Venue guide

Boston Venues

Comedy clubs, music rooms, museums and bars we list events from, with what to know before you go: ages, tickets, minimums and getting there.

Allston

Brighton Music Hall

A 500-capacity club on Brighton Ave, where bands play on their way up.

25 upcoming →

Allston / BU

Paradise Rock Club

The rock club on Comm Ave by BU. Touring bands and theme nights, lots of them 18+.

20 upcoming →

Brighton

Irish Village

A Brighton pub with something most nights: trivia, karaoke, and bands on weekends.

12 upcoming →

Roadrunner

The big standing-room hall at Boston Landing. National tours, mostly all ages.

15 upcoming →

Downtown / Faneuil Hall

The White Bull Tavern

A two-floor tavern by Faneuil Hall. Friday stand-up, karaoke midweek, DJs on weekends.

4 upcoming →

Harvard Square, Cambridge

Club Passim

A tiny basement folk club in Harvard Square. Acoustic shows most nights, all ages.

7 upcoming →

North End

Improv Asylum

Improv and sketch on Hanover Street, with a main stage show most nights and weirder stuff late.

33 upcoming →

Seaport

ICA Boston

The contemporary art museum on the harbor. Open late Thursdays and Fridays, and free Thursday nights.

6 upcoming →

Laugh Boston

The Seaport’s comedy club, inside the Westin. Touring headliners several nights a week, 16 and up.

18 upcoming →

South Boston

Small Victories

A Southie neighborhood bar with Tuesday trivia and karaoke once a month.

4 upcoming →

South End

Club Café

Columbus Ave bar and cabaret with free Tuesday trivia, Wednesday karaoke and a monthly drag brunch.

12 upcoming →

Theater District

Royale

Concerts early and 21+ club nights late, on Tremont Street.

13 upcoming →

The Wilbur

The old theater on Tremont Street where touring comics, bands and live podcasts play.

14 upcoming →

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