Black Bear Saloon
Address: 187 Allyn STreet, Hartford, CT 06103
There are bands every Friday and Saturday night with a DJ in between sets. Like a Club Sandwich, only instead of bread, it's a DJ and insted of meat, it's a band.
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Black-eyed Sally's BBQ and Blues
Address: 350 Asylum Street, Hartford, CT 06103
Pay attention. Black-eyed Sally's books some really heavy hitters. Had you been paying attention you could have seen Albert Collins play there. In addition to being an amazing blues guitarest, he was also the lead singer of the blues band in Adventures in Babysitting...
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Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts
Address: 166 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT 06106
It's a beautiful theater. They don't always have bands, but when they do, it's people like the Barenaked Ladies... If your favorite band happens to be the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, then you're in luck because they play there all the time.
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City Steam Brewery Cafe
Address: 942 Main Street, Hartford, CT 06103
Live music in the bar on the Weekends.
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Comcast Theater (The Meadows)
Address: 61 Savitt Way, Hartford, CT 06120
Great shows all summer long. Snag cheap lawn seats and enjoy a show with 25,000 of your closest friends. Traffic getting there can be a nightmare, but you can always park downtown and walk to skip the bottleneck traffic - it's the equivilant of 20 NYC blocks from the Morgan Street Garage.
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Sully's Pub
Address: 2071 Park Street, Hartford, CT 06106
Sully's is one of the very best places for live original music. Rarely if ever is there a cover band, but on weekends, there is a cover. You will be happy to pay this cover because parking is free, the drinks are cheap, and you're helping to pay the band. Note to anyone who hasn't been to Sully's in a while: GOOD NEWS - They've pulled up the carpet in the main room and it no longer smells like hippies and feet.
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