Music & Live Entertainment: Venues and Clubs  

B.B. King Blues Club & Grill

236 West 42nd Street (between Seventh and Eighth Avenues)

212-997-4144

www.bbkingblues.com

Delicious cuisine meets top-notch concert entertainment in B.B. King’s popular blues club, heralded as one of New York City’s best live performance venues. An intimate space with a genuine downtown feel, the club is a great place to catch your favorite rap, rock, blues, jazz and pop acts.

Roseland

239 West 52nd Street (between Broadway and Eighth Ave)

212-247-0200

www.roselandballroom.com

One of a handful of the remaining ‘original’ Times Square ballrooms, Roseland opened its original New York location on 51st Street and Broadway in 1919.  The first Roseland in Philadelphia was owned by Louis Brecker and Frank Yuengling, the owner of a Pennsylvania brewery.  In 1956, Brecker moved the facility to its current location, a converted indoor ice skating ring on West 52nd Street.  A popular dance spot throughout its lifetime, it added a disco in the seventies to keep up with the times.  The ballroom remained in the Brecker Family until 1981 when it was sold to Albert Ginsberg. It has since received further renovations but has retained traditional ballroom dancing lights and remains a tremendously popular concert venue.

Carolines on Broadway

1626 Broadway (between 49th and 50th Streets)

212-757-4100

www.carolines.com

Located in the heart of Times Square, Carolines on Broadway, one of America’s premier comedy nightclubs, presents the best live entertainment seven nights a week, 365 days a year. Just steps from many of the finest Broadway theaters, Carolines provides the sort of brilliant performances one has come to expect on the legendary Great White Way.

Carolines first opened as a cabaret in New York’s Chelsea neighborhood in 1981. Owner Caroline Hirsch, a lifelong comedy fan, soon began booking comedians. The comedy acts – which included now legendary performers like Jerry Seinfeld, Tim Allen, Rosie O’Donnell and Jay Leno – were a tremendous success, and Carolines soon became a full-fledged comedy club.

The relocation of Carolines to Times Square has enabled the club to present the very best comedians in a sophisticated, state-of-the-art nightclub, bringing the comedy experience to new heights. Carolines continues to present the biggest and brightest stars in entertainment, reaffirming its position as the home of The Funniest Show on Broadway.

Iridium Jazz Club

1650 Broadway (at 51st Street)

212-582-2121

www.iridiumjazzclub.com

The Iridium Jazz Club has been thrilling International jazz fans since 1994. Now located at 1650 Broadway at 51st Street, in the heart of a historic jazz neighborhood, the Iridium features a state of the art sound system conceived by legendary guitarist Les Paul, who leads a stellar roster of jazz artists. The club not only presents New York's hottest jazz acts, but also supplies excellent cuisine, outstanding service, and an intimate and visually exciting interior designed by Larry Bogdanow. New York Magazine named Iridium New York's Best Jazz Club and The New York Times calls it "one of New York's major jazz clubs." Major releases have been recorded live at Iridium by such artists as Jacky Terrasson, Charlie Haden, Kenny Barron, Benny Carter, The Jazz Messengers, Sweets Edison, and Clark Terry.

Swing 46

349 West 46th Street (between 8th & 9th Avenues)

212-262-9554

www.swing46.com

This popular Restaurant Row supper club draws throngs to its dance floor with first-rate jazz, swing, blues and gospel acts. Popular with theatergoers and also with Broadway musicians, who will sometimes make guest appearances after the curtains have closed on the Great White Way. Swing lessons are on the house.

Supper Club

349 West 47th Street (between Broadway & 8th Avenue)

212-262-9554

www.thesupperclub.com

Located in the heart of the Theatre District, this full service, exclusive, old-time big-band ballroom turned DJ dance hall boasts a breath-taking art deco ballroom, Broadway size stage, theatrical lighting, state-of-the-art sound system and large dance floor.

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