# List of jazz venues in the United States

This is a list of notable American venues where jazz music is, or has been, played. It includes jazz clubs, nightclubs, dancehalls and historic venues as well.

## Alabama

* Carver Theatre, Birmingham

## Arizona

* The Nash, Phoenix$^{:5}$
* The Ravenscroft, Scottsdale$^{:5}$

## California

* Lobero Theater, Santa Barbara$^{:5}$

### Los Angeles metropolitan area

* The Baked Potato, Studio City$^{:5}$
* Billy Berg's, Hollywood
* Catalina Bar & Grill, Hollywood$^{:5}$
* Donte's, North Hollywood
* Down Beat, Central Avenue
* Dunbar Hotel, Central Avenue
* The Haig, Hollywood
* Herb Alpert's Vibrato Grill & Jazz, Bel Air
* Jazz Bakery, Culver City
* Lighthouse Cafe, Hermosa Beach
* Lincoln Theater, Central Avenue
* Quality Cafe, Downtown
* Sam First, Westchester$^{:5}$
* Shelly's Manne-Hole, Hollywood
* Tiffany Club, Wilshire District

### San Francisco Bay Area

* Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society, Half Moon Bay$^{:5}$
* Black Cat, Tenderloin, San Francisco$^{:5}$
* Black Hawk, Tenderloin, San Francisco
* Great American Music Hall, Tenderloin, San Francisco
* Keystone Korner, North Beach, San Francisco
* Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Downtown Santa Cruz$^{:5}$
* Maybeck Recital Hall, Berkeley
* Mr. Tipple's Recording Studio, San Francisco$^{:5}$
* Jazz Workshop, San Francisco
* SF Jazz Center, San Francisco
* Yoshi's Jazz Club, Jack London Square, Oakland$^{:5}$

## Colorado

* Dazzle (Denver Performing Arts Complex), Denver$^{:5}$

## Connecticut

* Firehouse 12, New Haven$^{:2}$
* The Side Door Jazz Club, Old Lyme$^{:2}$

## District of Columbia

* Blues Alley, Georgetown, Washington$^{:3}$
* Bohemian Caverns, U Street, Washington
* The Club at Studio K (Kennedy Center), Foggy Bottom, Washington$^{:3}$
* Howard Theatre, Shaw, Washington
* Krazy Kat Klub, Downtown, Washington
* Lincoln Theatre, U Street, Washington
* Republic Gardens, U Street, Washington

## Florida

* Heidi’s Jazz Club & Restaurant, Cocoa Beach$^{:2}$
* Judson’s Live, Orlando$^{:2}$

## Georgia

* Eddie's Attic, Decatur
* The Velvet Note, Alpharetta$^{:3}$

## Hawaii

* Blue Note Hawaii, Waikiki, Honolulu

## Illinois

* Evanston S.P.A.C.E., Evanston$^{:4}$

### Chicago

* Andy's Jazz Club$^{:4}$
* Bee Hive
* The Black Orchid
* Club DeLisa
* Constellation Jazz Club$^{:4}$
* Friar's Inn (1920s)
* Green Mill Cocktail Lounge$^{:4}$
* HotHouse
* Hungry Brain$^{:4}$
* The Jazz Showcase$^{:4}$
* Kelly's Stables
* London House
* Macomba Lounge
* Plugged Nickel
* Rhumboogie Café
* Regal Theater
* Sunset Cafe
* Sutherland Lounge
* The Velvet Lounge
* Winter's Jazz Club$^{:4}$

## Indiana

* Jazz Kitchen, Indianapolis$^{:4}$

## Louisiana

* The Blue Nile, French Quarter, New Orleans$^{:3–4}$
* Lulu White's Mahogany Hall, Storyville, New Orleans
* Maple Leaf Bar, Uptown, New Orleans
* Mother-in-Law Lounge, Tremé, New Orleans$^{:4}$
* Preservation Hall, French Quarter, New Orleans$^{:4}$
* Snug Harbor, Faubourg Marigny, New Orleans$^{:4}$
* Tipitina's, Uptown, New Orleans$^{:4}$

## Maryland

* An Die Musik Live!,Baltimore$^{:2}$
* Keystone Korner, Baltimore$^{:2}$
* Sportsmen's Lounge, Baltimore

## Massachusetts

* Iron Horse Music Hall, Northampton
* The Lilypad, Cambridge$^{:2}$
* Ryles Jazz Club, Cambridge

### Boston

* Hi-Hat
* Jazz Workshop
* Lulu White's
* Paul's Mall
* Scullers Jazz Club, Allston, Boston$^{:2}$
* Southland
* Storyville
* Wally's Cafe$^{:2}$

## Michigan

* Blue Llama, Ann Arbor$^{:4}$
* Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe, Gross Pointe Farms$^{:4}$

### Detroit

* Baker's Keyboard Lounge
* Blue Bird Inn
* Cliff Bell's$^{:4}$
* Orchestra Hall, or Paradise Theater

## Minnesota

* Artists' Quarter, Saint Paul
* Crooners Lounge & Supper Club, Minneapolis$^{:4}$
* Dakota Jazz Club, Minneapolis$^{:4}$

## Missouri

* Ferring Jazz Bistro, St. Louis$^{:4}$
* Murry's, Columbia$^{:4}$
* Subway Club, Kansas City
* Peacock Alley, St. Louis

## Nebraska

* Dreamland Ballroom, North Omaha

## New Hampshire

* Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club, Portsmouth$^{:2}$

## New Jersey

* Shanghai Jazz, Madison$^{:2}$

### Newark, New Jersey

* Sparky J's, later renamed the Cadillac Club
* The Kinney Club
* Piccadilly Club
* Club 83
* Club Downbeat
* Playbill Lounge
* Front Room
* Hi Spot
* Teddy Powell's
* Sugar Hill
* Lloyd's Manor
* Howard Bar
* Key Club
* Adams Theater

## New Mexico

* Outpost Performance Space, Albuquerque$^{:5}$

## New York

* Jazz Forum, Tarrytown$^{:2}$

### New York City
#### Manhattan
##### 52nd Street

* Downbeat Jazz Club
* Famous Door
* Hickory House
* Jazz Standard
* Jimmy Ryan's
* Kelly's Stables
* Onyx Club
* Three Deuces

##### Bowery

* Five Spot

##### Columbus Circle

* Dizzy's Club (Jazz at Lincoln Center)$^{:2}$

##### East Village

* 8BC
* Nublu Club$^{:2–3}$

##### Greenwich Village

* Arthur's Tavern
* Blue Note$^{:2}$
* Boomer's
* The Bottom Line
* Café Bohemia
* Café Society
* Condon's
* The Cookery
* Mezzrow$^{:2}$
* Nick's
* Smalls Jazz Club$^{:3}$
* The Stone$^{:3}$
* Village Gate
* Village Vanguard$^{:3}$

##### Harlem

* Alhambra
* Apollo Theater, generally prior to the 1960s
* Baby Grand
* Cotton Club
* Lenox Lounge
* Lincoln Theater
* Minton's Playhouse
* Clark Monroe's Uptown House
* Savoy Ballroom
* Smalls Paradise
* Patrick's Place

##### Lower East Side

* Slugs' Saloon

##### Midtown Manhattan

* Birdland$^{:2}$
* Carnegie Hall
* Iridium Jazz Club
* Jazz Gallery, Flatiron District$^{:2}$
* Metropole
* Roseland Ballroom

##### NoHo

* Studio Rivbea (see Sam Rivers)

##### SoHo

* Ali's Alley (see Rashied Ali)

##### Upper West Side

* Mikell's
* Smoke$^{:3}$

#### Queens

* Louis Armstrong House Museum

## North Carolina

* Sharp 9 Gallery, Durham$^{:4}$

## Ohio

* Blu Jazz+, Akron$^{:4}$
* Bop Stop, Cleveland$^{:5}$
* Jazz Central, Dayton

## Oregon

* Blue Monk, Portland
* Brasserie Montmartre, Portland
* Jack London Revue, Portland
* Jazz de Opus, Portland
* Jimmy Mak's, Portland

## Pennsylvania
### Philadelphia

* Earle
* Lincoln Theater
* Pearl Theatre
* Showboat
* South Restaurant & Jazz Club$^{:3}$
* Zanzibar Blue

### Pittsburgh

* Chris’ Jazz Café$^{:3}$
* Con Alma
* Gullifty's, Squirrel Hill
* MCG Jazz$^{:3}$

## South Carolina

* The Jazz Corner, Hilton Head$^{:4}$

## Tennessee

* The Palace, Memphis
* Rudy's Jazz Room, Nashville$^{:4}$

## Texas

* Caravan of Dreams, Fort Worth
* Sardines Ristorante Italiano, Fort Worth
* Scat Jazz Lounge, Fort Worth$^{:4}$
* Señor Blues, El Paso

## Virginia

* The Birchmere, Alexandria

## Washington

* Dimitriou's Jazz Alley, Seattle$^{:5}$
* The Royal Room, Seattle$^{:5}$
* The Triple Door, Seattle
* Tula's Restaurant and Jazz Club, Seattle