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Best Small Live Music Venues in NYC

Looking for Cool Spots to Enjoy Live Music?

New York City has hundreds of Live Music Venues to choose from.

This can make choosing the perfect one easy, but also difficult.

Best Small Music Venues in NYC

Not looking for the chaos of a concert scene?!

BUT

Looking for live music while on a night out on the town ?

Best Small Music Venues in NYC

Here is a shortlist of some of NYC’s best small music venues:!

• The Rockwood Music Hall - Lower East Side, Manhattan!

• Pete’s Candy Store - Williamsburg, Brooklyn!

• Bowery Ballroom - Lower East Side, Manhattan!

• Cake Shop - Lower East Side, Manhattan!

• Brooklyn Bowl - Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Rockwood Music Hall -

Lower East Side, Manhattan

!Known for its small, intimate spacing fitting about 300+ people !Offers the chance to see up and coming bands for FREE, or at most, for a nominal charge. !Totally affordable spot with awesome live bands, great acoustics, and an overall laid back atmosphere. !!

Pete’s Candy Store -

Williamsburg, Brooklyn No candy in this place !There is though is a tight, extremely intimate, and friendly ambiance that is unusual for a New York City bar. !The venue is divided into 3 sections, the bar, showroom, and outdoor patio area. !The live music is a complement, not the basis of your trip here. !Decently priced drink selection

Bowery Ballroom - Lower East Side,

Manhattan

Bowery Ballroom has a great spacial setup, allowing patrons to see the stage from any angle. !Multiple floors and a great selection of drinks. !Great efforts are made to create concert-like feeling with awesome light shows and acoustics

Cake Shop - Lower East Side,

Manhattan

Cake Shop has a rustic, dive bar vibe ambiance !Implicated in its name, it also serves pastries, cake, and other sweets for all to enjoy. !Tuesdays is comedy night, so if you’re looking for other entertainment during the week besides live music, check this place out! !

Brooklyn Bowl - Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Brooklyn Bowl is the biggest venue in this list, with a capacity of about 600 people. !Fits quite a few tables, and even a bowling alley !It’s proximity to the world famous Brooklyn Brewery allows it to have an EXCELLENT variety of craft brews and drinks !Brooklyn Bowl’s food is absolutely legendary, with a menu that includes its famous fried chicken, pigs in a blanket, mashed potatoes, and mac n’ cheese. !

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