Music venue

Other attractions, such as performance art, standup comedy, or social activities, may also be available, either while music is playing or at other times.

Some classes of venues may play live music in the background, such as a performance on a grand piano in a restaurant.

Music venues are typically either private businesses or public facilities set up by a city, state, or national government.

Examples of indoor venues include public houses, nightclubs, coffee bars, and stadia.

At some venues, the main focus is watching the show, such as at opera houses or classical recital halls.

In some venues that also include food and beverage service, the performers may be playing background music to add to the ambiance.

The roof and the back half of the shell protect musicians from the elements and reflect sound through the open side and out towards the audience.

Large rooms were also more common in the Swing era, because at that time, jazz was popular as a dance music, so the dancers needed space to move.

In the 2000s, jazz clubs may be found in the basements of larger residential buildings, in storefront locations or in the upper floors of retail businesses.

In recent years, similar establishments started to appear in big cities in South Korea, Taiwan, and China; many of them are also locally called "live houses."

It consists of a stage, an orchestra pit, audience seating, and backstage facilities for costumes and set building.

The Teatro San Carlo in Naples, opened in 1737, introduced the horseshoe-shaped auditorium, the oldest in the world, a model for the Italian theater.

At the Metropolitan Opera, for instance, sets are often changed during the action, as the audience watches, with singers rising or descending as they sing.

Since the 1990s, however, some opera houses have begun using a subtle form of sound reinforcement called acoustic enhancement.

A pub, or public house, is an establishment licensed to sell alcoholic drinks, which traditionally include beer (such as ale) and cider.

It is a social drinking establishment and a prominent part of British,[4] Irish,[5] Breton, New Zealand, Canadian, South African, and Australian cultures.

Some nightclub bouncers do not admit people with informal clothing or gang apparel as part of a dress code.

Also important was the use of large stadiums for American tours by bands in the later 1960s, such as The Rolling Stones, Grand Funk Railroad, and Led Zeppelin.

[11] Key acts from this era included Journey, REO Speedwagon, Boston, Foreigner, Styx,[12] Kiss, Peter Frampton,[13] and Queen.

[14] In the 1980s, arena rock became dominated by glam metal bands, following the lead of Aerosmith[15] and including Mötley Crüe, Quiet Riot, W.A.S.P., and Ratt.

[16] Since the 1980s, rock, pop, and folk stars, including the Grateful Dead, Madonna, Britney Spears, Beyoncé, and Taylor Swift, have undertaken large-scale stadium based concert tours.

The facility is traditionally organized to provide support areas for performers, the technical crew and the audience members.

They may range from open-air amphitheaters to ornate, cathedral-like structures to simple, undecorated rooms or black box theaters.