America’s Hidden Gems of Live Music
The below ranking shows the 120 destinations with the best live music scenes, as voted for by music lovers.
| Ranking | City/Town | State |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Stockton | California |
| 12 | Charlottesville | Virginia |
| 13 | Flagstaff | Arizona |
| 14 | Park City | Utah |
| 15 | Poughkeepsie | New York |
| 16 | Opelousas | Louisiana |
| 17 | Oxford | Mississippi |
| 18 | Bridgeport | Connecticut |
| 19 | Plymouth | Massachusetts |
| 20 | Morgantown | West Virginia |
| 21 | Cambridge | Massachusetts |
| 22 | Spartanburg | South Carolina |
| 23 | Port Townsend | Washington |
| 24 | Athens | Alabama |
| 25 | Athens | Ohio |
| 26 | Overland Park | Kansas |
| 27 | Lewisburg | Pennsylvania |
| 28 | Staunton | Virginia |
| 29 | Stillwater | Oklahoma |
| 30 | Key West | Florida |
| 31 | Marquette | Michigan |
| 32 | Chadron | Nebraska |
| 33 | Clarksdale | Mississippi |
| 34 | Ashland | Oregon |
| 35 | Santa Cruz | California |
| 36 | Stillwater | Minnesota |
| 37 | Fort Smith | Arkansas |
| 38 | Gallup | New Mexico |
| 39 | Galena | Illinois |
| 40 | Bastrop | Texas |
| 41 | Middlebury | Vermont |
| 42 | Florence | Alabama |
| 43 | Johnson City | Tennessee |
| 44 | Oneonta | New York |
| 45 | Binghamton | New York |
| 46 | High Point | North Carolina |
| 47 | Mount Pleasant | Michigan |
| 48 | Portsmouth | Rhode Island |
| 49 | Sevierville | Tennessee |
| 50 | Columbia | Missouri |
| 51 | Decatur | Georgia |
| 52 | Ocean City | Maryland |
| 53 | Telluride | Colorado |
| 54 | Ames | Iowa |
| 55 | Guntersville | Alabama |
| 56 | Prescott | Arizona |
| 57 | Eunice | Louisiana |
| 58 | Saugerties | New York |
| 59 | Wichita Falls | Texas |
| 60 | Wimberley | Texas |
| 61 | Salado | Texas |
| 62 | Bardstown | Kentucky |
| 63 | Danville | Kentucky |
| 64 | Moscow | Idaho |
| 65 | Natchitoches | Louisiana |
| 66 | New Hope | New Jersey |
| 67 | Newnan | Georgia |
| 68 | Ybor City | Florida |
| 69 | Farmington | New Mexico |
| 70 | Blacksburg | Virginia |
| 71 | Boulder | Colorado |
| 72 | Scranton | Pennsylvania |
| 73 | Beaufort | South Carolina |
| 74 | Erie | Pennsylvania |
| 75 | Hattiesburg | Mississippi |
| 76 | Terre Haute | Indiana |
| 77 | Bethany Beach | Delaware |
| 78 | Evanston | Illinois |
| 79 | Natchez | Mississippi |
| 80 | Kailua-Kona | Hawaii |
| 81 | New London | Connecticut |
| 82 | Princeton | New Jersey |
| 83 | Rockford | Illinois |
| 84 | Urbana-Champaign | Illinois |
| 85 | Visalia | California |
| 86 | Bowling Green | Kentucky |
| 87 | Leavenworth | Washington |
| 88 | Bloomington | Illinois |
| 89 | Bozeman | Montana |
| 90 | Coos Bay | Oregon |
| 91 | Mountain View | Arkansas |
| 92 | Oberlin | Ohio |
| 93 | Sparks | Nevada |
| 94 | Hood River | Oregon |
| 95 | Lawrence | Kansas |
| 96 | Newburyport | Massachusetts |
| 97 | Waterville | Maine |
| 98 | Norman | Oklahoma |
| 99 | Williamstown | Massachusetts |
| 100 | Deadwood | South Dakota |
| 101 | Durango | Colorado |
| 102 | Eagle River | Alaska |
| 103 | Heber Springs | Arkansas |
| 104 | Las Cruces | New Mexico |
| 105 | Willimantic | Connecticut |
| 106 | Bellingham | Washington |
| 107 | Bend | Oregon |
| 108 | Dickinson | North Dakota |
| 109 | Eau Claire | Wisconsin |
| 110 | Norwich | Connecticut |
| 111 | Whitefish | Montana |
| 112 | Williston | North Dakota |
| 113 | Winona | Minnesota |
| 114 | Keene | New Hampshire |
| 115 | Saugatuck | Michigan |
| 116 | Soldotna | Alaska |
| 117 | Battle Mountain | Nevada |
| 118 | Laramie | Wyoming |
| 119 | Sandpoint | Idaho |
| 120 | Burlington | Iowa |
