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Boston Area Clubs - current and old.

Bust

  • The Abbey - Somerville...3 Beacon Street, Somerville. Closed Nov. 2008
  • All Asia - Mass Ave, Cambridge. Closed July, 2013.
  • The Ark - 15 Lansdowne St - became the home of the Boston Tea Party
  • Atwoods - 877 Cambridge St., Cambridge
  • Avalon - 15 Lansdowne St, Boston previously Ark and Boston-Boston.
  • Axis - 13 Lansdowne St, Boston, later was Spit.
  • BAC - The Boston Architectural Society. 320 Newbury St, Boston
  • Baseball Tavern - Fenway, 1270 Boylston St....Closed 2019
  • Beachcomber - 797 Quincy Shore Dr, Quincy. Closed 2016.
  • BFVF - 39 Brighton Ave
  • Bills Bar - 5 Lansdowne St., Boston
  • The Birdcage - Combat Zone, Essex St, Boston
  • Boston-Boston - 15 Lansdowne, Boston became Metro and then Avalon
  • Boston Tea Party - 53 Berkeley St, Boston and Lansdowne St. 1967-71
  • Bradford Ballroom - 279 Tremont St, Boston. Now the Royale
  • Brighton Elks - Late 1990's venue in Brighton Center - Hardcore shows
  • Brighton Music Hall - 186 Brighton Ave, Allston. Formally Harper's Ferry
  • Bunratty’s - 186 Harvard Avenue, Allston - later Local 186 - Now The Wonder Bar
  • Cambridge Elks Lodge - 55 Bishop Richard Allen Drive, Cambridge. Hardcore shows.
  • Cantab Lounge - 738 Mass Ave, Central Square...Closed 2020
  • Cantones - 69 Broad St, Financial Zone.
  • The Catacombs - 1120 Boylston St, Boston. 1960's
  • The Causeway - 65 Causeway Street, North Station was Chet's Last Call
  • Celebration - 533 Comm Ave, Kenmore Sq
  • The Channel - 25 Necco St, Fort Point Channel area. Earlier called The Mad Hatter.
  • Charlie's Kitchen - 10 Eliot St, Harvard Square.
  • Chet's Last Call - 65 Causeway Street, North Station 1980's
  • The Chopping Block - 724 Huntington Ave, Brigham Circle. 2003-2004
  • Church - 69 Kilmarnock St Boston. Closed 2015.
  • City Winery - 80 Beverly Street , Boston, MA, 02114...Closed (for good?) 2020
  • The Club - 823 Main St., Cambridge - later became Soundstage.
  • Club 3 Somerville Ave - became Lilli's and then 608
  • Club 47 - orig location 47 Mt Auburn now Passim's at 47 Palmer St.
  • Club Zircon - Cambridge.
  • Compass Lounge - Yarmouth, Cape Cod
  • Copperfields - 98 Brookline Ave, Boston.
  • Crosstown Bus - 337 Washington St, Brighton Center 60's club...Doors played there
  • Cuisine en Locale (ONCE Lounge)- 156 Highland Ave, Somerville.
  • The Democracy Center - 45 Mt Auburn St., Cambridge Hardcore club
  • Down Under - 15 New Chardon St, Government Center.
  • Dummies - 967 Comm Ave, Allston. Became the Paradise.
  • Emily's - downtown crossing in 2001 for a brief time
  • Gallery East - 24 East St, South Station. Building destroyed.
  • Gladstones - 1239 Commonwealth Ave Boston
  • Great Scott's - 1222 Commonwealth Ave, Boston...Closed 2020.
  • Green Street Grill - Central Square
  • Green Street Station - Green St, Jamaica Plain...building gone.
  • Hardcore Stadium - 55 Bishop Allen Dr., Cambridge
  • Harper's Ferry - 186 Brighton Ave,Allston, now Brighton Music Hall
  • The Hideaway - Fresh Pond, Cambridge
  • The Honey Lounge downstairs in the Pour House - 907 Boylston St, Boston
  • Hong Kong Restaurant 1238 Mass Ave, Harvard Square. Started 3/19
  • House of Blues Lansdowne St, Boston
  • Inn-Square Men's Bar - Inman Square, 1350 Cambridge St. Closed in 1984.
  • Jacks - 952 Mass Ave, Cambridge
  • Jacques Underground - 79 Broadway, Boston 20115...
  • Jaspers - 379 Somerville Ave, Somerville 1980-81
  • Jazz Workshop - Boylston Street, Boston
  • Jonathan Swifts - 30 Harvard Sq, Cambridge
  • Johnny D's - 85 Harvard Ave, Allston
  • Johnny D's Uptown - Davis Square, 17 Holland St, Somerville - Closed 3/13/16
  • Jumbo's - 1133 Broadway, Somerville
  • Jumpin' Jack Flash - 88 Queensbury St, building gone.
  • The Jungle - Union Sq, 6 Sanborn Ct, Somerville. Started 5/19
  • K-K-K-Katty's - 533 Comm Ave, Kenmore Square. Part of complex with Narcissus/Celebration
  • The Kirkland Cafe - Somerville...now a restaurant.
  • Lilly Pad - Inman Square, Somerville
  • The Linwood - 69 Kilmarnock St....became Church.
  • Lizard Lounge - 1667 Mass Ave, Cambridge.
  • Local 186 - Allston, was Bunratty's
  • Loretta's Last Call - 1 Lansdowne Street, Boston - 2017
  • Lucifer's - Kenmore Sq
  • The Mad Hatter - later became the Channel
  • Maggy's Lounge - 609 Washington St, Quincy, MA 2019
  • The Main Act - Harbor House, Lynn, MA
  • Mama Kin Music Hall - 36 Lansdowne St. Owned by Aerosmith.
  • Manray - Central Sq, Cambridge. Closed 2005.
  • Mavericks - Financial District - 112 Broad St.
  • McGanns Irish Pub - 197 Portland St, Boston
  • Media Workshop - 367 Boylston St, Fifth floor. Boston
  • Metro - 13-15 Lansdowne St. Formally Boston, Boston...later Avalon, now House of Blues.
  • Middle East - 472-480 Mass Ave, Central Sq
  • Midway - 3496 Washington St, Jamaica Plain
  • Milky Way - Jamaica Plain...Closed 2020
  • Narcissus - 533 Commonwealth Ave, Kenmore Sq.
  • O Brien's - 3 Harvard Ave, Allston
  • Oliver's - 62 Brookline Ave.....now The Cask and Flagon (since 1973) ...VU played here.
  • ONCE Lounge- 156 Highland Ave, Somerville.
  • Out of the Blue Too Art Gallery and more - Central Sq. Started in 2015 Now on Harvard Ave Allston.
  • The Overdraught - now Atwood's
  • P.A.'s Lounge - 345 Somerville Ave, Somerville. Became Union Tavern in Jan. 2019
  • The Paradise - 967 Comm Ave, Allston .Formally Dummies.
  • Paul's Mall/Jazz Workshop - 733 Boylston, Boston
  • The Performance Center - Harvard Square
  • Pete's Grille - 540 South St, Quincy
  • PINZ - Kingston, Mass
  • Plough and Stars - 912 Mass Ave, Cambridge
  • Precinct - Union Square, Somerville
  • Presidents Rock Club- Quincy. Few shows in 2013-14. Closed July 27, 2014.
  • Psychedelic Supermarket - 590 Comm Ave...Cream played. Building gone.
  • Radio - 379 Somerville Ave, Somerville
  • The Ratskeller aka The Rat - 528 Commonweslth Ave 1974-97.
  • Red Star Union - One Kendal Square, Cambridge 02139
  • Roggies - 356 Chestnut Hill Ave, Brighton - 2014
  • Rosebud - 381 Summer St, Davis Square, Somerville
  • Royale - 279 Tremont St, Boston.
  • Sally O'Brien's - Somerville Ave, Somerville
  • Sinclair - Harvard Square
  • Sky Bar - 518 Somerville Ave, Somerville
  • Sonia - 10 Brookline St - Previously TT's now part of the Middle East complex
  • Soundstage - 823 Mass Ave, Cambridge - formally The Club.
  • The Space - Financial District, 76 Batterymarch St.
  • Spit - 15 Lansdowne Street, Boston. Previously Axis. 1979-87
  • Store 54 - Harvard Ave, Allston
  • Storyville - Kenmore Square 645 Beacon St. Opened 6/15/82.
  • Streets - 1239 Comm Ave near Harvard Ave Opened 1981.
  • The Square Root - 2 Corinth St., Roslindale. Started 5/19/19
  • Tam - 1648 Beacon St., Brookline
  • Tennis Up - Combat Zone
  • Thayer Street - 38 and 24 Thayer Street...loft parties/gigs.
  • Thunder Road - 379 Somerville Ave, Somerville. Previously Radio. Previously Jaspers. Closed August 2020.
  • Toad - 1912 Mass Ave, Porter Square
  • TT the Bears - 10 Brookline St,Central Square. 1973-2015.
  • The Underground - 1110 Comm Ave. (From 2/1980 to 6/14/1981).
  • The Unicorn - Boylston Street across from Pru Center - 60's club.
  • The Union Tavern as of January 2019. 345 Somerville Ave, Somerville. Formally PA's Lounge.
  • The Upstairs Lounge
  • Where It's At - several locations in the late 60's.
  • Wonder Bar - Harvard Ave, Allston, used to be Bunratty's. Just a few shows in 2008-09
  • Workshop - Quincy. Six months in 2014. Closed by Police 11/29/14
  • Zeitgeist Gallery - Inman Square, Somerville. Now the Lilly Pad.
  • Zu Zu's - Part of the Middle East complex
  • 1270 Club - Fenway 1980

 


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