Welcome to Hump Day News guide to music venues: Boston and Beyond Edition. Small, medium, and large venues. Get out there!
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The Small Fries
Intimate dives can make for the best music experiences. Capacity 250 or less.

Atwood’s Tavern
877 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02141

The Burren
247 Elm St, Somerville, MA 02144

Cantab Lounge
738 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139


Charlie’s Kitchen
10 Eliot St, Cambridge, MA 02138

Club Passim
47 Palmer Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Deep Cuts
21 Main St, Medford, MA 02155

Faces
50 Pleasant St, Malden, MA 02148

The Jungle
6 Sanborn Ct, Somerville, MA 02143

The Lilypad
1353 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02139

Lizard Lounge
1667 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138
Midway Cafe
3496 Washington St, Boston, MA 02130

Notch Brewery
525 Western Ave, Brighton, MA 02135

O'Brien's Pub
3 Harvard Ave, Allston, MA 02134

State Park
15 Hampshire St Building 300, Cambridge, MA 02139
The Rockwell
255 Elm St, Somerville, MA 02144
The Square Root
2 Corinth St, Boston, MA 02131
Toad
1912 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02140
The Mid-Sized Vehicles
What you lose in intimacy at medium-sized clubs, you gain in better sound systems and more national touring acts.

Arts at the Armory
191 Highland Ave #1c, Somerville, MA 02143
Brighton Music Hall
158 Brighton Ave, Allston, MA 02134

City Winery Boston
80 Beverly St, Boston, MA 02114

Crystal Ballroom
55 Davis Square, Somerville, MA 02144

Middle East
472 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139

ONCE
Pop-up venue; regular series at 0 Windsor Place, Somerville, MA 02143

Paradise Rock Club
967 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215
Regent Theatre
7 Medford St. Arlington, MA 02474

Shalin Liu
37 Main St, Rockport, MA 01966

Sonia
10 Brookline St, Cambridge, MA 02139

Soundcheck Studios
150 Corporate Park Dr., Pembroke, MA 02359

The Sinclair
52 Church St, Cambridge, MA 02138
The Venti Mofos
Big, bad, baller arena-type venues. Some have history and charm, others are corporate creations. For what you pay, you should be getting state of the art sounds and performances by the heavy hitters.
Big Night Live
110 Causeway St, Boston, MA 02114

Boch Center Wang Theatre
270 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02116

Fenway Park
4 Jersey St, Boston, MA 02215
House of Blues
15 Lansdowne St, Boston, MA 02215

Leader Bank Pavilion
290 Northern Ave, Boston, MA 02210

MGM Music Hall
2 Lansdowne St; Boston, MA 02215

Roadrunner
89 Guest St, Boston, MA 02135

Royale
279 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02116

Sanders Theater
45 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138
TD Garden
100 Legends Way, Boston, MA 02114

The Palladium
261 Main St, Worcester, MA 01608
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