List of music venues in North America

See also: List of music venues in the United States and Lists of music venues

This is a list of music venues in North America. Venues with a capacity of 1,000 or higher are included.

List

The Bahamas

Opened Venue City Capacity
Un­known Imperial Ballroom Nassau 2,500

Barbados

Opened Venue City Capacity
November 1992 Garfield Sobers Gymnasium Bridgetown 5,000
1882 Kensington Oval 28,000

Canada

Opened Venue City Capacity
Alberta (AB)
1955 Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium Calgary 2,538
October 15, 1983 Scotiabank Saddledome 19,800
June 2022 GMC Stadium 25,000
August 1960 McMahon Stadium 46,020
1985 Jack Singer Concert Hall 1,797
1985 Heritage Amphitheatre Edmonton 2,900
2019 Midway 1,300
1983 Francis Winspear Centre for Music 1,716
1955 Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium 2,538
April 17, 1984 (expanded 2009) Edmonton Expo Centre Arena 4,200
1983 Universiade Pavilion 5,500
September 8, 2016 Rogers Place 20,743
1978 Commonwealth Stadium 56,000
1995 Bonnetts Energy Centre Grande Prairie 3,228
September 12, 1974 Enmax Centre Lethbridge 7,100
October 2015 Co-op Place Medicine Hat 7,000
unknown Cypress Centre 1,726
unknown Parkland Centre Red Deer 2,200
2018 Westerner Park Exhibition Hall 3,000
1991 Peavey Mart Centrium 7,819
British Columbia (BC)
May 2009 Abbotsford Centre Abbotsford 8,500
2004 Chilliwack Coliseum Chilliwack 6,000
2000 Western Financial Place Cranbrook 5,928
March 2008 Ovintiv Events Centre Dawson Creek 6,500
August 8, 1992 Sandman Centre Kamloops 6,000
August 28, 1999 Prospera Place Kelowna 8,000
October 1983 Frank Crane Arena Nanaimo 4,155
September 2008 South Okanagan Events Centre Penticton 6,432
September 30, 1995 CN Centre Prince George 7,000
unknown Prince George Civic Centre 2,000
September 28, 1978 Farquhar Auditorium Saanich 1,228
unknown Bell Performing Arts Centre Surrey 1,062
October 2001 Kal Tire Place Vernon 5,103
1941 Vogue Theatre Vancouver 1,150
July 1959 Queen Elizabeth Theatre 2,765
November 7, 1927 Orpheum 2,780
1963 PNE Agrodome 5,000
unknown PNE Amphitheatre 7,000
July 7, 2008 Thunderbird Sports Centre 7,200
January 8, 1968 (renovated in 1984 and 2007) Pacific Coliseum 17,713
September 21, 1995 Rogers Arena 18,910
June 19, 1983 BC Place 54,500
1913 Royal Theatre Victoria 1,416
March 26, 2005 Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre 9,000
Saskatchewan (SK)
August 19, 2011 Mosaic Place Moose Jaw 5,000
1970 Conexus Arts Centre Regina 2,030
October 2, 1977 Brandt Centre 7,130
July 1, 2017 Mosaic Stadium 40,000
1913 Coors Event Centre Saskatoon 1,000
2008 World Trade Centre Hall C 1,536
2006 World Trade Centre Halls D and E 4,452 (Hall D)
5,184 (Hall E)
9,636 (Halls D and E combined)
April 1, 1968 TCU Place 2,003
February 9, 1988 SaskTel Centre 15,195
Manitoba (MB)
April 2, 1973 UCT Pavilion Brandon 1,120[1]
Canada Room 1,680[2]
Manitoba Room 1,700[3]
Westoba Place 5,915[4] (Full arena)
4,633 (3/4 bowl)
3,250 (half-house)
2,493 (Theater)
1907 (reopened 1991) Burton Cummings Theatre Winnipeg 1,638
November 16, 2004 Canada Life Centre 16,345
May 26, 2013 IG Field 33,422
March 25, 1968 Centennial Concert Hall 2,305
Ontario (ON)
December 31, 1995 Sadlon Arena Barrie 4,700
1998 CAA Centre Brampton 5,000
1919; restored late 1980s The Sanderson Centre Brantford 1,125
1950 Chatham Memorial Arena Chatham-Kent 3,000
1930 Capitol Theatre 1,208
1976 Ed Lumley Arena Cornwall 5,800
1973 FirstOntario Concert Hall Hamilton 2,193
November 30, 1985 FirstOntario Centre 19,000
September 1, 2014 Tim Hortons Field 23,218
unknown McIntyre Performing Arts Centre 1,029
February 22, 2008 Leon's Centre Kingston 6,800 (Arena)
3,200 (Theatre)
September 1980 Raffi Armenian Theatre Kitchener 2,047
May 24, 1951 Dom Cardillo Arena 9,036
unknown At the Grand Amphitheatre 30,000
June 21, 1967 Centennial Hall London 1,637 (Seated)
2,200 (General Admission)
1971 Thompson Recreation and Athletics Centre 5,315
2018 Start.ca Performance Stage 4,000
October 11, 2002 Budweiser Gardens 10,200 (Centre stage)
9,100(End stage)
unknown Harris Park 20,000
Victoria Park
London Music Hall 1,600
OLG Stage at Fallsview Casino Niagara Falls 5,000
1955 North Bay Memorial Gardens North Bay
July 31, 1996[5] Casino Rama Entertainment Centre Orillia
October 1998 Paramount Fine Foods Centre Mississauga 6,000 (Centre stage)
4,800 (End stage)
May 31, 1969 Southam Hall Ottawa 2,065
December 29, 1967 TD Place Arena 10,585
January 15, 1996 Canadian Tire Centre 20,500
1908 TD Place Stadium 24,000
1983 J.D. McArthur Arena Owen Sound 3,804
1956 Peterborough Memorial Centre Peterborough 5,501 (Centre stage)
4,559 (End stage)
2,380 (Theatre)
October 11, 2014 Meridian Centre St. Catharines 6,900
September 1967 Ennis Auditorium Welland 1,052
1995 Progressive Auto Sales Arena Sarnia 6,000
2006 GFL Memorial Gardens Sault Ste. Marie 5,802
unknown Grace Hartman Amphitheatre Sudbury 1,961
1951 Sudbury Community Arena 5,100
October 16, 1985 Thunder Bay Community Auditorium Thunder Bay 1,497
March 6, 1951 Fort William Gardens 4,680
2008 Fort William Amphitheatre 50,000
June 3, 1989 Rogers Centre Toronto 55,000
February 19, 1999 Scotiabank Arena 19,800[6]
May 18, 1995 Budweiser Stage 17,000[7]
December 16, 1921 Coca-Cola Coliseum 9,200[8]
2004 Sobeys Stadium 9,100[9]
2024 The Theatre at Great Canadian Casino Resort Toronto 5,000[10]
2011 RBC Echo Beach 4,000
1920 Meridian Hall 3,200
1894 Massey Hall 2,700[11]
1982 Roy Thomson Hall 2,600[12][13]
2021 History
2016 Rebel 2,500
1913 Elgin Theatre 2,100
June 14, 2006 Four Seasons Centre 2,000[14][15]
1992 Harbourfront Centre
1907 Convocation Hall 1,700
1993[16] Meridian Arts Centre
1913 Winter Garden Theatre 1,410
1919[17] Danforth Music Hall 1,400
1991 Phoenix Concert Theatre 1,350
1956 Queen Elizabeth Theatre 1,250
January 1, 1918 Masonic Temple Concert Hall 1,200
2009 Koerner Hall 1,100
2008 WFCU Centre Windsor 6,871 (Arena)
3,241 (Theatre)
June 2008 Colosseum at Caesars Windsor 5,000
unknown Chrysler Theatre 1,200
Prince Edward Island (PEI)
1964; restored 2014 Confederation Centre of the Arts Charlottetown 1,100
1990 Eastlink Centre 4,717
Quebec (QC)
2011 Centre d'Excellence Sports Rousseau Boisbriand 4,500
unknown Amphitheatre Fernand Lindsay Joliette 7,000
2017 Place Bell Laval 10,000
March 16, 1996 Bell Centre Montreal 21,105 (Centre stage)
19,200(End stage)
14,000(Amphitheatre)
1967 Théâtre Maisonneuve 1,453
1884 MTELUS 2,350 (General Admission)
1,100 (Reserved)
February 7, 1926 Olympia Theatre 2,438
1912 Beanfield Theatre 1,500
1874 Parc Jean-Drapeau 65,000 (Espace 67)
July 17, 1976 Olympic Stadium 66,308
1894 Monument-National 1,600
1963 Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier 2,982
November 28, 1939 Verdun Auditorium 3,795
1980's Théâtre Saint-Denis 1 2,218
2021 Centre Slush Puppie Gatineau 4,000
unknown Theatre du Casino Lac-Leamy 1,600
Theatre du Palais Municipal Saguenay 2,100
1973 Salle Maurice-O'Bready Sherbrooke 1,501
1966 Colisée Financière Sun Life Rimouski 5,061
1938 Colisée de Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières 3,500
July 2015 Amphithéâtre Cogeco 9,000
2021 Colisée Vidéotron 5,990
1903 Capitole de Québec Quebec City 1,106
1931 Pavillon de la Jeunesse 5,000
September 15, 2015 Videotron Centre 20,396
1750s Plains of Abraham 75,000
Nova Scotia (NS)
February 1978 Scotiabank Centre Halifax 13,000
1749 Halifax Common 80,000
1927 Halifax Forum 5,860
Unknown Multipurpose Centre 2,200
November 1971 Rebecca Cohn Auditorium 1,052
1982 Zatzman Sportsplex Dartmouth 4,500
1988 Centre 200 Sydney 6,500
March 12, 2013 Rath Eastlink Community Centre Truro 3,588
New Brunswick (NB)
1990 TD Station Saint John 7,600
1973 Moncton Coliseum Moncton 7,200
2018 Avenir Centre 8,500
1984 Magnetic Hill Concert Site 75,000
2008 Moncton Wesleyan Celebration Centre 1,874
2010 Stade Medavie Blue Cross Stadium 25,000
October 2017 Centre Jean-Daigle Edmundston 3,700
1976 Aitken University Centre Fredericton 4,666 (Full Arena)
2,998 (3/4 house)
2,301 (half-house)
1,911 (1/4 house)
1996 K.C. Irving Regional Centre Bathurst 4,400
Newfoundland (NL)
2001 Mile One Centre St. John's 7,000
1962; restored 2000s Holy Heart Theatre 1,100

Costa Rica

Opened Venue City Capacity
2015[18] Coca-Cola Amphitheatre Alajuela 16,000
Centrokölbi 9,000
1990 Palacio de los Deportes Heredia 7,500
August 27, 1972 Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá San Jose 23,112
March 26, 2011 Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica 35,175[19]

Dominican Republic

Opened Venue City Capacity
2016 Hard Rock Live Santo Domingo 1,500[20]
1942 Teatro La Fiesta 1,206
1977 Eduardo Brito National Theater 1,539[21]
1974 Pabellón de Volleyball 4,000[22]
1987 Ovalo Feria Ganadera 3,000[23]
2005 Sans Souci Convention Center 8,000[24]
1996 Teo Cruz Coliseum 6,300[25]
1974 Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto[26] 7,300
1502–1508 Fortaleza Ozama 12,000
October 23, 1955 Estadio Quisqueya 25,000+
1974 Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez 50,000
1995 Gran Teatro del Cibao Santiago de los Caballeros 1,678
1986 Gran Arena del Cibao 6,650[27]
2018 Santiago Central Park 5,000
2020 UTESA Convention Center 1,200[28]
October 6, 2023 El Dorado Park Amphitheater Punta Cana 2,600[29]
2017 Blue Mall Punta Cana Amphitheater 3,000[30]
March 2010 Golf Club at Cana Bay[31] 12,000
Un­known Fillmore Room 3,960[32]
2017 Anfiteatro La Puntilla Puerto Plata 4,000[33]
1982 Altos De Chavon La Romana 5,000+

El Salvador

Opened Venue City Capacity
1956 Gimnasio Nacional San Salvador 12,500
1932 Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González 25,000
July 24, 1976 Estadio Cuscatlán 53,400

Guatemala

Opened Venue City Capacity
1991 Estadio Cementos Progreso Guatemala City 14,022
Un­known Paseo Cayala[citation needed] 13,750
Explanada Cardales de Cayalá 25,000[34]

Honduras

Opened Venue City Capacity
1997 Ingenieros Coliseum Tegucigalpa 7,500
1989 Estadio Chochi Sosa 13,000
1991 Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino 34,000
1938 Estadio General Francisco Morazán San Pedro Sula 18,000
1997 Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano 37,325[35]

Mexico

Opened Venue City Capacity
Aguascalientes (AS)
July 26, 2003 Estadio Victoria Aguascalientes 23,933
Baja California (BC)
November 11, 2007 Estadio Caliente Tijuana 27,333[36]
1970s Auditorio Fausto Gutierrez Moreno 4,881
June 26, 1960 Bullring by the Sea 21,621
Un­known Centro de Ferias, Eventos y Exposiciones[citation needed] Mexicali 20,000
Foro Promocasa[citation needed] 5,384
Chiapas (CS)
1982 Estadio Víctor Manuel Reyna Tuxtla Gutiérrez 23,508
Coahuila
February 8, 2008 Coliseo Centenario Torreón 12,000
September 14, 2011 Estadio Corona 29,327
Mexico City
February 25, 2012 Arena Ciudad de México Mexico City 22,300
1993 Foro Sol 63,500
May 29, 1966 Estadio Azteca 87,523
September 14, 2011 El Plaza Condesa[citation needed] 1,900
2012 Pepsi Center WTC 3,342[37]
1952 Auditorio Nacional 10,000
1968 Palacio de los Deportes 26,000
1940s Hipódromo de las Américas 20,000
January 5, 1947 Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes 36,681
December 18, 1996 Teatro Metropólitan 3,165
February 5, 1946 Plaza de Toros México 41,262
November 20, 1952 Estadio Olímpico Universitario 58,155
Estado de México
August 18, 1954 Estadio Nemesio Díez Toluca 22,000
Guanajuato
Un­known Explanada Poliforum[citation needed] Léon 13,000
1980s Domo de la Feria 7,000
March 1, 1967 Estadio León 27,423
2005 INFORUM Pavilion Irapuato 6,000
INFORUM Forum Abierto 3,000
Guerrero (GR)
2005 Forum de Mundo Imperial Acapulco 4,000
Hidalgo (HG)
January 14, 1993 Estadio Hidalgo Pachuca 27,512
Jalisco (JC)
December 23, 2008 Arena VFG Guadalajara 14,999
January 31, 1960 Estadio Jalisco 63,163
February 2005 Teatro Diana 2,345
July 30, 2010 Estadio Akron Zapopan 49,850
November 21, 1970 Auditorio Benito Juárez[38] 13,000
September 1, 2007 Auditorio Telmex 16,000
October 2011 Estadio Telmex 15,000
1971 Estadio Tres de Marzo 30,015
Michoacán
March 2, 1952 Plaza Monumental de Morelia Morelia 15,000
2007 Pabellon Don Vasco 9,000
April 9, 1989 Estadio Morelos 35,000
Nuevo León (NL)
1994 Auditorio Citibanamex Monterrey 10,320
November 27, 2003 Arena Monterrey 17,999
July 13, 1990 Estadio Mobil Super 21,906
August 2, 2015 Estadio BBVA Bancomer 51,000
May 30, 1967 Estadio Universitario San Nicolás de los Garza 41,650
Puebla (PL)
June 16, 1973 Estadio de Béisbol Hermanos Serdán Puebla 12,112
October 8, 1968 Estadio Multiva 50,754
Un­known Auditorio del CCU[citation needed] 10,792
January 2005 Auditorio Siglo XXI 5,000
Querétaro (QE)
February 5, 1985 Estadio Corregidora Querétaro 34,045
Auditorio Josefa Ortiz 4,749
San Luis Potosí (SL)
2010 El Domo San Luis Potosí 11,000
Sinaloa (SN)
August 9, 2003 Estadio Banorte Culiacán 17,898
Sonora (SR)
2009 Arena ITSON Ciudad Obregón 7,464
2010 Expo Forum Hermosillo 10,807
1985 Estadio Héroe de Nacozari 21,175
Tamaulipas (TM)
Un­known Expo Tampico[citation needed] Tampico 11,300
Veracruz (VZ)
1970s Auditorio Benito Juárez Veracruz 4,500
1989 World Trade Center 11,000
March 17, 1967 Estadio de la Fuente 28,703
Yucatán (YU)
1987 Estadio Carlos Iturralde Mérida 15,087
2000 Siglo XXI 12,000

Nicaragua

Opened Venue City Capacity
April 14, 2011 Estadio Nacional de Fútbol Managua 22,000

Panama

Opened Venue City Capacity
2008 Teatro Anayassi Panama City 2,800
2003 Figali Convention Center 10,275
February 6, 1970 Estadio Rommel Fernández 32,000
October 10, 1999 Estadio Nacional Rod Carew 27,000

United States

Main article: List of music venues in the United States

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