual operation since then, this drive-in movie theater is a revered institution, showing summertime double features on four…
Louisville
Regional indie rock, country, metal and bluegrass bands take the stage at this neighborly, mid-sized concert hall. A separate entrance lets you into the…
Washington, DC
Multiple-time Major League Soccer champions DC United play March through October at shiny new Audi Field, opening mid-2018. Tickets start at around $30…
Chopin Foundation of the United States
Miami
This national organization hosts a treasure trove of performances for Chopin fans – the Chopin Festival, a series of free monthly concerts and the less…
Philadelphia
There's a wide variety of events held several times a week at this elegant space built originally in 1911 as the First Church of Christ Scientist. Check…
Chicago
One of two downtown outlets selling same-week drama, comedy and performing-arts tickets for half price (plus a $5 to $10 service charge); the other one is…
Cajun Country
Want to shake a tail feather to some real local zydeco? Grant Street has got you covered. There's all kinds of music here, but Grant Street's zydeco…
Chicago
UP is part of the Second City family and shares the same building, though it has a different entrance. It's a smaller space that hosts more experimental…
Washington, DC
The eight screens flicker with first-run independent and foreign films, documentaries and classic revivals. Crab-cake bites, empanadas, wine and craft…
Walt Disney World
Hula-clad men and women leap around the stage, dance and play with fire in this South Pacific–style luau at Disney's Polynesian Resort. Pulled pork,…
Atlanta
This is one of the best venues for live folk and acoustic music, renowned for breaking local artists on to the regional – and sometimes national – scene…
Chicago
Famed architects Louis Sullivan and Dankmar Adler designed this 1889 beauty, an example of the Chicago School style that used thick bases to support the…
International Screenings Program
Chicago
The same group that puts on the Chicago International Film Festival hosts a free program from June through September showing foreign films in the Chicago…
Alabama
Besides staying open until appreciably late hours (somewhat tough to find in this part of the world), the Voodoo Lounge has live music seven nights a week…
Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
New Orleans
The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra is the only musician-owned and -managed professional symphony. It is based out of the Orpheum Theater. The season…
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