Must-see entertainment in Southern USA

  • La Poussiere

    Cajun Country

    Cajun club La Poussiere doesn’t serve food, just drinks and dance. The usual performance schedule lasts from Thursday to Sunday; evening shows start…

  • Lafayette's Music Room

    Memphis

    This reborn historic Overton Square music venue once hosted Kiss and Billy Joel in its '70s heyday. The lights were out for 38 years, but it's now one of…

  • Bowery

    South Carolina

    From March through October, live country and rock shows ($3 entry) happen nightly at this long-standing honky-tonk institution. The place is decidedly…

  • The Nick

    Birmingham

    A long, low shack filled with pool tables, band stickers, sweat and loud music, the Nick is a gloriously grimy spot for rock, punk and alt-country sets…

  • Plum Bar

    Birmingham

    The Plum Bar hosts a good lineup of R&B, funk and jazz acts, plus the occasional poetry reading. All of the above kick off in a neon-ish space that can…

  • Lupin Theatre

    New Orleans

    New Orleans has a strong theatrical bent; numerous local theater companies and a few large venues for touring productions frequently stage shows. Student…

  • Dead Crow Comedy Room

    Coastal North Carolina

    Dark, cramped, underground and in the heart of downtown, just like a comedy club should be. Stop in for improv, open-mic nights and touring comedians,…

  • New Orleans Opera

    New Orleans

    The New Orleans Opera rarely causes much of a stir, but remains an important part of the local culture. Productions are held just about anywhere, from the…

  • Starlight Drive-In

    Atlanta

    Atlanta's only remaining drive-in theater shows double features on every screen. Drive up, tune in via your car radio and enjoy big-tickets movies like…

  • Venkman's

    Atlanta

    This newer entertainment supper club in the Old Fourth Ward hosts live music and is rather serious about food and drink (there's a to-die-for patty melt)…

  • Minglewood Hall

    Memphis

    Housed in a former bread factory, this midsize venue hosts regional and national acts, from Gary Clark Jr, Lucinda Williams, Old Crow Medicine Show and…

  • Earl

    Atlanta

    It's grimy, it's grotty and it has a great lineup of live music most nights. We love any bar that occupies that perfect juncture between dive and live…

  • Rialto Center for the Arts

    Atlanta

    On the campus of Georgia State University, the historic Rialto has produced national and international jazz, world music, orchestra, dance and other…

  • Fox Theatre

    Atlanta

    A spectacular 1929 movie palace with fanciful Moorish and Egyptian designs. It hosts Broadway shows and concerts in an auditorium holding more than 4500…

  • Varsity Theatre

    Louisiana

    Located at the gates of Louisiana State University, this is one of Baton Rouge's better live music options. When it's not hosting the headliners, the…

  • Music Farm

    Charleston

    A popular downtown concert venue, with local and national acts from every imaginable genre. The place isn't very big; in the summertime it often fills up…

  • Prytania Theatre

    New Orleans

    This old movie house has been around since 1914, and screens independent art films, classics and mainstream releases. One of the finest spots to catch a…

  • Joy Theater

    New Orleans

    This intimate little art deco–style theater is a joy (ha ha) and hosts acts ranging from comedy to brass band shows to EDM (electronic dance music)…

  • Proud Larry's

    Mississippi

    On the Square, this iconic music venue hosts consistently good bands. It also does a nice pub-grub business at lunch and dinner before the stage lights…

  • Signal

    Chattanooga

    Up-and-coming country and indie acts take the stage at this new 1300-person venue. Other than a few cocktail tables in back, it's standing room only.

  • Betty's Grill

    Nashville

    Smoke-friendly and cash-only, Betty's Grill is one of Nashville's most authentic dives. Come for the nightly live music and inexpensive bar food.

  • Hi-Tone Cafe

    Memphis

    In new digs in Crosstown, this unassuming little dive is one of the city's best places to hear live local bands and touring indie acts.

  • Prejean's

    Cajun Country

    Prejean's serves Cajun dining mainstays and features live Cajun music starting at 7pm every evening, and from 11am to 1pm on Sunday.

  • Spectrum Center

    Charlotte

    The Charlotte venue of choice for the biggest music tours, this 20,000-seat arena is also the home of the NBA’s Charlotte Hornets.

  • Theatre 99

    Charleston

    Performances and classes in improv comedy. Very funny stuff, to the point where locals drop in multiple times a week.

  • Zanie's Comedy Club

    Nashville

    This 30-year-old veteran is still going strong, offering a diverse line-up of local, rising and big-name comedy acts.

  • Charleston Music Hall

    Charleston

    An intimate performance venue with great acoustics and not a bad seat in the house. Ideal for live music or theater.

  • Theatre UNO

    New Orleans

    This is the performing arts venue for the University of New Orleans' theater program.

  • Plaza Theatre

    Atlanta

    Atlanta's oldest continuously operating movie theater opened in 1939.

  • Harrah’s Casino

    New Orleans

    You’d think all manner of vice would be welcome in the Big Easy, but Harrah’s, near the foot of Canal St, doesn’t get much local love. It’s a big casino –…

  • Banks Street Bar

    New Orleans

    While Banks Street Bar is a quintessential neighborhood dive, it’s also renowned as a good place to catch local music seven nights a week. It's famous for…

  • Rock 'N' Bowl

    New Orleans

    The Rock 'N' Bowl is a strange combination of bowling alley, deli and huge live-music and dance venue, where patrons get down to New Orleans roots music…

  • Soul Bar

    Georgia

    Dark and seedy, Soul Bar is a James Brown–dedicated Broad St staple lit by little more than a beckoning red light at the entrance and rows of colorful…

  • Maxwell Blade Theatre of Magic

    Arkansas

    Magician Maxwell Blade operates a stage show that is well beloved by generations of Hot Springs regulars. Patrons get a family-friendly barrage of card…

  • Imperial Theatre

    Georgia

    With a gilded awning, and a staged graced by actors/comedians Charlie Chaplin and Milton Berle as well as ballet-dancer Anna Pavlova, the 100-year-old…

  • Creative Grape

    Alabama

    The Creative Grape is great, but it's hard to categorize just exactly what this spot is: part wine bar, part craft-beer bar, part art studio, part…

  • Grouse Room

    Cajun Country

    Combining a chic cocktail bar with a live-music performance venue is an interesting and, dare we say, very Lafayette idea. The Grouse Room largely pulls…

  • Miller Theater

    Georgia

    This historic, 1300-seat art deco–style theater was the second-largest theater in Georgia behind Atlanta’s Fox Theatre when it originally opened in 1940…

  • Powerhouse

    Mississippi

    This community arts center is the home of the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council (named for the fictional county where William Faulkner set much of his fiction),…

  • Gasa Gasa

    New Orleans

    We're unsure what is most interesting at this performance and drinking space inside an art gallery: the art, the music or the patrons. Come for an…

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