Which U.S. city has the best live music scene?

Question

Top picks: Austin, Louisville, Houston, Kansas City, Cincinnati, Seattle, Atlanta, NYC, LA, Chicago

Honorable mentions: Indianapolis, St. Louis, Washington, San Francisco, Denver, Memphis, Nashville

Answer 1

Best Answer - Chosen by Voters

louisville

Answer 2

Nashville

Answer 3

What about New Orleans? ... my personal favorite.

Answer 4

Nashville, then Atlanta

Answer 5

Nashville, Tn It really is turning into a rock and roll city more and more every day

Answer 6

NYC all day!!

Answer 7

You didn't mention Detroit shame on you

Answer 8

Boston, MA

Answer 9

#1 - Austin
#2 - Nashville
#3 - Seattle

Answer 10

oklahoma

Answer 11

Austin, TX . They've got everything.

Answer 12

Well, definitely Nashville if you want country music. There is live music everywhere!

Source(s):

I live in Nashville so I guess I'm a litttle biased!

Answer 13

Boston, always has lots to choose from.

Answer 14

Probably Austin. Blues and country are huge there. In Nashville, country and Christian contemporary have a home. The theres Boston with the Berklee school. A lot of music styles including jazz thrive there. And then theres Chicago where urban blues got started as well as being big with rock.
I would say Austin.

Answer 15

Top 2 is easy imo, Nashville and Memphis

Answer 16

NEW ORLEANS ALL THE WAY BABY!!!!!!! The place of Jazz!! Whoo-Hoo !!

Answer 17

New Orleans,Chicago

Answer 18

Columbia, MO
Home of Mizzou and an all around great music scene. There's stuff going on here all the time!

Source(s):

http://www.thebluenote.com/

http://www.mojoscolumbia.com/

http://www.jazzreplab.8m.com/

http://www.cherrystreetartisan.com/

http://www.bxr.com/
http://www.bxr.com/events.php

Answer 19

Chicago of course with its Broadway musical hits! dancing down the street YEAH! In a sing song voice, dancing with the freshest choreography. Hitting them high notes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 20

Denver.

Answer 21

All. Every city has their owe kind of music.

Answer 22

New York City. Nothing else compares.

Answer 23

chicago

Answer 24

NYC! I am from DC but I used to spend a lot of time in NY and they play everything up there!

Answer 25

austin

Answer 26

I lived in Austin for almost twenty years, and if there is a place in the world with the best musical diversity, it's Austin. There is a reason why it's the "live music capitol of the world". They have everything there, on any night of the week. I miss Austin something awful.

Answer 27

new york ,broadway dude

Answer 28

Austin, Texas!

Answer 29

I know this may sound crazy but some of the best local bands I have heard live have come from Des Moines,IA or at least that is where I saw them

But Indy is good
and Chicago is better

Answer 30

New York