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NIGHT TRAIN STUDIOS LOCAL VENUES
CAMBRIDGE, SOMERVILLE, REVERE |
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Because Night Train Studios is a recording studio located
in the Boston area, we have vested interest in the success of local musical
acts. We feel that it is our duty and privilege to offer helpful
information to local bands trying to make it in this tough business. While
we make a continued effort to improve the quality of recordings in the
studio, you as artists need to fine tune your music on stage, where it was
meant to be played. Plus it never hurt to gig out a little for some extra
cash to keep things afloat. Therefore, we have provided a detailed and well
organized list of local venues such as clubs, bars, pubs, event centers, and
even bowling alleys. These places have live entertainment and are always
looking for musicians and especially local artists to draw a crowd. Please
feel free to email
us to add a favorite night spot to our directory. Night Train Studios
continually updates with new additions to the local venues pages so come
back and see what's new. |
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The Abbey Lounge |
A dive bar with a stage. One of the area's most unadorned music venues. The
bar side is well-lit; the stage side is dark, smoky, and a little worse for
wear.
3 Beacon Street
Somerville, MA
(617) 441-9631
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The Cantab Lounge |
Blues club, tavern, poetry, and bluegrass haunt. The Cantab offers one of the
most diverse line-ups of any club in the area. Little Joe Cook and the Thrillers
have kept the crowds coming back for years.
738 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA
(617) 354-2685
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Club Passim |
Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Suzanne Vega, Shawn Colvin have all played here. Club
Passim remains a legendary venue for new and established folk and spoken-word
performers.
47 Palmer Street
Cambridge, MA
(617) 492-7679
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The Good Life |
720 Mass Avenue
Cambridge, MA
(617) 868-8800
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Good Time Emporium |
Live rock every Friday and Saturday night.
30 Sturtevant Street
Somerville, MA
(617) 628-5559
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House of Blues |
People come here for the grub and the music, and there's a lot of both.
Top-flight reggae, blues, and world music acts share the stage with seasoned
local performers.
96 Winthrop Street
Cambridge, MA
(617) 491-2583
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Johnny D's |
Comfortable and attitude-free, Johnny D's runs the gamut when it comes to
music- from funky blues to neo-country.
17 Holland Street
Somerville, MA
(617)-776-2004
Map |
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Kendall Cafe |
A neighborhood pub, where lo-fi acts play amid the posters and booths.
233 Cardinal Medeiros Avenue
Cambridge, MA
(617) 661-0993
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Kirkland Cafe |
425 Washington Street
Somerville, MA
(617) 491-9640
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Lizard Lounge |
Tucked beneath the Cambridge Common bar at the Lizard Lounge you're likely to
find some of the most interesting and spontaneous jazz and indie rock performers
in town.
1667 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA
(617) 547-0759
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The Middle East |
After all these years, still ground zero for the city's indie rock scene.
It's split into two venues, a smaller space upstairs and a larger room
downstairs.
472 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA
(617) 492-9181
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The Plough & Stars |
Local performers manage to squeeze in their equipment for nightly gigs.
912 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA
(617) 441-3455
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Sky Bar |
518 Somerville Avenue
Somerville, MA
(617) 623-5223
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Toad
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Local and national acts; live music every night.
1912 Mass Avenue- Porter Square
Cambridge, MA
(617) 497-4950
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T.T. the Bear's Place |
The
sound board is no longer on the dance floor, so there's more room to move. A
quirky, low-key crowd streams in nightly for an eclectic mix of alt-rock and
acoustic acts.
10 Brookline Street
Cambridge, MA
(617) 492-0082
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