NYC Arts: The Complete Guide to Art and Culture

92YTribeca

Manhattan

92YTribeca opened on Hudson Street in 2008 as as the 92nd Street Y's downtown art and entertainment venue. It has a performance stage with full bar for live music, comedy, cabaret, theater, performance art and dance; a 72-seat movie theater, and more.

Beacon Theatre

Manhattan

This 2,894 seat, three-tiered theater opened in 1929 to present motion pictures and vaudeville entertainment. The ornately decorated, neo-Grecian venue is most famous, however, as a music hall, which has been its primary offering since the 1970s.

Bowery Ballroom

Manhattan

Around the corner from its namesame street, this venue offers excellent sight lines and sound to as many as 550 rock music fans, both from the main floor and from the balcony above. Both these floors, as well as the basement below, have full, low-lit bars.

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Manhattan

This 16.3-acre campus is home to 12 resident companies, including Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the New York City Opera, the New York City Ballet, the Metropolitan Opera, the Film Society of Lincoln Center, Jazz at Lincoln Center, and the New York Philharmonic, among others.

Mercury Lounge

Manhattan

Opened in 1993, this small, storefront music venue on the Lower East Side can accommodate 250 rock fans. Live shows are held every night of the week with few off-night exceptions. The stage, elevated only a few feet off the ground, promotes an intimate connection between audience and band.