Live Music in NYC - Venues, rock ‘n’ roll, Jazz & blues
With the enormous range of live music venues in New York City, it can be hard to make a choice about where to go, especially if your time there is limited. Here is a guide to some of the most popular live music venues in the city.
For those travellers interested in live jazz music, New York City has plenty to offer. Some of the best places to listen to live jazz in NYC include the charming Arthur’s Tavern, the 55 Bar with its Prohibition era ambience, the Aji Bar Lounge, which has a South American theme, the Iridium Jazz Club and the Jazz Standard on East 27th Street.
If you like the blues and similar genres of music, you can try out The Bitter End, where Bob Dylan once used to sing or the B. B. King Blues Club and Grill that is located in the 
Times Square area of NYC. Live Blues music performances are also featured onweekends at the 55 Bar.
Rock aficionados will enjoy places like the Angels and Kings, which has a rock band competition every week, American Trash, which features live trash rock and the National Underground, which offers live rock music every day
The East Village club, Ace of Clubs, is a good place for rock ‘n’ roll enthusiasts to visit, as is the famous Snitch bar, where new as well as established talent is regularly featured.
Some of the other live music venues in NYC that offer a variety of music genres includes the action packed Coyote Ugly in Manhattan, the renowned Bowery Ballroom, the intriguingly named Otto’s Shrunken Head, the Mercury Lounge on Lower East Side, Crash Mansion in Manhattan, and the famous Radio City Music Hall, which plays host to many live music concerts.
