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Hammersmith Apollo
Hammersmith Apollo, now the Eventim Apollo, is a Grade II listed Art Deco venue in Hammersmith, London, opened in 1932 as the Gaumont Palace cinema, renamed Hammersmith Odeon in 1962, and owned since 2012 by AEG and CTS Eventim.
Hanoi Opera House
The Hanoi Opera House (Nhà hát Lớn Hà Nội) is a French colonial opera house in central Hanoi, built between 1901 and 1911 and modeled on the Opera Garnier in Paris.
Harpa (concert hall)
Harpa is Reykjavík's concert hall and conference centre, opened 2011 at Austurbakka 2. Designed by Henning Larsen, Batteríið, and Olafur Eliasson, it houses Eldborg (up to 1,734 seats), the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, and won the 2013 Mies van der Rohe Award.
Haskell Free Library and Opera House
Haskell Free Library and Opera House, Stanstead, Quebec / Derby Line, Vermont: a 1901-1904 Queen Anne Revival library and theatre built directly on the US-Canada border, main entrance in the US, most of the building in Canada, National Historic Site of Canada since 1985.
Hideout
Hideout: name shared by several unrelated venues, chiefly The Hideout, an independent Chicago music venue at 1354 W. Wabansia Ave. (bar since 1934, Tuten/Hinchsliff owners 1996, sold to Teri O'Brien 2026), and Hideout, an outdoor garden venue at the Pembroke BMX track in Malta.
Hollywood Bowl
Hollywood Bowl: iconic 17,500-seat open-air amphitheater in the Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles; summer home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic since 1922; owned by LA County, rebuilt shell in 2004, new L-Acoustics L-ISA sound system in 2026.
Hordern Pavilion
Hordern Pavilion, "The Hordern", heritage 1924 exhibition hall at Moore Park, Sydney, built for the Royal Easter Show and remodelled in 1972 into a roughly 5,500-capacity rock concert venue.
House of Blues
House of Blues is an American chain of music venues and Southern-inspired restaurants, also known as HOB, founded in 1992 in Cambridge, Massachusetts by Isaac Tigrett and Dan Aykroyd, now a Live Nation brand.
Icarus (venue)
Icarus (venue) covers unrelated places named Icarus: The Icarus Club at the Pelton Arms in Greenwich, London; Icarus Badminton Club's Hitchin venues; Icarus Cup soccer sites; Icarus Brewing's Brick, NJ taproom; and a Black Rock City sound camp.
Iowa Falls, Iowa
Iowa Falls, Iowa: a city in Hardin County on the Iowa River, best known for the 1899 Metropolitan Opera House built by Eugene S. Ellsworth, a National Register-listed theater reopened in 2013.
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Jay Pritzker Pavilion, also called Pritzker Pavilion, is Frank Gehry's 2004 outdoor bandshell in Millennium Park, Chicago, home of the free Grant Park Music Festival, seating 4,000 plus 7,000 on a lawn under a speaker-bearing steel trellis.
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts: national performing arts center and living memorial in Washington, D.C., opened 1971, federally funded building upkeep with private arts funding; taken over by a Trump-led board in 2025 and closed for renovation in 2026.
Juke joint
Juke joint (jook joint, juke): informal African American establishment in the southeastern US featuring blues music, dancing, gambling, and drinking; arose after Emancipation, incubated the blues, defined against white honky-tonks.
Khedivial Opera House (دار الأوبرا الخديوية)
Khedivial Opera House (دار الأوبرا الخديوية), Cairo's first opera house, built 1869 by Khedive Ismail for the Suez Canal opening, modeled on La Scala; opened with Rigoletto, hosted Aida's 1871 premiere, burned down 28 October 1971.
Konzerthaus Berlin
Konzerthaus Berlin: concert hall on the Gendarmenmarkt in Schinkel's 1821 Schauspielhaus, rebuilt 1979–1984, renamed 1994; home of the Konzerthausorchester Berlin under Joana Mallwitz.
La Fenice
Teatro La Fenice, Venice's main opera house on Campo San Fantin, inaugurated 1792, designed by Selva; twice burned (1836, 1996 arson) and rebuilt, reopened 2003; site of Verdi premieres Rigoletto and La traviata.
Lanxess Arena
Lanxess Arena (formerly Kölnarena, nicknamed Henkelmännchen) is a multifunctional indoor arena in Cologne-Deutz, Germany, opened 1998, capacity up to 20,000, home of the Kölner Haie, host of EHF FINAL4 and world championships, and among the world's most-visited arenas.
Lincoln Center
Lincoln Center is a 16.3-acre performing arts complex on Manhattan's Upper West Side, home to 11 resident organizations including the Metropolitan Opera and New York Philharmonic, built 1955-1972 on the razed San Juan Hill neighborhood.
List of music venues in Asia
Music venues in Asia: survey of arenas, concert halls, performing arts centres, and livehouses, from Tokyo Dome (55,000) and AsiaWorld-Arena (14,000) to clubs in Bangkok, Seoul, and Singapore.
List of music venues in the United States
Music venues in the United States, also called live music venues or independent stages, are rooms from bar stages to arenas where live music is performed. Key facts: $153.1B output, 908,000 jobs, 64% unprofitable in 2024, NIVA State of Live data.
List of music venues in Toronto
List of music venues in Toronto: the city's live-music rooms by capacity tier, from The Piston (140) and Massey Hall to Scotiabank Arena (19,800) and Rogers Stadium (50,000), with City-owned venues, closures like the Phoenix (2024), and venue-protection policies.
List of opera houses
Opera houses: theatres for opera performance worldwide. Covers their history from 17th-century venues to civic landmarks, notable houses like the Met and Vienna State Opera, acoustics, and funding.
Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden (MSG), "The World's Most Famous Arena," is the fourth venue of that name, opened February 11, 1968 above Penn Station in Manhattan. It hosts the Knicks and Rangers, seats about 21,000, and was renovated in 2013.
Madison Square Garden (1925)
Madison Square Garden (1925), or MSG III, was the third New York arena of that name, on Eighth Avenue between 49th and 50th Streets from 1925 to 1968; home of the Rangers and Knicks, site of 1933 and 1939 rallies, demolished by 1969.
Manchester Arena
Manchester Arena, the AO Arena since 2020, is an indoor arena above Manchester Victoria station, opened 1995, capacity 23,000 after a £50m refurbishment; site of the 22 May 2017 bombing that killed 22.
Margravial Opera House Bayreuth
The Margravial Opera House Bayreuth, or Markgräfliches Opernhaus, is a Baroque court opera house built 1745–1750 by Margravine Wilhelmine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth and named a World Heritage Site in 2012.
Massey Hall
Massey Hall, originally Massey Music Hall, is Toronto's 1894 concert hall built as a gift from Hart Massey and designed by Sidney Badgley. A National Historic Site since 1981, it reopened in 2021 as part of the Allied Music Centre.
Metropolitan Opera
The Metropolitan Opera (the Met) is New York's opera company, founded in 1883 and based at Lincoln Center since 1966. Known for its ~3,800-seat house, ~$330 million budget, Live in HD cinema simulcasts, and premieres of works by Black and female composers.
Metropolitan Opera House (Lincoln Center)
Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center: Wallace K. Harrison's white travertine opera house in Manhattan, opened September 16, 1966 with Barber's Antony and Cleopatra, replacing the 1883 Broadway and 39th Street house, about 4,000 seats.
Mexico City Arena
Mexico City Arena, formally Arena Ciudad de México, is an indoor arena in Azcapotzalco, Mexico City, that opened in 2012 with a capacity of about 22,300.