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
 * The Ravenscroft, Scottsdale

California

 * Lobero Theater, Santa Barbara

Los Angeles metropolitan area

 * The Baked Potato, Studio City
 * Billy Berg's, Hollywood
 * Catalina Bar & Grill, Hollywood
 * 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
 * Shelly's Manne-Hole, Hollywood
 * Tiffany Club, Wilshire District

San Francisco Bay Area

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

Colorado

 * Dazzle (Denver Performing Arts Complex), Denver

Connecticut

 * Firehouse 12, New Haven
 * The Side Door Jazz Club, Old Lyme

District of Columbia

 * Blues Alley, Georgetown, Washington
 * Bohemian Caverns, U Street, Washington
 * The Club at Studio K (Kennedy Center), Foggy Bottom, Washington

Florida

 * Heidi’s Jazz Club & Restaurant, Cocoa Beach
 * Judson’s Live, Orlando

Georgia

 * Eddie's Attic, Decatur
 * The Velvet Note, Alpharetta

Hawaii

 * Blue Note Hawaii, Waikiki, Honolulu

Illinois

 * Evanston S.P.A.C.E., Evanston

Chicago
• Andy's Jazz Club

• Bee Hive

• The Black Orchid

• Club DeLisa

• Constellation Jazz Club

• Friar's Inn (1920s)

• Green Mill Cocktail Lounge

• HotHouse

• Hungry Brain

• The Jazz Showcase

• Kelly's Stables

• London House

• Macomba Lounge

• Plugged Nickel

• Rhumboogie Café

• Regal Theater

• Sunset Cafe

• Sutherland Lounge

• The Velvet Lounge

• Winter's Jazz Club

Indiana

 * Jazz Kitchen, Indianapolis

Louisiana

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

Maryland

 * An Die Musik Live!,Baltimore
 * Keystone Korner, Baltimore
 * Sportsmen's Lounge, Baltimore

Massachusetts

 * Iron Horse Music Hall, Northampton
 * The Lilypad, Cambridge
 * Ryles Jazz Club, Cambridge

Boston

 * Hi-Hat
 * Jazz Workshop
 * Lulu White's
 * Paul's Mall
 * Scullers Jazz Club, Allston, Boston
 * Southland
 * Storyville
 * Wally's Cafe

Michigan

 * Blue Llama, Ann Arbor
 * Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe, Gross Pointe Farms

Detroit

 * Baker's Keyboard Lounge
 * Blue Bird Inn
 * Cliff Bell's
 * Orchestra Hall, or Paradise Theater

Minnesota

 * Artists' Quarter, Saint Paul
 * Crooners Lounge & Supper Club, Minneapolis
 * Dakota Jazz Club, Minneapolis

Missouri

 * Ferring Jazz Bistro, St. Louis
 * Murry's, Columbia
 * Subway Club, Kansas City
 * Peacock Alley, St. Louis

Nebraska

 * Dreamland Ballroom, North Omaha

New Hampshire

 * Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club, Portsmouth

New Jersey

 * Shanghai Jazz, Madison

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

New York

 * Jazz Forum, Tarrytown

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)


 * East Village
 * 8BC
 * Nublu Club


 * Greenwich Village
 * Arthur's Tavern
 * Blue Note
 * Boomer's
 * The Bottom Line
 * Café Bohemia
 * Café Society
 * Condon's
 * The Cookery
 * Mezzrow
 * Nick's
 * Smalls Jazz Club
 * The Stone
 * Village Gate
 * Village Vanguard


 * 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
 * Carnegie Hall
 * Iridium Jazz Club
 * Jazz Gallery, Flatiron District
 * Metropole
 * Roseland Ballroom


 * NoHo
 * Studio Rivbea (see Sam Rivers)


 * SoHo
 * Ali's Alley (see Rashied Ali)


 * Upper West Side
 * Mikell's
 * Smoke

North Carolina

 * Sharp 9 Gallery, Durham

Ohio

 * Blu Jazz+, Akron
 * Bop Stop, Cleveland
 * Jazz Central, Dayton

Oregon

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

Philadelphia

 * Earle
 * Lincoln Theater
 * Pearl Theatre
 * Showboat
 * South Restaurant & Jazz Club
 * Zanzibar Blue

Pittsburgh

 * Chris’ Jazz Café
 * Con Alma
 * Gullifty's, Squirrel Hill
 * MCG Jazz

South Carolina

 * The Jazz Corner, Hilton Head

Tennessee

 * The Palace, Memphis
 * Rudy's Jazz Room, Nashville

Texas

 * Caravan of Dreams, Fort Worth
 * Sardines Ristorante Italiano, Fort Worth
 * Scat Jazz Lounge, Fort Worth
 * Señor Blues, El Paso

Virginia

 * The Birchmere, Alexandria

Washington

 * Dimitriou's Jazz Alley, Seattle
 * The Royal Room, Seattle
 * The Triple Door, Seattle
 * Tula's Restaurant and Jazz Club, Seattle