Live Music

Philadelphia has a diverse, robust music scene. Here is a sampling venues, from huge to intimate:

Major venues:

• Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts (Academy of Music & Miller Theater)
• Wells Fargo Center
• Dell Music Center
• Mann Center for the Performing Arts
• Freedom Mortgage Pavilion

Large venues:

• The Fillmore Philadelphia
• Franklin Music Hall
• The Met Philadelphia
• The Tower Theater
• Theatre of the Living Arts
• World Cafe Live

Bars with live music:

• The Fire
• Franky Bradley’s
• Heritage
• Johnny Brenda’s
• MilkBoy
• Ortlieb’s
• Time

Alternative:

• R5 Productions – PhilaMOCA/Foto Club/First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia
• Kung Fu Necktie
• The Rotunda
• Underground Arts
• Union Transfer
• Warehouse on Watts

Jazz clubs:

• Chris’ Jazz Cafe
• Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz & Performing Arts
• SOUTH