New York Venues
Find the bars, stadiums, restaurants and other places that rock and roll musicians have played. Many of these locations are long gone, leaving but an echo, yet many still thive and provide concerts regularly.
Apollo Theater
This is one of the most famous clubs in the country, if not the world. The Apollo was mainly k ...
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Bitter End
Many music legends played here, many got some of their first gigs here as well. Here's a short ...
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Cafe Bizarre
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This is the club where Andy Warhol discovered the Velvet Underground.
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Cafe Wha?
Many rock and roll stars got an early start at this Greenwich Village institution including Jimi Hen ...
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Carnegie Hall
Designed by architect William Burnet Tuthill and built by philanthropist Andrew Carnegie in 1891, ca ...
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CBGB-OMFUG
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Most of the major acts from the 70's played here including Blondie, David Bowie ...
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Fillmore East
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The East Coast edition of Bill Graham's concert venues which opened on March 8, ...
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Forest Hills Tennis Stadium
In its heyday, the stadium attracted the world's best musical artists. The Beatles played at Forest ...
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Fox Theatre - Brooklyn
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On March 25, 1967, The Who made their U.S. debut here as part of a Murray the K ...
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Gerde's Folk City
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Bob Dylan played his first professional gig here in 1961. He opened for John Le ...
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Madison Square Garden
Billing itself as "The World's Most Famous Arena" this has been home to many great rock concerts. On ...
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Max's Kansas City
A true New York icon, Max's is a place where art and music seem to fuse together. They call th ...
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Paramount Theater
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Alan Freed presented live rock shows here including those by artists like Buddy ...
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Shea Stadium
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On August 15, 1965, The Beatles played here on their second concert tour of the ...
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The Bowery Ballroom
A major Rock club located in the Bowery.
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The Metropolitan Opera House
In 1970, for two nights, The Who performed some of the first ever live performances of "Tommy" for p ...
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Watkins Glen International Racetrack
On July 28, 1973 one of the largest rock concerts of all time took place here. The Grateful Dead, Th ...
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Wingate Field
On August 14, 1990, Curtis Mayfield was struck and paralyzed by a lighting scaffold that fell during ...
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Woodstock Music and Art Fair
Commonly just referred to as "Woodstock" this is the location of the most famous rock concert of all ...
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