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Miami's Best Live Music Venues
Churchill's Pub is one of Miami's Best Live Music Venues.

1. Churchill's Pub

6.9
5501 NE 2nd Ave, Miami, FL
Pub · Creole District · 70 tips and reviews

Miami New TimesMiami New Times: This pub has a weekly jazz night and a pretty great curry to eat. But it's also hosted just about every great local punk, rock, hardcore, and metal band in the history of live Miami music

The Fillmore Miami Beach at The Jackie Gleason Theater is one of Miami's Best Live Music Venues.

2. The Fillmore Miami Beach at The Jackie Gleason Theater

9.3
1700 Washington Ave (1700 Washington Avenue), Miami Beach, FL
Performing Arts Venue · City Center · 54 tips and reviews

Miami New TimesMiami New Times: One of the coolest things about the Fillmore is that it's split into three sections: a seated area in the back, the pit in the front, and a standing area in the middle.

Grand Central is one of Miami's Best Live Music Venues.

3. Grand Central

697 N Miami Ave (at 7th St), Miami, FL
Night Club · Downtown Miami · 61 tips and reviews

Miami New TimesMiami New Times: This midsized Downtown Miami venue is just big enough to pull some great national acts. But it's also small enough to feel as though you're seeing them at a secret show.

Electric Pickle is one of Miami's Best Live Music Venues.

4. Electric Pickle

2826 N Miami Ave, Miami, FL
Bar · Wynwood Arts District · 40 tips and reviews

Miami New TimesMiami New Times: The Pickle wasn't just built for freaking on the dance floor. It was also built for freaking out to great music. Most of the bands you'll see here are likely to be dance-y in some capacity.

The Vagabond is one of Miami's Best Live Music Venues.

5. The Vagabond

30 NE 14th St, Miami, FL
Night Club · Downtown Miami · 61 tips and reviews

Miami New TimesMiami New Times: Inside, it's you, the music and a really handsome crowd looking for fun without pretense.

Sweat Records is one of Miami's Best Live Music Venues.

6. Sweat Records

8.7
5505 NE 2nd Ave (55th & NE 2nd Ave), Miami, FL
Record Store · Little Haiti · 20 tips and reviews

Miami New TimesMiami New Times: Sweat Records is anything and everything Miami's cultural community needs it to be. It regularly puts on great concerts and comedy shows in the back of the shop.

7. Olympia Theater at Gusman Center

8.8
174 E Flagler St (SE 2nd Ave), Miami, FL
Theater · Miami Central Business District · 22 tips and reviews

Miami New TimesMiami New Times: The programming includes ballet and opera. But the Gusman's got live music too.

The Stage is one of Miami's Best Live Music Venues.

8. The Stage

170 NE 38th St, Miami, FL
Rock Club · Design District · 59 tips and reviews

Miami New TimesMiami New Times: This Midtown venue's concerts are eclectically programmed -- funk bands, St. Vincent, and soul mystic Cody Chesnutt have all washed their hands in the same busted backstage sink.

Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts is one of Miami's Best Live Music Venues.

9. Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts

9.4
1300 Biscayne Blvd (NE 13th St.), Miami, FL
Performing Arts Venue · Downtown Miami · 94 tips and reviews
Bardot is one of Miami's Best Live Music Venues.

10. Bardot

3456 N Miami Ave (34th Terr), Miami, FL
Lounge · Wynwood-Edgewater · 56 tips and reviews

Miami New TimesMiami New Times: Move your personal-space-violating tush down to Bardot's stagefront sofas where you'll be sitting well within reaching distance of the best young bands to pass through Miami.